4184-41-P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child
Support Portal Registration (Office of Management and
Budget #: 0970-0370)
AGENCY:

Office of Child Support Services, Administration

for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION:

Request for Public Comments.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS),

Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is
requesting the federal Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve the “Child Support Portal Registration,” with
minor revisions, for an additional three years.

The OCSS

Child Support Portal (“Portal”) contains applications to
help state child support agencies administer their
programs.

Authorized Portal users must register with OCSS

to access Portal applications and provide OCSS with certain
Portal application preferences.

The current OMB approval

expires on February 28, 2025.
DATES:

Comments due [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF

PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

In compliance with

the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of
the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES:

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by emailing infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.

Identify all

requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description:

The OCSS Division of Federal Systems (DFS)

maintains the Portal, which contains various applications
through which authorized users may view, update, upload, or
download information for child support purposes.
Authorized users must register to access the Portal.

The

DFS Portal team authenticates registrants and then creates
secure profiles for authorized users for employers,
insurers, and financial institutions based on information
provided in the Employer Services and Insurance Match Debt
Inquiry Portal Agreement and Profile forms.

Information

provided in the electronic National Medical Support Notice
(e-NMSN), the electronic Incoming Withholding Order (eIWO), and Federally Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy
Financial Institution Profile form gives DFS the necessary
information to set up the respective program user’s process
and capture preferences.

The information OCSS collects for

the Portal registration and profiles remains the same but
they underwent minor clarification revisions and edits to

update “Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)” to
“Office of Child Support Services (OCSS).”
State child support agencies manage and authenticate
authorization for individual users via the state proxy
server; therefore, a Portal Registration form is not
required.

State users must, however, provide DFS with

their respective Portal preferences.
Respondents:

Employers, Financial Institutions, Insurers,

and State Child Support Agencies
Annual Burden Estimates

Information
Collection
Instrument
Portal Registration
Screens
Employer Services
Agreement and
Profile
Insurance Match
Debt Inquiry
Agreement and
Profile
e-NMSN: Plan
Administrator
Profile
e-NMSN: Employer
Profile
e-NMSN: State
Profile
e-IWO
Employer/Payroll
Provider Profile
FAST Levy Financial
Institution Profile

Total
Annual
Estimated
Number of
Respondents

Total
Annual
Number of
Responses
Per
Respondent

Average
Burden
Hours Per
Response

Total
Annual
Burden
Hours

52,284

0.15

7,842.60

20,040

0.08

1,603.20

1

0.08

0.48

0

0.22

0.00

1

0.22

4.40

1

0.22

0.88

1

0.08

9.36

1

0.08

0.16

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:

Comments:

9,461.08

The Department specifically requests comments on

(a) whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions
submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 653(m)(2) and 44 U.S.C. 3554
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15692 Filed: 7/16/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/17/2024]