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EXHIBIT 2.—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN—Continued
Number of
respondents
Interview participants
Total burden
hours
Average hourly wage rate*
Total cost burden
Qualitative Interviews ...............................................................................
Pre-intervention Provider Log ...................................................................
Post-intervention Provider Log .................................................................
10
138
138
5
13.8
13.8
$43.78
$43.78
$43.78
$219
$605
$605
Total ...................................................................................................
438
1,898
na
$66,114
* For Patient/Family Participants: Based upon the mean of the average wages for all occupations, National Compensation Survey, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’
* For Provider Participants: Based upon the mean of the average wages for physicians ($65.54/hr) and nurses ($43.85/hr) in the New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania region, National Compensation Survey, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’ For
Pulmonary Fellows: Based upon internal Yale University School of Medicine data.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
The total cost to the Federal
Government for this project is $399,970
over a two year period. The average
annual cost is $199,985. The following
is a breakdown of the average annual
costs:
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Direct Costs:
Personnel ........................
Consultancies .................
Data support ...................
Indirect Costs:
Indirect costs ..................
Total ............................
$159,488.5
5,475
5,336.5
29,685
$199,985
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: April 10, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality:
Request for Nominations for Public
Members
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Request for nominations for
public members.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Section 931 of the Public
Health Service Act (PHS Act), 42 U.S.C.
299c, established a National Advisory
Council for Healthcare Research and
Quality (the Council). The Council is to
advise the Secretary of HHS (Secretary)
and the Director of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) on matters related to activities
of the Agency to improve the quality,
safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care for all Americans.
Seven current members’ terms will
expire in November 2008. To fill these
positions in accordance with the
legislative mandate establishing the
Council, we are seeking individuals
who are distinguished: (1) In the
conduct of research, demonstration
projects, and evaluations with respect to
health care; (2) in the fields of health
care quality research or health care
improvement; (3) in the practice of
medicine; (4) in other health
professions; (5) in representing the
private health care sector (including
health plans, providers, and purchasers)
or administrators of health care delivery
systems; (6) in the fields of health care
economics, information systems, law,
ethics, business, or public policy; and,
(7) in representing the interests of
patients and consumers of health care.
Individuals are particularly sought with
experience and success in activities
specified in the summary above.
DATES: Nominations should be received
on or before June 15, 2008.
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Nominations should be sent
to Ms. Deborah Queenan, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room 3238, Rockville,
Maryland 20850. Nominations also may
be faxed to (301) 427–1341.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Deborah Queenan, AHRQ, at (301) 427–
1330.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
931 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c,
provides that the Secretary shall appoint
to the National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality
twenty-one appropriately qualified
individuals. At least seventeen members
shall be representatives of the public
and at least one member shall be a
specialist in the rural aspects of one or
more of the professions or fields listed
in the above summary. In addition, the
Secretary designates, as ex officio
members, representatives from other
Federal agencies specified in the
authorizing legislation, principally
agencies that conduct or support health
care research, as well as Federal officials
the Secretary may consider appropriate.
The Council meets in the Washington,
DC, metropolitan area, generally in
Rockville, Maryland, approximately
three times a year to provide broad
guidance to the Secretary and AHRQ’s
Director on the direction of and
programs undertaken by AHRQ.
Seven individuals will be selected
presently by the Secretary to serve on
the Council beginning with the meeting
in the spring of 2009. Members
generally serve 3-year terms.
Appointments are staggered to permit
an orderly rotation of membership.
Interested persons may nominate one
or more qualified persons for
membership on the Council. Selfnominations are accepted. Nominations
shall include: (1) A copy of the
nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae;
and (2) a statement that the nominee is
willing to serve as a member of the
Council. Selected candidates will be
asked to provide detailed information
concerning their financial interests,
consultant positions and research grants
ADDRESSES:
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and contracts, to permit evaluation of
possible sources of conflict of interest.
The Department seeks a broad
geographic representation and has
special interest in assuring that women,
minority groups, and the physically
handicapped are adequately represented
on advisory bodies, and therefore,
particularly encourages nominations for
appropriately qualified female,
minority, and/or physically
handicapped candidates.
Dated: April 15, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Innovative Strategies for
Increasing Self Sufficiency (ISIS)—
Intervention Strategy Assessment Guide.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the
Innovative Strategies for Increasing SelfSufficiency (ISIS) demonstration and
evaluation. The ISIS project will test a
range of promising strategies to promote
employment, self-sufficiency, and
reduce dependence on cash welfare.
The ISIS project will evaluate multiple
employment-focused strategies that
build on previous approaches and are
adapted to the current Federal, State,
and local policy environment. The
major goals of the project include
increasing the empirical knowledge
about the effectiveness of a variety of
programs for low-income families to
sustain employment and advance to
positions that enable self-sufficiency, as
well as producing useful findings for
both policymakers and program
administrators.
This proposed information collection
activity focuses on identifying
promising strategies to be tested as part
of the study. Through semi-structured
discussions, respondents will be asked
to comment on the most important
strategies and interventions for potential
evaluation.
Respondents: Semi-structured
discussions will be held with
administrators or staff of State agencies,
local agencies, and programs with
responsibility for employment-related
services or activities for welfare and
other low-income families; researchers
in the field of welfare policy, poverty,
economic self-sufficiency, and low-wage
labor markets; and policymakers at
various levels of government.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Intervention Strategy Assessment Guide ........................................................
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Instrument
400
1
.5
200
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 200.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. All requests should
be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–6974,
Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and
Families.
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Dated: April 14, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Generic Clearance to Conduct
Pre-Testing of Surveys.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS),
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a generic clearance that will
allow OPRE to conduct a variety of datagathering activities aimed at identifying
questionnaire and procedural problems
in survey administration. Over the next
three years, OPRE anticipates
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undertaking a variety of new surveys as
part of research projects in the fields of
cash welfare, employment and selfsufficiency, Head Start, child care,
healthy marriage and responsible
fatherhood, and child welfare, among
others. In order to improve the
development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE envisions
using a variety of techniques including
field tests, respondent debriefing
questionnaires, cognitive interviews,
and focus groups in order to identify
questionnaire and procedural problems,
suggest solutions, and measure the
relative effectiveness of alternative
survey solutions.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request to OMB individually for
every data collection activity
undertaken under this generic
clearance. OPRE will provide OMB with
a copy of the individual instrument or
questionnaire, as well as other materials
describing the project and specific
survey pre test.
Respondents: The respondents will be
identified at the time that each change
request is submitted to OMB. Generally,
they will be individuals who are
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality:
Request for Nominations for Public Members
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Request for nominations for public members.
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SUMMARY: Section 931 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), 42
U.S.C. 299c, established a National Advisory Council for Healthcare
Research and Quality (the Council). The Council is to advise the
Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and the Director of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on matters related to activities
of the Agency to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and
effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
Seven current members' terms will expire in November 2008. To fill
these positions in accordance with the legislative mandate establishing
the Council, we are seeking individuals who are distinguished: (1) In
the conduct of research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with
respect to health care; (2) in the fields of health care quality
research or health care improvement; (3) in the practice of medicine;
(4) in other health professions; (5) in representing the private health
care sector (including health plans, providers, and purchasers) or
administrators of health care delivery systems; (6) in the fields of
health care economics, information systems, law, ethics, business, or
public policy; and, (7) in representing the interests of patients and
consumers of health care. Individuals are particularly sought with
experience and success in activities specified in the summary above.
DATES: Nominations should be received on or before June 15, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Ms. Deborah Queenan, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room 3238, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Nominations also
may be faxed to (301) 427-1341.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Queenan, AHRQ, at (301)
427-1330.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 931 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c,
provides that the Secretary shall appoint to the National Advisory
Council for Healthcare Research and Quality twenty-one appropriately
qualified individuals. At least seventeen members shall be
representatives of the public and at least one member shall be a
specialist in the rural aspects of one or more of the professions or
fields listed in the above summary. In addition, the Secretary
designates, as ex officio members, representatives from other Federal
agencies specified in the authorizing legislation, principally agencies
that conduct or support health care research, as well as Federal
officials the Secretary may consider appropriate. The Council meets in
the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, generally in Rockville,
Maryland, approximately three times a year to provide broad guidance to
the Secretary and AHRQ's Director on the direction of and programs
undertaken by AHRQ.
Seven individuals will be selected presently by the Secretary to
serve on the Council beginning with the meeting in the spring of 2009.
Members generally serve 3-year terms. Appointments are staggered to
permit an orderly rotation of membership.
Interested persons may nominate one or more qualified persons for
membership on the Council. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations
shall include: (1) A copy of the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae;
and (2) a statement that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of
the Council. Selected candidates will be asked to provide detailed
information concerning their financial interests, consultant positions
and research grants
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and contracts, to permit evaluation of possible sources of conflict of
interest.
The Department seeks a broad geographic representation and has
special interest in assuring that women, minority groups, and the
physically handicapped are adequately represented on advisory bodies,
and therefore, particularly encourages nominations for appropriately
qualified female, minority, and/or physically handicapped candidates.
Dated: April 15, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. E8-8614 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
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