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OMB Control No: 0970-0154	ICR Reference No: 200705-0970-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200403-0970-003
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Order to Withhold Income for Child Support and Notice of an Order to Withhold Income for Child Support
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/22/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/23/2007
Terms of Clearance: The focus group with employers revealed that employers could use forms that contain the OMB expiration date as long as there is a clear explanation of what the OMB expiration date refers to (i.e., it does not refer to a termination of income withholding). Per the results of this focus group, ACF agrees to use the revised IWO form which includes the OMB expiration date along with an explanation of what this date does and does not mean. However, because employers expressed reservations that they would not be able to efficiently withhold income if forms did not contain both the child's name and date of birth information, ACF may continue to collect this information.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2010	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2007
Responses	15,577,826	0	216,000
Time Burden (Hours)	221,095	0	980,230
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Section 324, requires the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to develop a standardized form to collect child support payments from an obligor's employer. The form, which promotes standardization and is used for title IV-D and non-IV-D cases that require income withholding, expires 5/31/2007, and the Administration for Children and Families is taking this opportunity to revise the form and its instructions. Overall, the language and format of the form have been edited, modified, and made easier to read and comprehend. The two-page form provides a detailed legal description of the established order, support amounts, and remittance information an employer needs to withhold payments from an obligor who owes child support. One of the new fields on the form is for the attachment of lump sum payments by employers. This addition allows the issuing entity to instruct the employer with respect to the attachment and remittance of lump sum payments. Fields for child's name and date of birth have been moved to the front of the form, allowing the employer community to easily identify who the form is for and to avoid implementation of duplicate orders. Other changes that have enhanced the form include: a simplified title, clear identification of who is sending the form, and modifications to allow the employer to easily report employee terminations.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 104 - 193 324 Name of Law: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcillation Act of 1996

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 6735	02/13/2007
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 28057	05/18/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
IWO	1
Manual
e-IWO

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	15,577,826	216,000	3,577,800	11,784,026
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	221,095	980,230	200,695	-959,830
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: We estimate that it will take 6 seconds to generate the form with the increased use of automation. For the prior submission, the form was manually generated and it was estimated that it took 5 minutes and 4 seconds to generate each form; therefore, the hour burden was reduced from 980,230 to 221,095. The responses have been calculated based on a FY 2005 caseload of 12 million with orders.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Saleda Perryman

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