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the executive branch. This estimate is
based on the number of reports filed
branchwide for 2002 through 2004
(272,755 in 2002, 263,463 in 2003, and
295,426 in 2004) for a total of 831,644,
with that number then divided by three
and rounded, to give the projected
annual average of 277,215 reports. Of
these reports, OGE estimates that 7.6
percent, or some 21,068 per year, will be
filed by private citizens. Private citizen
filers are those potential (incoming)
regular employees whose positions are
designated for confidential disclosure
filing as well as potential SGEs whose
agencies require that they file their new
entrant reports prior to assuming
Government responsibilities. No
termination reports are required for the
OGE Form 450.
Each filing is estimated to take an
average of one and one-half hours to
complete. This yields an annual
reporting burden of 31,602 hours. OGE
previously has published an estimate of
only 15 hours because we were not
previously required by OMB to make a
branchwide estimate, and 15 hours is
the applicable regulatory minimum. The
current burden hours for the form as
listed in OGE’s paperwork inventory
therefore account for private citizen
filers whose reports were filed each year
only with OGE itself. In the past, the
number of private citizens whose
reports were filed each year with OGE
itself was less than 10, but pursuant to
the OMB paperwork regulation at 5 CFR
1320.3(c)(4)(i), the lower limit for this
general regulatory-based requirement is
set at 10 private persons. Thus, OGE
reported the current annual burden of
15 hours. The proposed estimate of
burden hours includes private citizen
reports filed with departments and
agencies throughout the executive
branch (including OGE).
Consideration of Comments on the
Unmodified OGE Form 450
In this second round paperwork
notice, public comment is invited on the
unmodified OGE Form 450 as set forth
in this notice. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), public comments are
invited specifically on the need for and
practical utility of this collection of
information, the accuracy of OGE’s
burden estimate, the enhancement of
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collected, and the
minimization of burden (including the
use of information technology). The
Office of Government Ethics, in
consultation with OMB, will consider
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all comments received, which will
become a matter of public record.
Approved: March 27, 2006.
Marilyn L. Glynn,
Acting Director, Office of Government Ethics.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement
for the opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects
(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United
States Code, as amended by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13), the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes periodic summaries
of proposed projects being developed
for submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, call the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the grantee,
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) ways to enhance 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.
Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE
Act Title I Minority AIDS Initiative
(MAI) Report: NEW (Title I MAI
Report)
The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
administers the Title I CARE Act
Program (codified under Title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act). The Title
I Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI)
supplement is a component of the CARE
Act Title I Program to ‘‘address
substantial need for care and support
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services for minority populations in
eligible metropolitan areas (EMA).’’ The
overall goal of the MAI is to improve
HIV/AIDS-related health outcomes for
communities of color by allowing
communities to: (1) Expand local
service capacity primarily through
community-based organizations serving
racial and ethnic minorities; (2) improve
service delivery; and (3) support the
development of new and innovative
programs designed to reduce HIV/AIDSrelated health disparities.
The Title I MAI Report is designed to
collect performance data from Title I
MAI grantees, and has the following
components: (1) The Title I MAI Report
Plan (Plan) and (2) the Title I MAI
Annual Report (Report). The Plan and
Report components will be linked to
minimize the reporting burden, and
designed to include check box
responses, fields for reporting budget,
expenditure and client data, and openended text boxes for describing client or
service-level outcomes. Together, they
will collect information from grantees
on MAI-funded services, the number
and demographics of clients served, and
client-level outcomes. This information
is needed to monitor and assess: (1)
Increases and changes in the type and
amount of HIV/AIDS health care and
related services being provided to each
disproportionately impacted community
of color; (2) increases in the number of
persons receiving HIV/AIDS services
within each racial and ethnic
community; and (3) the impact of Title
I MAI-funded services in terms of clientlevel and service-level health outcomes.
This information also will be used to
plan new technical assistance and
capacity development activities, and
inform HAB policy and program
management functions.
The Title I MAI Report form and
instructions will be available for all
grantees to download from the HRSA/
HAB Web site. All grantees will submit
completed data forms through a link on
the HRSA/HAB Web site. Grantees may
submit a hard copy form to the HRSA
Call Center. The Title I MAI Report will
be designed to include check box
responses, numeric responses, and
open-ended questions. All Title I
grantees receiving MAI funds from HAB
will be required to submit their service
providers’ data in an aggregate form by
service category utilizing one Title I
MAI Report.
The estimated response burden for
grantees is as follows:
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Form
Estimated
number of
respondents
Responses
per respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Title I MAI Report ............................................................................................
51
2
6
612
Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: March 23, 2006.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service Chief Executive
Officer Retention Survey Request for
Public Comment: 30-Day Notice
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Request for Public Comment:
30-day Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service Chief Executive
Officer Retention Survey.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service
(IHS), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that the
requested data can be provided in the
desired format, reporting burden (time
and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. As required by
section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the
proposed information collection has
been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
The IHS received no comments in
response to the 60-day Federal Register
notice (71 FR 3098) published on
January 19, 2006. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days
for public comments to be submitted
directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
NEW, ‘‘Indian Health Service Chief
Executive Officer Retention Survey’’.
Type of Information Collection Request:
New Collection. Form Number: None.
Forms: Retention Survey. Need and Use
of Information Collection: The National
Council of Chief Executive Officers
(NCCEOs) was established to ensure that
the IHS Service Unit Chief Executive
Officers (CEOs) effectively participate in
the establishment and implementation
of strategies to achieve the IHS mission.
Part of their responsibility (as stated in
their Charter) includes: Ongoing
recruitment, development, and retention
of professional CEOs. The NCCEOs’
purpose is to ensure that the IHS
Service Unit CEO and their Tribal CEO
counterparts effectively participate in
the establishment and implementation
of an agency strategy to achieve the IHS
mission. The current Executive
Committee is actively addressing
recruitment, retention and succession
planning for their constituents, the IHS
CEOs. To enhance their ability to be
effective in this challenging tasks, the
NCCEOs need to know more about IHS
CEOs and the issues that affect retention
and recruitment including the
competitive influences of private sector
health care delivery systems. The
chosen method to obtain this critical
information from the CEOs of IHS,
Tribal and urban facilities is by
electronic survey. The goal of the IHS is
to raise the health status of American
Indians and Alaska Natives to the
highest possible level. The meet this
goal, the IHS is committed to providing
high quality health services to he
eligible service population. An
important factor in improving the
quality of services is ensuring that our
clinics and hospitals recruit and retain
the best possible CEO reasonably
available. The proposed survey is
designed to as certain current
demographics: Age, gender, years of
experience, education, pay compared to
complexity of facilities, job satisfaction
and retirement eligibility. Affected
Public: Individuals. Type of
Respondents: Individuals.
The table below provide the estimated
burden hours for this information
collection:
ESTMATED BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument
CEO Retention Survey ....................................................................
Responses
per respondent
120
1
Average burden hour per
response*
0.15 (10 mins.) ...............
Total annual
burden hours
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in minutes.
There are not Capital Costs, Operating
Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
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(c) the accuracy of public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f)
ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
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electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your
written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information
collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time, directly to: Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,
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[FR Doc No: E6-4608]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the grantee, 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) ways to enhance 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.
Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE Act Title I Minority AIDS Initiative
(MAI) Report: NEW (Title I MAI Report)
The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers the Title I CARE Act
Program (codified under Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act).
The Title I Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) supplement is a component of
the CARE Act Title I Program to ``address substantial need for care and
support services for minority populations in eligible metropolitan
areas (EMA).'' The overall goal of the MAI is to improve HIV/AIDS-
related health outcomes for communities of color by allowing
communities to: (1) Expand local service capacity primarily through
community-based organizations serving racial and ethnic minorities; (2)
improve service delivery; and (3) support the development of new and
innovative programs designed to reduce HIV/AIDS-related health
disparities.
The Title I MAI Report is designed to collect performance data from
Title I MAI grantees, and has the following components: (1) The Title I
MAI Report Plan (Plan) and (2) the Title I MAI Annual Report (Report).
The Plan and Report components will be linked to minimize the reporting
burden, and designed to include check box responses, fields for
reporting budget, expenditure and client data, and open-ended text
boxes for describing client or service-level outcomes. Together, they
will collect information from grantees on MAI-funded services, the
number and demographics of clients served, and client-level outcomes.
This information is needed to monitor and assess: (1) Increases and
changes in the type and amount of HIV/AIDS health care and related
services being provided to each disproportionately impacted community
of color; (2) increases in the number of persons receiving HIV/AIDS
services within each racial and ethnic community; and (3) the impact of
Title I MAI-funded services in terms of client-level and service-level
health outcomes. This information also will be used to plan new
technical assistance and capacity development activities, and inform
HAB policy and program management functions.
The Title I MAI Report form and instructions will be available for
all grantees to download from the HRSA/HAB Web site. All grantees will
submit completed data forms through a link on the HRSA/HAB Web site.
Grantees may submit a hard copy form to the HRSA Call Center. The Title
I MAI Report will be designed to include check box responses, numeric
responses, and open-ended questions. All Title I grantees receiving MAI
funds from HAB will be required to submit their service providers' data
in an aggregate form by service category utilizing one Title I MAI
Report.
The estimated response burden for grantees is as follows:
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Estimated
Form number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Title I MAI Report.......................... 51 2 6 612
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: March 23, 2006.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-4608 Filed 3-29-06; 8:45 am]
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