Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 63763 [E6-18278]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 210 / Tuesday, October 31, 2006 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary [Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 60-day notice] cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency: Office of the Secretary 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 a proposed collection 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. Type of Information Collection Request: Regular, New collection. Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of OHRP Educational Activities. Form/OMB No.: 0990-new. Use: The OHRP Evaluation of Educational Activities project will evaluate the outcomes of OHRP’s educational (and outreach) activities and identify opportunities for improvements, based on information obtained on the research communities’ educational needs related to protection of human research subjects. Frequency: Reporting on occasion. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. Annual Number of Respondents: 6,598. Total Annual Responses: 6,598. Average Burden per Response: 6 min. Total Annual Hours: 660. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office at (202) 690–6162. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:25 Oct 30, 2006 Jkt 211001 information collections must be received within 60 days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the following address: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Office of Resource Management, Attention: Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990–NEW), Room 537–H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. Dated: August 23, 2006. Alice Bettencourt, Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E6–18278 Filed 10–30–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–28–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup Meeting ACTION: Announcement of meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces the eleventh meeting of the American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.). November 28, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. DATES: Mary C. Switzer Building (330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201), Conference Room 4090 (please bring photo ID for entry to a Federal building). ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: https://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ ce_main.html. The Workgroup members will continue discussion on a personal health record. The meeting will be available via Web cast at https://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ ahic/ce_instruct.html. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: October 20, 2006. Judith Sparrow, Director, American Health Information Community, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. [FR Doc. 06–8969 Filed 10–30–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–24–M PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 63763 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics on November 16– 17, 2006 AGENCY: The President’s Council on Bioethics, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The President’s Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-seventh meeting, at which it will (1) Hear an update on stem cell research; (2) hear presentations on and discuss issues in clinical applications of advancements in genetics, as well as genetics policy and ethics; (3) discuss policy options in organ procurement, transplantation, and allocation; and (4) hear a presentation on and discuss issues in the ethics of health care. Agenda items one through three are continuations of previous Council discussions; the fourth agenda item is a new area of potential inquiry for the Council. Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (although not on the agenda for the November 2006 meeting) include: human dignity, therapeutic and reproductive cloning, assisted reproduction, reproductive genetics, neuroscience, aging retardation, and lifespan-extension. Publications issued by the Council to date include: Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (July 2002); Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (October 2003); Being Human: Readings from the President’s Council on Bioethics (December 2003); Monitoring Stem Cell Research (January 2004), Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies (March 2004), Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A White Paper (May 2005), and Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society (September 2005). DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, November 16, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., ET; and Friday, November 17, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, ET. ADDRESSES: The Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1001 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202–682– 0111. Agenda: The meeting agenda will be posted at https://www.bioethics.gov. Public Comments: The Council encourages public input, either in person or in writing. At this meeting, interested members of the public may address the Council, beginning at 11:45 a.m. on Friday, November 17. Comments are limited to no more than E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    Agency: Office of the Secretary
    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 a proposed collection 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Regular, New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of OHRP Educational 
Activities.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-new.
    Use: The OHRP Evaluation of Educational Activities project will 
evaluate the outcomes of OHRP's educational (and outreach) activities 
and identify opportunities for improvements, based on information 
obtained on the research communities' educational needs related to 
protection of human research subjects.
    Frequency: Reporting on occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 6,598.
    Total Annual Responses: 6,598.
    Average Burden per Response: 6 min.
    Total Annual Hours: 660.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the 
Reports Clearance Office at (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 60 days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer at the following address: Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology, Office of Resource Management, Attention: Sherrette Funn-
Coleman (0990-NEW), Room 537-H, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: August 23, 2006.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-18278 Filed 10-30-06; 8:45 am]
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