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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment; 60-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service; Loan
Repayment Program (LRP)
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires
60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
is publishing for comment a summary of
a proposed information collection to be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.’’ Type of
Information Collection Request:
Revision of currently approved
information collection, 0917–0014,
SUMMARY:
‘‘Indian Health Service Loan Repayment
Program.’’ The LRP application has been
revised so that it is now available in an
electronically fillable and fileable
format. Form(s): The IHS LRP
Information Booklet contains the
instructions and the application
formats. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS LRP identifies
health professionals with pre-existing
financial obligations for education
expenses that meet program criteria and
who are qualified and willing to serve
at, often remote, IHS health care
facilities. Under the program, eligible
health professionals sign a contract
through which the IHS agrees to repay
part or all of their indebtedness for
professional training time in IHS health
care facilities. This program is necessary
to augment the critically low health
professional staff at IHS health care
facilities.
Any health professional wishing to
have their health education loans repaid
may apply to the IHS LRP. A two-year
contract obligation is signed by both
parties, and the individual agrees to
work at an IHS location and provide
health services to American Indian and
Alaska Native individuals.
The information collected via the online application from individuals is
analyzed and a score is given to each
applicant. This score will determine
which applicants will be awarded each
fiscal year. The administrative scoring
system assigns a score to the geographic
location according to vacancy rates for
that fiscal year and also considers
whether the location is in an isolated
area. When an applicant accepts
employment at a location, they in turn
‘‘pick-up’’ the score of that location.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households. Type of Respondents:
Individuals.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
number of respondents, Number of
responses per respondent, Annual
number of responses, Average burden
hour per response, and Total annual
burden hour(s).
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total annual
responses
LRP Application ...............................................................................................
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Data Collection Instrument(s)
510
1
1.5
765
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Requests for Comments: Your
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points:
(a) Whether the information collection
activity is necessary to carry out an
agency function;
(b) Whether the agency processes the
information collected in a useful and
timely fashion;
(c) The accuracy of public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information);
(d) Whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical;
(e) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
being collected; and
(f) How the newly created online
application assists the applicant
efficiently and effectively.
Send your comments, requests for
more information on the proposed
collection, or requests to obtain a copy
of the data collection instruments to:
Ms. Tamara Clay, Acting IHS Reports
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Avenue, TMP, Suite 450–30, Rockville,
MD 20852–1627; call non-toll free (301)
443–4750; send via facsimile to (301)
443–2316; or send your email requests,
comments, and return address to:
Tamara.Clay@ihs.gov. Comment Due
Date: April 27, 2012. Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: February 13, 2012.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Indian Health Service Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; STAR METRICS
(Science and Technology for
America’s Reinvestment: Measuring
the Effects of Research on Innovation,
Competitiveness and Science)
Under the provisions of
section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Director, National Institutes of Health
(NIH) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the
information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on Oct 5, 2011 and allowed 60
days for public comment. One comment
was received from the public. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
The National Institutes of Health may
not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection that has
SUMMARY:
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been extended, revised, or implemented
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Proposed Collection: Title: STAR
METRICS (Science and Technology for
America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the
EffecTs of Research on Innovation,
Competitiveness and Science). Type of
information Collection Request:
Extension of OMB number 0925–0616,
expiration date 03/31/2012. Need and
Use of Information Collection: The aim
of STAR METRICS is twofold. The goal
of STAR METRICS is to continue to
provide mechanisms that will allow
participating universities and Federal
agencies with a reliable and consistent
means to account for the number of
scientists and staff that are on research
institution payrolls, supported by
federal funds. In subsequent generations
of the program, it is hoped that STAR
METRICS will allow for measurement of
science impact on economic outcomes
(such as job creation), on knowledge
generation (such as citations, and
patents) as well as on social and health
outcomes.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Affected Public: Universities and other
research institutions. Type of
Respondents: University administrators.
The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondent:
100. Estimated Number of Responses
per Respondent: 4. Average Burden
Hours per Response: 2.5. Estimated
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested:
1,315. The annualized cost to
respondents is estimated to be $65,750.
There are no Capital Costs to report.
There are no Operating or Maintenance
Costs to report.
A.12–1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average Time
per response
(in hours)
Annual hour
burden
7
100
1
4
45
2.5
315
1000
Total ..........................................................................................................
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Stage I: One time data input ...........................................................................
Stage 2: Ongoing quarterly data input ............................................................
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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) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functioning of the
National Cancer Institute, 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
Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, at
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to 202–395–6974. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, contact: George
Chacko, Office of Planning, Analysis,
and Evaluation, Center for Scientific
Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite
3030, Bethesda, MD 20892 or call non-
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toll-free at 301–435–1111 or email your
request, including your address to:
chackoge@mail.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: February 20, 2012.
George Chacko,
Center for Scientific Review, National
Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request DERT Extramural
Grantee Data Collection
Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection
listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in
the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 202,
on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, page
64954 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comments were
received. The purpose of this notice is
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to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment. The National Institutes of
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and
the respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: DERT
Extramural Grantee Data Collection.
Type of Information Collection Request:
New. Need and Use of Information
Collection: In order to make informed
management decisions about its
research programs and to demonstrate
the outputs, outcomes and impacts of its
research programs NIEHS will collect,
analyze and report on data from
extramural grantees who are currently
receiving funding or who have received
funding in the past on topics such as:
• Key scientific outcomes achieved
through the research and the impact on
the field of environmental health
science.
• Contribution of research findings to
program goals and objectives.
• Satisfaction with the program
support received.
• Challenges and benefits of the
funding mechanism used to support the
science.
• Emerging research areas and gaps in
the research.
Information gained from this primary
data collection will be used in
conjunction with data from grantee
progress reports and presentations at
grantee meetings to inform internal
programs and new funding initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; STAR METRICS (Science
and Technology for America's Reinvestment: Measuring the Effects of
Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director, National Institutes
of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed
below. This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on Oct 5, 2011 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. One comment was received from the public. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The
National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection
that has
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been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995,
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: STAR METRICS (Science and Technology
for America's Reinvestment: Measuring the EffecTs of Research on
Innovation, Competitiveness and Science). Type of information
Collection Request: Extension of OMB number 0925-0616, expiration date
03/31/2012. Need and Use of Information Collection: The aim of STAR
METRICS is twofold. The goal of STAR METRICS is to continue to provide
mechanisms that will allow participating universities and Federal
agencies with a reliable and consistent means to account for the number
of scientists and staff that are on research institution payrolls,
supported by federal funds. In subsequent generations of the program,
it is hoped that STAR METRICS will allow for measurement of science
impact on economic outcomes (such as job creation), on knowledge
generation (such as citations, and patents) as well as on social and
health outcomes.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly. Affected Public: Universities and
other research institutions. Type of Respondents: University
administrators. The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondent: 100. Estimated Number of Responses
per Respondent: 4. Average Burden Hours per Response: 2.5. Estimated
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1,315. The annualized cost to
respondents is estimated to be $65,750. There are no Capital Costs to
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
A.12-1--Estimates of Annual Burden Hours
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Average Time
Number of Frequency of per response Annual hour
respondents response (in hours) burden
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Stage I: One time data input.................... 7 1 45 315
Stage 2: Ongoing quarterly data input........... 100 4 2.5 1000
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1315
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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) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functioning of the National
Cancer Institute, 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 Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-6974. To
request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and instruments, contact: George Chacko,
Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation, Center for Scientific
Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 3030, Bethesda, MD 20892 or call
non-toll-free at 301-435-1111 or email your request, including your
address to: chackoge@mail.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: February 20, 2012.
George Chacko,
Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-4536 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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