Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid® (caBIG®) Support Service Provider (SSP) Program (NCI), 7867 [2011-3144]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• National Institutes of Health

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3144]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Cancer Biomedical 
Informatics Grid[supreg] (caBIG[supreg]) Support Service Provider (SSP) 
Program (NCI)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid 
[supreg] (caBIG [supreg]) Support Service Provider (SSP) Program (NCI). 
Type of Information Collection Request: Existing Collection in Use 
Without an OMB Number. Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI 
Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) 
launched the enterprise phase of the caBIG [supreg] initiative in early 
2007 with an emphasis on widespread institutional adoption of the 
program and tools. This emphasis on adoption has generated an expanding 
community with diverse needs for support, which are met through the 
resources available through the caBIG [supreg] Enterprise Support 
Network (ESN), including the caBIG [supreg] Support Service Provider 
(SSP) Program. The caBIG [supreg] SSPs provide caBIG [supreg] end-users 
with the freedom to match what caBIG [supreg] has to offer to their 
unique organizational goals and needs, so having this customized 
support option available is critically important to advancing the goals 
of the caBIG [supreg] program. caBIG [supreg] SSP applicants are 
evaluated against well-defined criteria published in the SSP Program 
Announcement and must successfully demonstrate that they have the 
technical capabilities, staffing and scalability, geographic coverage 
(when applicable), and the domain expertise in biomedicine to 
effectively serve caBIG [supreg] users. The information submitted by 
SSP applicants enables NCI to determine whether such applicants are 
qualified to enter into trademark license negotiations with NCI to use 
the caBIG [supreg] trademarks in connection with their services and 
become designated as caBIG [supreg] SSPs. Thus, the collection of 
information from SSP applicants is critical to both ensuring that the 
goals and objectives of the caBIG [supreg] program will be maintained 
and furthered by the organizations designated as SSPs and facilitating 
NCI's ability to exercise appropriate stewardship of the caBIG [supreg] 
trademarks. Sections 410 and 411 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 285 and 285a) authorize the collection of the information. 
Frequency of Response: once for the applicants. caBIG [supreg] SSP 
applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed several times 
a year. Affected Public: Private sector including Business or other 
for-profits and not-for-profit organizations and institutions. Type of 
Respondents: Technical representatives of commercial, academic or not-
for-profit organizations. The annual reporting burden is estimated at 
360 hours.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

                                    A.12--1 Estimates of Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average time
               Type of respondents                   Number of     Frequency of    per response    Annual burden
                                                    respondents      response     (minutes/hour)       hours
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Commercial Organizations........................              14               1         1440/60             336
                                                                                      (24 hours)
Nonprofit Organizations.........................               1               1         1440/60              24
                                                                                      (24 hours)
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    Totals......................................              15  ..............  ..............             360
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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) Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact John Speakman, NCI CBIIT Chief Program Officer, 
Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National 
Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 2115 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 6000, 
Rockville, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free number 301-451-8786 or e-mail 
your request, including your address to: john.speakman@nih.gov.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: February 4, 2011.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-3144 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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