Submission for Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Effectiveness of the NIH Curriculum Supplements and Workshops Survey, 13511-13512 [05-5472]
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Improper payments information survey for the TANF program ......................
Improper payments information survey for the CCDF program ......................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,592 hours.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information
Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address:
grjonson@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for
ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Instrument
54
54
1
1
Dated: March 14, 2005.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; The Effectiveness
of the NIH Curriculum Supplements
and Workshops Survey
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Office of Science Education, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) will
publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: The
Effectiveness of the NIH Curriculum
Supplements and Workshops Survey.
Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection:
The survey will attempt to assess the
Average
burden hours
per response
24
24
Total burden
hours
1,296
1,296
effectiveness of the NIH curriculum
supplements in aiding teachers to teach
science in a more engaging and
interactive way. The supplements help
k–12 educators teach science in more
engaging and effective ways by featuring
the latest NIH research. A typical
supplement contains two weeks of
student activities on the science behind
a health topic, such as cancer, sleep or
obesity. Web-based simulations,
animations and experiments enhance
the ‘‘pencil and paper’’ activities. In
addition to developing and distributing
the supplements, OSE conducts
professional workshops to help teachers
successfully implement these lessons
with their students. Since January 2000,
over 3,000 teachers have attended an
OSE workshop.
Assessing the effectiveness of the NIH
Curriculum Supplements and teacher
workshops is critical to determining if
OSE is successfully fulfilling its
mission. OSE has the database
infrastructure in place to easily collect
customer satisfaction data from
supplement requesters and workshop
attendees. At present, we do not have
clearance to contact our customers to
determine how NIH resources are
meeting their educational needs.
BURDEN TABLE
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Frequency of
response
Average time
per response
Annual hour
burden
Focus Group Teachers ....................................................................................
Workshop Teachers: Initial Survey ..................................................................
Workshop Teachers: In-Depth Survey ............................................................
60
350
50
1
1
1
2.0
0.083
0.5
120
29
25
Totals ........................................................................................................
460
........................
........................
174
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (3) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
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on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to NIH: Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the item(s) contained in this notice
should be directed to the: Office of
Science Education, National Institutes
of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite
700, Bethesda, MD 20817, Attention:
Cassandra Isom. To request more
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information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and survey, contact: Dr. David
Vannier, Office of Science Education,
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 700,
Bethesda, MD 20817, or call 301–496–
8741, or e-mail your request including
your address to: vannierd@od.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
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Dated: March 11, 2005.
Cassandra Isom,
Program Administrator, Office of Science
Education, National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Toxicology Program; National
Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency
Center for the Evaluation of Alternative
Toxicological Methods (NICEATM);
Request for Data on Non-Animal
Methods and Approaches for
Determining Skin and Eye Irritation
Potential of Antimicrobial Cleaning
Product Formulations; Request for
Nominations for an Independent
Expert Panel
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
ACTION: Request for data and nomination
of panelists.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) and
NICEATM are requesting the
submission of data that would assist in
evaluating the validation status of nonanimal methods and approaches used
for determining the skin and eye
irritation potential of antimicrobial
cleaning product formulations to meet
regulatory hazard classification and
labeling purposes. Additionally,
NICEATM is also requesting the
nomination of scientists for
consideration as potential members of
an independent scientific expert panel
(‘‘Panel’’) to evaluate the proposed
methods and approaches. The ICCVAM
will consider the conclusions and
recommendations from the Panel in
developing its recommendations on the
validation status of these methods.
DATES: Nominations and data should be
received by noon on May 5, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Nominations and data
should be sent by mail, fax, or email to
Dr. William S. Stokes, Director of
NICEATM at NICEATM, NIEHS, P.O.
Box 12233, MD EC–17, Research
Triangle Park, NC, 27709, (phone) 919–
541–2384, (fax) 919–541–0947, (e-mail)
niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. Courier address:
NICEATM, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Building 4401, Room 3128, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
William S. Stokes, Director of
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NICEATM, (phone) 919–541–2384, (fax)
919–541–0947, (email)
niceatm@niehs.nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In June 2004, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) asked ICCVAM
to evaluate the validation status of
proposed non-animal approaches for
determining the skin and eye irritation
potential of antimicrobial cleaning
product formulations for meeting
regulatory hazard classification and
labeling requirements. ICCVAM
considered the EPA’s request and
recommended that the evaluation of
these non-animal approaches proceed as
a high priority. ICCVAM agreed to work
with the EPA and representatives of its
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee
(PPDC) to help assure that the
submission provided to ICCVAM
contains all relevant information, data,
and appropriate analyses as described in
the ‘‘ICCVAM Guidelines for the
Nomination and Submission of New,
Revised, and Alternative Test Methods’’
(NIH publication 03–4508). The
NICEATM on behalf of ICCVAM plans
to convene an independent scientific
expert panel to review the submission,
develop conclusions on the validation
status of these methods, and make
recommendations about the usefulness
and limitations of these methods for
their intended purpose. The date for the
expert panel meeting has not been
determined but will be announced in a
future Federal Register notice.
Request for Data
Data, the nomination of experts, and
other information submitted in response
to this notice should be sent to
NICEATM at the address given above.
Data received by the deadline will be
made available on the ICCVAM/
NICEATM Web site at https://
iccvam.niehs.nih.gov and considered by
the Panel and ICCVAM.
When submitting data or information
on protocols, please reference this
Federal Register notice and provide
appropriate contact information (name,
affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax,
e-mail, and sponsoring organization, as
applicable). NICEATM prefers the
submission of raw untransformed data
in addition to any summary data
including the submission of copies of
pages from applicable study notebooks
and/or study reports, if available. In vivo
and in vitro data for each substance are
preferred. Post-marketing surveillance
data, ethical human studies, and
accidental exposure reports also are
sought when available and applicable.
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Each submission for a chemical or
product should preferably include the
following information when available:
• Common and trade name.
• Chemical Abstracts Service Registry
Number (CASRN) for each ingredient of
a formulation, and the percent
composition of each ingredient.
• Chemical structure.
• Chemical class.
• Product class.
• Commercial source.
• Test protocol used for either in vivo
or in vitro testing.
• The extent to which the study
complies with national/international
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
guidelines.
• Date and testing organization.
Request for the Nomination of
Scientists for the Expert Panel
NICEATM invites the nomination of
scientists with relevant knowledge and
experience that can serve on the Panel
to evaluate in vitro dermal and ocular
toxicity test methods. Areas of relevant
expertise include, but are not limited to:
human and animal dermatotoxicology/
ophthalmology with an emphasis on
evaluation and treatment of chemical
injuries, in vivo dermal/ocular toxicity
testing, in vitro dermal/ocular
toxicology, test method validation, and
biostatistics. Each nomination should
include the person’s name, affiliation,
contact information (i.e., mailing
address, e-mail address, telephone and
fax numbers), a brief summary of
relevant experience and qualifications,
and curriculum vitae, if possible.
NICEATM and ICCVAM will also
consider nominations previously
submitted in response to a request for
scientific experts for the evaluation of in
vitro ocular test methods (Federal
Register, Vol. 69, No. 57, pp. 13859–
13861, March 24, 2004, available at
https://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/) and do not
need to be resubmitted.
Background Information on ICCVAM
and NICEATM
ICCVAM is an interagency committee
composed of representatives from 15
Federal regulatory and research agencies
that use or generate toxicological
information. ICCVAM conducts
technical evaluations of new, revised,
and alternative methods with regulatory
applicability and promotes the scientific
validation and regulatory acceptance of
toxicological test methods that more
accurately assess the safety and hazards
of chemicals and products and that
refine, reduce, or replace animal use.
The ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000
(Pub. L. 106–545, available at https://
iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/about/
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The
Effectiveness of the NIH Curriculum Supplements and Workshops Survey
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects, the Office of Science
Education, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish
periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: The Effectiveness of the NIH Curriculum
Supplements and Workshops Survey. Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The survey will attempt to
assess the effectiveness of the NIH curriculum supplements in aiding
teachers to teach science in a more engaging and interactive way. The
supplements help k-12 educators teach science in more engaging and
effective ways by featuring the latest NIH research. A typical
supplement contains two weeks of student activities on the science
behind a health topic, such as cancer, sleep or obesity. Web-based
simulations, animations and experiments enhance the ``pencil and
paper'' activities. In addition to developing and distributing the
supplements, OSE conducts professional workshops to help teachers
successfully implement these lessons with their students. Since January
2000, over 3,000 teachers have attended an OSE workshop.
Assessing the effectiveness of the NIH Curriculum Supplements and
teacher workshops is critical to determining if OSE is successfully
fulfilling its mission. OSE has the database infrastructure in place to
easily collect customer satisfaction data from supplement requesters
and workshop attendees. At present, we do not have clearance to contact
our customers to determine how NIH resources are meeting their
educational needs.
Burden Table
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Frequency of Average time Annual hour
Type of respondent respondents response per response burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Focus Group Teachers............................ 60 1 2.0 120
Workshop Teachers: Initial Survey............... 350 1 0.083 29
Workshop Teachers: In-Depth Survey.............. 50 1 0.5 25
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Totals...................................... 460 .............. .............. 174
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Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (3) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to NIH: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice should be directed to
the: Office of Science Education, National Institutes of Health, 6705
Rockledge Drive, Suite 700, Bethesda, MD 20817, Attention: Cassandra
Isom. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain
a copy of the data collection plans and survey, contact: Dr. David
Vannier, Office of Science Education, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 700,
Bethesda, MD 20817, or call 301-496-8741, or e-mail your request
including your address to: vannierd@od.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days
of the date of this publication.
[[Page 13512]]
Dated: March 11, 2005.
Cassandra Isom,
Program Administrator, Office of Science Education, National Institutes
of Health.
[FR Doc. 05-5472 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
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