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TABLE 1.—RESPONDENT AND BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES
Estimated number of respondents
Type of respondents
Telephone Clients: 1
Demographic questions ............................................................
Quitline Smoking Cessation Clients1, 2
Reactive Clients:
Demographic & smoking intake questions ...............................
Smoking intake questions only .................................................
Proactive Callback Clients 3
Demographic & smoking intake questions plus follow-up
question .................................................................................
Estimated
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated
total annual
burden hours
requested
40,700
1
.0302
1,229
1,900
3,400
1
1
.0611
.0309
116
105
1
31
3
28
6
............................
500
Subtotal Quitline Clients ....................................................
LiveHelp Clients: 4
Demographic questions ............................................................
6,700
............................
.0611
.0017
.0309
.0017
............................
2,000
1
.0302
60
Total ...........................................................................
49,400
............................
............................
1,578
54
Smoking intake questions plus follow-up question ..................
900
1
54
1 Approximately
36% of telephone and quitline clients will be sampled for the demographic questions.
of smoking cessation clients will be asked the smoking intake questions.
3 100% of smoking cessation clients participating in the callback service will be asked the smoking follow-up question (at up to 4 callbacks).
4 Approximately 50% of LiveHelp clients will be sampled for the demographic questions.
5 (Follow-up question only).
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2 100%
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at approximately: $28,546.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, or Maintenance Costs to report.
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) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(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 suggestion regarding
the items 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 Linda
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Research, Cancer Information Service
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6116 Executive Blvd., MSC 8322,
Rockville, MD 20892–8322, or call nontoll-free number 301–594–9075 or email your request, including your
address, to: squiersl@mail.nih.gov.
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: July 10, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National
Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Outcome
Evaluation of NCI’s Activities To
Promote Research Collaboration
(APRC) Program
Summary: Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection
listed below. This proposed information
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collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on March 13, 2006,
page 12703–12704 and allowed 60-days
for public comment. No public
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment. The
National Institutes of Health 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: Outcome Evaluation of NCI’s
Activities to Promote Research
Collaboration (APRC) Program.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The purpose of this study is
to systematically assess the extent to
which NCI’s Activities to Promote
Research Collaborations (APRC)
program has been successful in
accomplishing its intended goals of (1)
capacity building and (2) generating
innovative advances. The innovative
advances outcome analysis will answer
the question of whether APRC projects
resulted in promising, novel concepts
and advances in cancer research. The
capacity building outcome analysis will
determine whether participation in the
APRC program has enabled the program
participants to successfully integrate
interdisciplinary approaches in their
scientific investigations and enhanced
their ability to pursue other
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collaborative research activities. The
study will involve interviewing former
APRC-funded researchers. The
evaluation results will provide DCB
with the information to make quality
improvements to the APRC program and
enhance program performance in
generating significant outcomes. It will
also strengthen our understanding of the
value of collaborative and
interdisciplinary research and inform
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1;
Average Burden Hours per Response:
.5; and
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 125.
The annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at: $4034. There are no
Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or
Maintenance Costs to report.
NCI’s approach to supporting and
encouraging scientific collaboration
among researchers from multiple
disciplines in the future.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Affected Public: Individuals; scientific
and research communities.
Type of Respondents: Researchers.
The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
250;
Estimated annual
No. of respondents
Estimated No. of
responses per
respondents
Average burden
hours per response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours requested
Researcher ......................................................................................
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Type of respondents
250
1
0.5
125
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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (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: Kelly
Kim, Program Administrator, DNA and
Chromosome Aberrations Branch, DCB,
NCI, NIH, 6130 Executive Blvd, Room
5025, Rockville, MD 20892, or call nontoll-free number 301–496–5473 or email your request, including your
address to: kimke@mail.nih.gov.
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.
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Dated: July 12, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National
Institutes of Health.
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National Cancer Institute; Notice of
Closed Meeting
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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice
is hereby given of the following
meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The contract proposals and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the contract
proposals, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, SBIR
Topic 196 Antibody Array for Cancer
Detection—Phase II.
Date: August 17, 2006.
Time: 12:01 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate
contract proposals.
Place: NIH Events Management,
Executive Plaza North, 6130 Executive
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Rockville, MD 20862, (Telephone
Conference Call).
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Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology
Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support;
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Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health,
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as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Outcome Evaluation of
NCI's Activities To Promote Research Collaboration (APRC) Program
Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the
information collection listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March
13, 2006, page 12703-12704 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of
Health 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: Outcome Evaluation of NCI's Activities to Promote Research
Collaboration (APRC) Program.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this study
is to systematically assess the extent to which NCI's Activities to
Promote Research Collaborations (APRC) program has been successful in
accomplishing its intended goals of (1) capacity building and (2)
generating innovative advances. The innovative advances outcome
analysis will answer the question of whether APRC projects resulted in
promising, novel concepts and advances in cancer research. The capacity
building outcome analysis will determine whether participation in the
APRC program has enabled the program participants to successfully
integrate interdisciplinary approaches in their scientific
investigations and enhanced their ability to pursue other
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collaborative research activities. The study will involve interviewing
former APRC-funded researchers. The evaluation results will provide DCB
with the information to make quality improvements to the APRC program
and enhance program performance in generating significant outcomes. It
will also strengthen our understanding of the value of collaborative
and interdisciplinary research and inform NCI's approach to supporting
and encouraging scientific collaboration among researchers from
multiple disciplines in the future.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Affected Public: Individuals; scientific and research communities.
Type of Respondents: Researchers.
The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 250;
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;
Average Burden Hours per Response: .5; and
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 125.
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $4034. There
are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
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Estimated annual Estimated No. of Average burden Estimated total
Type of respondents No. of responses per hours per annual burden
respondents respondents response hours requested
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Researcher.......................... 250 1 0.5 125
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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) The
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (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: Kelly Kim, Program Administrator, DNA and
Chromosome Aberrations Branch, DCB, NCI, NIH, 6130 Executive Blvd, Room
5025, Rockville, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number 301-496-5473 or
e-mail your request, including your address to: kimke@mail.nih.gov.
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: July 12, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E6-11382 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140-01-P
