Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 74802-74803 [2011-30904]
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As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, OD has
submitted a Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR):
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery ’’ to OMB for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
within 30 days after publication in FR.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
SUMMARY:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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National Institutes of Health
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Office of the Director (OD),
National Institutes of Health.
AGENCY:
30-Day notice of submission of
information collection approval from
ACTION:
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Regulatory Affairs, Attn: NIH Desk
Officer, by Email to OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov, or by fax to (202) 395–
6974.
To
request additional information, please
contact Mikia P. Currie, Program
Analyst, Office of policy for Extramural
Research Administration, 6705
Rockledge Drive Suite 350, Bethesda,
MD 20892–7974, or Email your request,
including your address to curriem@od.
nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: the
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
No comments were received in
response to the 60-day notice published
in the Federal Register of December 22,
2010 (75 FR 80542).
Below we provide OD’s projected
average estimates for the next three
years:
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, businesses and
organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
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Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 30.
Respondents: 253,000.
Annual Responses: 253,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Minutes per Response: 10.
Burden Hours: 49,358.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Dated: November 22, 2011.
Mikia P. Currie,
Program Analyst, Office of policy for
Extramural Research Administration, Office
of the Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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National Institutes of Health
Laboratory Animal Welfare: Adoption
and Implementation of the Eighth
Edition of the Guide for the Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals
AGENCY:
National Institutes of Health,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The National Institutes of
Health (NIH) has analyzed public
comments received regarding adoption
and implementation of the 8th Edition
of the Guide for the Care and Use of
Laboratory Animals (Guide) and has
determined to adopt the 8th Edition of
the Guide. (The comments, received by
NIH from February 24 to May 24, 2011,
may be viewed at https://grants.nih.gov/
grants/olaw/2011guidecomments/
web_listing.htm.) In NIH’s judgment, the
8th Edition of the Guide empowers
continued advancement in the humane
care and use of vertebrate animals in
research, research training, and
biological testing.
Effective January 1, 2012, institutions
that receive Public Health Service (PHS)
support for animal activities must base
their animal care and use programs on
the 8th Edition of the Guide and must
complete at least one semiannual
program review and facilities inspection
using the 8th Edition of the Guide as the
basis for evaluation by December 31,
2012. It is not required that all necessary
changes be completed by December 31,
2012, but rather that an evaluation must
be conducted and a plan and schedule
for implementation of the standards in
the 8th Edition of the Guide must be
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developed by December 31, 2012.
Institutions must verify to the Office of
Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), the
organizational component of NIH that
provides guidance and interpretation of
the PHS Policy on Humane Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals, that they
have met the required schedule. This
will be done through the Annual Report
to OLAW covering the 2012 reporting
period due January 31, 2013. In
addition, institutions must document
the implementation of the 8th Edition of
the Guide in their next Animal Welfare
Assurance renewal.
OLAW has developed Position
Statements located at https://
grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/
2011positionstatement.htm. The
Position Statements clarify the ways in
which NIH expects Assured institutions
to implement the 8th Edition of the
Guide by addressing the following
concerns: cost of implementing the 8th
Edition of the Guide; animal housing
specifications; use of
nonpharmaceutical-grade compounds;
food and fluid restrictions; multiple
surgical procedures; and application of
the 8th Edition of the Guide to
agricultural animals used in biomedical
research. In addition, there is a
summary of OLAW’s position on
performance standards and practice
standards. The public is invited to
submit comments on their
understanding of the Position
Statements for a period of 60 days from
December 1, 2011, to January 29, 2012.
In response, OLAW may further clarify
the Position Statements.
DATES: Written comments on the
public’s understanding of the Position
Statements must be received by NIH on
or before January 29, 2012, to be
considered.
ADDRESSES: Public comments on the
Position Statements may be entered at
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/
2011positionstatement.htm. Comments
will be made publicly available.
Personally identifiable information
(except organizational affiliations) will
be removed prior to making comments
publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare,
Office of Extramural Research, National
Institutes of Health, RKL1, Suite 360,
6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD
20892–7982; or telephone: (301) 496–
7163.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Since 1985, the PHS Policy on
Humane Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals, authorized by Public Law 99–
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection approval
from the Office of Management and Budget and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, OD has
submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR):
``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery '' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication in
FR.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: NIH Desk Officer, by Email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov, or by
fax to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Mikia P. Currie, Program Analyst, Office of policy for
Extramural Research Administration, 6705 Rockledge Drive Suite 350,
Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, or Email your request, including your address
to curriem@od.nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery
Abstract: The information collection activity will garner
qualitative customer
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and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance
with the Administration's commitment to improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights
on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of
study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication,
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the
study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to
have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other
generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.
No comments were received in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register of December 22, 2010 (75 FR 80542).
Below we provide OD's projected average estimates for the next
three years:
Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and households, businesses and
organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 30.
Respondents: 253,000.
Annual Responses: 253,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 10.
Burden Hours: 49,358.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: November 22, 2011.
Mikia P. Currie,
Program Analyst, Office of policy for Extramural Research
Administration, Office of the Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-30904 Filed 11-30-11; 8:45 am]
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