Grants.gov Program Management Office; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 54556-54557 [05-18287]

Download as PDF 54556 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2005 / Notices Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: 1. Southern Connecticut Bancorp, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The Bank of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, a de nova bank. B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. Cathay General Bancorp, Los Angeles, California; to acquire up to 100 percent of Great Eastern Bank, New York, New York. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 9, 2005. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 05–18301 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: OS–4040–0004 (Formerly OMB–0348–0043)] Grants.gov Program Management Office; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency: Office of the Secretary, Grants.gov Program Management Office, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Grants.gov Program Management Office, one of the 26 E–Government initiatives, managed by the Department of Health and Human Services is publishing the following summary of proposed collection for public comment. Interested individuals are invited to send comments regarding any aspect of this collection of information or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden. Type of Information Collection Request: Regular, Revision of a currently approved collection; VerDate Aug<18>2005 15:03 Sep 14, 2005 Jkt 205001 Title of Information Collection: SF– 424 Application for Federal Assistance; Form/OMB No.: OS–4040–0004 (Formerly OMB–0348–0043); The SF–424 Application for Federal Assistance (OMB control number 0348– 0043) was cleared by OMB for emergency use on July 31, 2003, Federal Register notice [68 FR 44974]. OMB has since assigned the responsibility for this government-wide standard form to the Grants.gov Program Management Office and therefore the SF–424 Application for Federal Assistance OMB control number was changed in April 2005 from 0348–0043 to 4040–0004. Use: In the Federal Register notice published April 8, 2003 [68 FR 17090], OMB proposed to establish a government-wide standard set of data elements and definitions for grantrelated applications. After consultation with the public, OMB added four data elements to the existing Standard Form 424 (SF–424), Application for Federal Assistance data elements and established the data as the standard core data set for use on both paper and electronic applications. After obtaining emergency clearance, July 31, 2003, Federal Register notice, [68 FR 44974], use of the standard data elements was implemented through the electronic grants application process of Grants.gov, and was deployed in October 2003 as part of the implementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–107). OMB recognized that a transition period would be needed to provide agencies time to adapt their application forms and systems to the SF–424 core data set and to phase out the use of the old forms. OMB committed to a oneyear transition period and further committed to reevaluate the data set at the end of the transition period. Following the expiration of the transition period, a cross-agency working group recommended revisions to the SF–424 core data set and form. Based on these recommendations, the Grants.gov Program office now proposes the addition of the following three new standard data elements to the SF–424 data set and form: Requesting entity’s Province to collect non-US geographic subdivision data for international address purposes, if applicable. Requesting entity’s Point of Contact’s Organizational Affiliation, if applicable. Requesting entity’s Point of Contact’s Title, if applicable. The Grants.gov Program office further proposes deletion of the requesting entity’s designation of construction or non-construction type of submission data element. Also proposed are non- PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 data collection related changes, i.e., renaming of data elements. These changes are presented in the supporting statement found on the HHS Web site at https://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/ pending. Federal agencies will not be required to collect all of the information included in the data set. The agency will identify the data that must be provided by applicants through instructions that will accompany the application package. The efforts to address potential future revisions to the SF–424A and SF–424C budget forms and categories and to evaluate the SF–424B and SF–424D assurance language are separate efforts to be undertaken by the Pub. L. 106/107 working groups and have no impact upon the proposed revisions to the SF– 424 data set or form. An estimate of the total burden was submitted during the first information collection package for the SF–424 on April 8, 2003, Federal Register notice [68 FR 17090]. The estimate has been updated based on the Paperwork Reduction Act Worksheets (OMB 83-C) received from the agencies. Collectively, the agencies plan to receive 142,223 applications annually and estimate that it takes applicants one hour on average to complete each application. Cumulatively, the agencies report the total burden to applicants to be 146,758 hours. Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, on occasion. Affected: Federal, State, Local and Tribal governments; farms; non-profit institutions, and other for-profit. Total Annual Respondents: 77,576; Total Annual Responses: 142,223; Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour; To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS Web site address at https://www.hhs.gov/ oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document identifier, to naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (4040–0004), Room 531–H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2005 / Notices Dated: September 3, 2005. Robert E. Polson, Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 05–18287 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–17–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden. #1 Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection, Regular; Title of Information Collection: National Community Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health and National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health Joint Project Evaluation Professional Survey; Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–New; Use: Health professionals and community leaders who participated in a joint project program will complete a survey sharing their perceptions of the program’s impact on their work. This will help evaluate the processes and outcomes of the joint projects and their ability to provide integrated services to women. Frequency: Other, once per person; Affected Public: Individuals or households, Annual Number of Respondents: 170. Total Annual Responses: 170; Average Burden Per Response: 15minutes; Total Annual Hours: 43. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the VerDate Aug<18>2005 15:03 Sep 14, 2005 Jkt 205001 proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS Web site address at https://www.hhs.gov/ oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document identifier, to naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (0990–New), Room 531–H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. Dated: September 6, 2005. Robert E. Polson, Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 05–18288 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–33–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces meetings of the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group (the Working Group) mandated by section 1014 of the Medicare Modernization Act. DATES: Business meetings of the Working Group will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and Thursday, September 22, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A public meeting with invited speakers will take place on Friday, September 23 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This meeting will focus on Oregon’s experience in engaging the public in developing health care policy. ADDRESSES: Events for all three days will take place in the Portland City Hall, 1221 SW. 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204. The Working Group business meetings on both Wednesday and Thursday will take place in the Rose PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54557 Room. Friday’s meeting will take place in the City Council Chambers. All meetings are open to the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. Innis, Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center, on (301) 443– 1144. The agendas for these three Working Group meetings are available on the Citizens’ Working Group Web site, https://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also available at that site is a roster of Working Group members. When transcriptions of the Group’s September meetins are completed, they will also be available on the Web site. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1014 of Pub. L. 108–173, (known as the Medicare Modernization Act) directs the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), acting through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish a Citizens’ Health Care Working Group (Citizen Group). This statutory provision, codified at 42 U.S.C. 299n., directs the Working Group to: (1) Identify options for changing our health care system so that every American has the ability to obtain quality, affordable health care coverage; (2) provide for a nationwide public debate about improving the health care system; and (3) submit its recommendations to the President and the Congress. The Citizens’ Health Care Working Group is composed of 15 members: the Secretary of DHHS is designated as a member by the statute and the Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was directed to name the remaining 14 members whose appointments were announced on February 28, 2005. Working Group Meeting Agendas The Working Group business meetings on September 21 and 22 will be devoted to ongoing Working Group business. Topics to be addressed are expected to include: reports from Working Group Committees, plans for release of the required Report to the American people, and plans for community meetings and other activities to engage the public. At the public meeting on September 23, invited speakers will discuss Oregon’s experiences in engaging the public in discussions of health policy. E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1

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[Document Identifier: OS-4040-0004 (Formerly OMB-0348-0043)]


Grants.gov Program Management Office; Agency Information 
Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

    Agency: Office of the Secretary, Grants.gov Program Management 
Office, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Grants.gov 
Program Management Office, one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, 
managed by the Department of Health and Human Services is publishing 
the following summary of proposed collection for public comment. 
Interested individuals are invited to send comments regarding any 
aspect of this collection of information or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Regular, Revision of a 
currently approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: SF-424 Application for Federal 
Assistance;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-4040-0004 (Formerly OMB-0348-0043);
    The SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance (OMB control number 
0348-0043) was cleared by OMB for emergency use on July 31, 2003, 
Federal Register notice [68 FR 44974]. OMB has since assigned the 
responsibility for this government-wide standard form to the Grants.gov 
Program Management Office and therefore the SF-424 Application for 
Federal Assistance OMB control number was changed in April 2005 from 
0348-0043 to 4040-0004.
    Use: In the Federal Register notice published April 8, 2003 [68 FR 
17090], OMB proposed to establish a government-wide standard set of 
data elements and definitions for grant-related applications. After 
consultation with the public, OMB added four data elements to the 
existing Standard Form 424 (SF-424), Application for Federal Assistance 
data elements and established the data as the standard core data set 
for use on both paper and electronic applications. After obtaining 
emergency clearance, July 31, 2003, Federal Register notice, [68 FR 
44974], use of the standard data elements was implemented through the 
electronic grants application process of Grants.gov, and was deployed 
in October 2003 as part of the implementation of the Federal Financial 
Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107).
    OMB recognized that a transition period would be needed to provide 
agencies time to adapt their application forms and systems to the SF-
424 core data set and to phase out the use of the old forms. OMB 
committed to a one-year transition period and further committed to 
reevaluate the data set at the end of the transition period. Following 
the expiration of the transition period, a cross-agency working group 
recommended revisions to the SF-424 core data set and form. Based on 
these recommendations, the Grants.gov Program office now proposes the 
addition of the following three new standard data elements to the SF-
424 data set and form: Requesting entity's Province to collect non-US 
geographic subdivision data for international address purposes, if 
applicable. Requesting entity's Point of Contact's Organizational 
Affiliation, if applicable. Requesting entity's Point of Contact's 
Title, if applicable.
    The Grants.gov Program office further proposes deletion of the 
requesting entity's designation of construction or non-construction 
type of submission data element. Also proposed are non-data collection 
related changes, i.e., renaming of data elements. These changes are 
presented in the supporting statement found on the HHS Web site at 
https://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending.
    Federal agencies will not be required to collect all of the 
information included in the data set. The agency will identify the data 
that must be provided by applicants through instructions that will 
accompany the application package.
    The efforts to address potential future revisions to the SF-424A 
and SF-424C budget forms and categories and to evaluate the SF-424B and 
SF-424D assurance language are separate efforts to be undertaken by the 
Pub. L. 106/107 working groups and have no impact upon the proposed 
revisions to the SF-424 data set or form.
    An estimate of the total burden was submitted during the first 
information collection package for the SF-424 on April 8, 2003, Federal 
Register notice [68 FR 17090]. The estimate has been updated based on 
the Paperwork Reduction Act Worksheets (OMB 83-C) received from the 
agencies. Collectively, the agencies plan to receive 142,223 
applications annually and estimate that it takes applicants one hour on 
average to complete each application. Cumulatively, the agencies report 
the total burden to applicants to be 146,758 hours.
    Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, on occasion.
    Affected: Federal, State, Local and Tribal governments; farms; non-
profit institutions, and other for-profit.
    Total Annual Respondents: 77,576;
    Total Annual Responses: 142,223;
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour;
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at https://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and 
Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 
Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource 
Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (4040-0004), Room 531-H, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.


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    Dated: September 3, 2005.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-18287 Filed 9-14-05; 8:45 am]
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