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projects supported through the NIH
SBIR Program are being commercialized
and if so, to classify the types of
products, processes or services that are
derived through SBIR funding; (2)
determine if other measures of success
defined within the NIH mission are
being achieved; and (3) enhance NIH’s
administration of the SBIR Program and
the support that it provides to small
business concerns. Overall, the NIH will
use the evaluation results to assess the
outcomes from NIH-supported SBIR
awards. The evaluation results will
provide OD with the information
necessary to make quality
improvements to the SBIR program and
enhance program performance in
generating significant outcomes. The
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA) mandates that
Federal programs improve their
effectiveness and public accountability
by focusing on results. The OMB
developed the Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART) to monitor
compliance with the GPRA and to rate
federal programs for their effectiveness
and ability to show results. It is
anticipated that results from a second
survey will assist NIH in demonstrating
that it is meeting its GPRA goals for the
NIH SBIR Program. Using an Internet
survey OD will collect information
Phase II SBIR awardees from fiscal years
(FY) 2002 through 2006. The online
survey will be implemented using
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption
technology and password access. OD
will use email messages to advise
awardees that they have been selected to
participate in the survey.
Frequency of Response: One time.
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Affected Public: Small business
concerns supported by NIH through the
SBIR Program.
Type of Respondents: For-profit small
business concerns that received an NIH
SBIR Phase II award from (FY 2002–
2006). The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
704; Estimated Number of Responses
per Respondent: 1; Averaged Burden
Hours per Response: .5; and Estimated
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested:
352. The annualized cost to the public
is estimated at $26,400. There are no
Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or
Maintenance Costs to report. The
anticipated maximum number of
respondents is smaller than that in the
initial survey thus decreasing the
annual hour burden and the annualized
cost to the respondents.
Estimated
number of
respondents
Estimated
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
requested
For-profit small business concerns that have received an NIH SBIR Phase
II award from (FY 2002–2006) .....................................................................
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Type of respondents
704
1
0.5
352
Requests for Comments
Written comments and/or suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address 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: Ms. Jo
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Anne Goodnight, NIH SBIR/STTR
Program Coordinator, Rockledge I Bldg.,
Room 3538, 6705 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892–7910, or call nontoll-free number 301–435–2688 or email your request, including your
address, to: jg128w@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: September 25, 2007.
Jo Anne Goodnight,
Coordinator, Small Business Innovation
Research/Small Business Technology
Transfer Program; Office of Extramural
Programs, Office of Extramural Research,
Office of the Director, National Institutes of
Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 30Day Notice]
Agency Information Collection
Request; 30-Day Public 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
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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.
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 on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be
received within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer all
comments must be faxed to OMB at
202–395–6974.
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Title of the Collection—(New)—OMB
No. 0990–NEW—Report of Medical
Examination and History.
Abstract: Health professionals
applying to the Commissioned Corps of
the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps)
must be medically qualified prior to
appointment. Applicants must have a
healthcare provider/physician complete
form PHS–7059, Report of Medical
Examination, documenting the health
status of the applicant. The Corps
Medical Evaluations Officer will review
the information to ascertain if the
applicant is medically qualified
presently and in the near future. This is
a one-time survey.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of
respondents
Forms
PHS–7059
PHS–7060
PHS–7053
PHS–7054
PHS–7055
PHS–7056
PHS–7057
PHS–7061
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
........................................................................................................
4,000
4,000
800
1320
2800
1600
600
2000
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15/60
15/60
6/60
6/60
7/60
7/60
5/60
10/60
1000
1000
80
132
327
187
50
334
Total ..........................................................................................................
17,120
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........................
3,110
Dated: September 18, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
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National Toxicology Program (NTP);
Host Susceptibility Program (HSP);
Genetic Variation and the Basis for
Individual Susceptibility to
Environmental Toxicant Associated
Disease: Request for Information
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
ACTION: Request for information.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The NTP is developing the
Host Susceptibility Program (HSP), a
new research program, to identify and
functionally validate genes associated
with environmental exposure. This
program will make available NTP
expertise and resources to investigate
the genetic basis for population-level
differences in susceptibility to
environmental toxicants and/or disease
based upon gene and environment
interactions. This research will be
designed to ultimately lead to a better
understanding of why some individuals
are more susceptible than others to
exposure to an environmental toxicant
resulting in disease and morbidity.
Asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer,
diabetes, and obesity are examples of
diseases associated with multiple
interacting genes that are influenced by
exposure to environmental agents.
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Through this Request for Information,
extramural and intramural scientists are
invited and encouraged to provide
information and comment relevant to
this proposed programmatic research
approach in order to help guide further
development and refinement of the
goals of the NTP HSP. Information on
this initiative can be submitted
electronically through the HSP Request
for Information Web site at: (https://
ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/32130 ) or by
contacting Dr. John E. French (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below).
DATES: The deadline for response is
October 31, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Responses can be submitted
electronically at the HSP Request for
Information Web site: https://
ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/32130.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Other correspondence should be
directed to Dr. John E. French, Host
Susceptibility Program, NIEHS, P.O.
Box 12233, MD EC–17, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709, (fax) 919–541–
0947, (email) hsp@niehs.nih.gov.
Courier address: Dr. John E. French,
Host Susceptibility Program, 111 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Building 101, Room
F167, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The NTP was established as a
cooperative effort to (1) coordinate
toxicology testing programs within the
federal government, (2) strengthen the
science base in toxicology, (3) develop
improved testing methods, and (4)
provide information about potentially
toxic chemicals to health, regulatory,
and research agencies, scientific and
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medical communities, and the public.
To meet these goals, NTP designs and
conducts large-scale laboratory animal
research and testing programs and
analyzes and reports their findings to
assess potential hazards to human
health from exposure to environmental
chemicals.
Recently, the NTP led and funded a
haplotype mapping project with
Perlegen Sciences to resequence 15
isogenic strains of mice selected for
their potential genetic diversity. Along
with the public sequence of isogenic
C57BL/6J, analysis of 16 sequenced
strains has revealed, conservatively,
more than 8 million single nucleotide
polymorphisms in this initial analysis of
laboratory and wild-derived isogenic
mouse strains (Frazer et al., 2007).
Identification and analysis of mouse
haplotypes will provide a valuable tool
for haplotype-phenotype association
studies in genetically diverse strains
that can be used to predict human
genetic variants of functional
significance (https://
mouse.perlegen.com/mouse/
index.html ). Toward that goal, the NTP
is developing a multidisciplinary
research program on genetic
susceptibility to environmental
exposures. This effort will partner
extramural and/or intramural
researchers with NTP scientists by
creating research partnerships using
NTP R&D contract resources. This
research program is not a funding
opportunity or a grant program.
The intent of HSP is to provide
researchers access to NTP R&D contract
resources and NTP expertise in public
health toxicology. Participation by
extramural and/or intramural scientists
will be based on competitive peer
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-Day Notice]
Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public 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 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.
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 on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk
Officer all comments must be faxed to OMB at 202-395-6974.
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Title of the Collection--(New)--OMB No. 0990-NEW--Report of Medical
Examination and History.
Abstract: Health professionals applying to the Commissioned Corps
of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps) must be medically qualified
prior to appointment. Applicants must have a healthcare provider/
physician complete form PHS-7059, Report of Medical Examination,
documenting the health status of the applicant. The Corps Medical
Evaluations Officer will review the information to ascertain if the
applicant is medically qualified presently and in the near future. This
is a one-time survey.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average
Forms Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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PHS-7059........................................ 4,000 1 15/60 1000
PHS-7060........................................ 4,000 1 15/60 1000
PHS-7053........................................ 800 1 6/60 80
PHS-7054........................................ 1320 1 6/60 132
PHS-7055........................................ 2800 1 7/60 327
PHS-7056........................................ 1600 1 7/60 187
PHS-7057........................................ 600 1 5/60 50
PHS-7061........................................ 2000 1 10/60 334
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Total....................................... 17,120 .............. .............. 3,110
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Dated: September 18, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
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