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Health Service, 801 Thompson Ave.,
TMP 360, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
(301) 443–5204.
For program information, issues
related to preventive dentistry, public
health, or other programmatic content,
contact: Patrick Blahut, D.D.S., M.P.H.,
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this instance a copy of the current
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served by the support center in the
proposal must match the set of
appended resolutions. If a resolution
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and so on must accompany the
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workplace, it should be stated in the
application.
Dated: May 26, 2006.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; NCCAM Customer Service
Data Collection
Summary: Under the provisions of
section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection
listed below. A notice of this proposed
information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on
February 22, 2006, pages 9135–9136. To
date, no public comments have been
received. The purpose of this notice is
to announce a final 30 days for public
comment. NIH may not conduct or
sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection that has been extended,
revised, or implemented on or after
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Estimated number
of respondents
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Type of respondents
Proposed Collection: Title: NCCAM
Customer Service Data Collection. Type
of Information Collection Request:
Renewal. Need and Use of Information
Collection: NCCAM provides the public,
patients, families, health care providers,
complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) practitioners, and
others with the latest scientifically
based information on CAM and
information about NCCAM’s programs
through a variety of channels, including
its toll-free telephone information
service and its quarterly newsletter.
NCCAM wishes to continue to measure
customer satisfaction with NCCAM
telephone interactions and the NCCAM
newsletter and to assess which
audiences are being reached through
these channels. This effort involves a
telephone survey consisting of 10
questions, which 25 percent of all
callers are asked to answer, for an
annual total of approximately 1,210
respondents, and a newsletter survey
consisting of 10 questions, which is sent
to all U.S.-based print newsletter
subscribers and which Web users have
the option of completing when they exit
the page where the latest issue of the
newsletter is posted, for an annual total
of approximately 839 respondents.
NCCAM uses the data collected from the
surveys to help program staff measure
the impact of their communication
efforts, tailor services to the public and
health care providers, measure service
use among special populations, and
assess the most effective media and
messages to reach these audiences.
Frequency of Response: Once for the
telephone survey and periodically for
the newsletter survey (to measure any
changes in customer satisfaction).
Affected Public: Individuals and
households. Type of Respondents: For
the telephone survey, patients, spouses/
family/friends of patients, health care
providers, physicians, CAM
practitioners, or other individuals
contacting the NCCAM Clearinghouse;
for the newsletter survey, subscribers to
the print NCCAM newsletter and
visitors to the newsletter page on
NCCAM’s Web site. The annual
reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated number
of responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours requested
Telephone survey
Individuals or households ........................................................
Physicians ................................................................................
CAM/health practitioners .........................................................
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Estimated number
of respondents
Type of respondents
Estimated number
of responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours requested
Newsletter survey (print)
Individuals or households ........................................................
Physicians ................................................................................
CAM/health practitioners .........................................................
204
27
108
1
1
1
0.050
0.050
0.050
10
2
5
Newsletter survey (online)
300
40
160
1
1
1
0.050
0.050
0.050
15
2
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Physicians ................................................................................
CAM/health practitioners .........................................................
2,049
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..............................
133
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $1,770 for the telephone
survey, $507 for the print newsletter
survey, and $714 for the online
newsletter survey. There are no Capital
Costs to report. There are no Operating
or Maintenance Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on 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) The accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions; (3) Ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) 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 OMB: Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the item(s) contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time, should be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for NIH. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, contact: Christy
Thomsen, Director, Office of
Communications and Public Liaison,
NCCAM, 31 Center Drive, Room 2B–11,
Bethesda, MD 20892–2182; or fax your
request to 301–402–4741; or e-mail
thomsenc@mail.nih.gov. Ms. Thomsen
can be contacted by telephone at 301–
451–8876.
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Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: May 30, 2006.
Christy Thomsen,
Director, Office of Communications and
Public Liaison, National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
National Institutes of Health.
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each microarray consists of 20 probes
immobilized on silylated glass slides.
The single-stranded Cy5-labeled
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NCCAM Customer Service Data
Collection
Summary: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for review and approval of the information collection listed
below. A notice of this proposed information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on February 22, 2006, pages 9135-
9136. To date, no public comments have been received. The purpose of
this notice is to announce a final 30 days for public comment. NIH may
not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: NCCAM Customer Service Data Collection.
Type of Information Collection Request: Renewal. Need and Use of
Information Collection: NCCAM provides the public, patients, families,
health care providers, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
practitioners, and others with the latest scientifically based
information on CAM and information about NCCAM's programs through a
variety of channels, including its toll-free telephone information
service and its quarterly newsletter. NCCAM wishes to continue to
measure customer satisfaction with NCCAM telephone interactions and the
NCCAM newsletter and to assess which audiences are being reached
through these channels. This effort involves a telephone survey
consisting of 10 questions, which 25 percent of all callers are asked
to answer, for an annual total of approximately 1,210 respondents, and
a newsletter survey consisting of 10 questions, which is sent to all
U.S.-based print newsletter subscribers and which Web users have the
option of completing when they exit the page where the latest issue of
the newsletter is posted, for an annual total of approximately 839
respondents. NCCAM uses the data collected from the surveys to help
program staff measure the impact of their communication efforts, tailor
services to the public and health care providers, measure service use
among special populations, and assess the most effective media and
messages to reach these audiences. Frequency of Response: Once for the
telephone survey and periodically for the newsletter survey (to measure
any changes in customer satisfaction). Affected Public: Individuals and
households. Type of Respondents: For the telephone survey, patients,
spouses/family/friends of patients, health care providers, physicians,
CAM practitioners, or other individuals contacting the NCCAM
Clearinghouse; for the newsletter survey, subscribers to the print
NCCAM newsletter and visitors to the newsletter page on NCCAM's Web
site. The annual reporting burden is as follows:
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Estimated number Average burden Estimated total
Type of respondents Estimated number of responses per hours per annual burden
of respondents respondent response hours requested
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Telephone survey
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Individuals or households........... 1,150 1 0.075 86
Physicians.......................... 12 1 0.075 1
CAM/health practitioners............ 48 1 0.075 4
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Newsletter survey (print)
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Individuals or households........... 204 1 0.050 10
Physicians.......................... 27 1 0.050 2
CAM/health practitioners............ 108 1 0.050 5
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Newsletter survey (online)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Individuals or households........... 300 1 0.050 15
Physicians.......................... 40 1 0.050 2
CAM/health practitioners............ 160 1 0.050 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annualized totals................... 2,049 ................. ................. 133
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $1,770 for the
telephone survey, $507 for the print newsletter survey, and $714 for
the online newsletter survey. There are no Capital Costs to report.
There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on 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) The accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) 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 OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans
and instruments, contact: Christy Thomsen, Director, Office of
Communications and Public Liaison, NCCAM, 31 Center Drive, Room 2B-11,
Bethesda, MD 20892-2182; or fax your request to 301-402-4741; or e-mail
thomsenc@mail.nih.gov. Ms. Thomsen can be contacted by telephone at
301-451-8876.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days
of the date of this publication.
Dated: May 30, 2006.
Christy Thomsen,
Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Center
for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of
Health.
[FR Doc. E6-8679 Filed 6-2-06; 8:45 am]
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