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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: 0990–20967–30D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION:
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: ASPE’s mission is to
advise the Secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services on policy
development in health, disability,
human services, data, and science, and
provides advice and analysis on
economic policy. ASPE leads special
initiatives, coordinates the Department’s
evaluation, research and demonstration
activities, and manages crossDepartment planning activities such as
strategic planning, legislative planning,
and review of regulations. Integral to
this role, ASPE conducts research and
evaluation studies, develops policy
analyses, and estimates the cost and
benefits of policy alternatives for HHS
related programs.
The goal of developing these activities
is to identify emerging policy issues and
research gaps to ensure the successful
implementation of HHS programs.
Likely Respondents: Policy experts,
national, state and local health
representatives, healthcare providers,
and representatives of other health
organizations.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions, to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information, to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
Notice.
In compliance with section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR),
described below, to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The ICR is for a
new generic clearance. OMB will accept
further comments from the public on
this ICR during the review and approval
period.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before January 8, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
Information Collection Request Title
and document identifier 0990–20967–
30D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery (ASPE)
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is requesting a generic clearance
from the OMB for purposes of
conducting qualitative research. ASPE
conducts qualitative research to gain a
better understanding of emerging health
policy issues, develop future intramural
and extramural research projects, and to
ensure HHS leadership, agencies and
offices have recent data and information
to inform program and policy decisionmaking.
SUMMARY:
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
per response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Interviews, focus groups, questionnaires and other qualitative
methods ........................................................................................
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–29204 Filed 12–6–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Announcement of the Second 2015
Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee Meeting
Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Secretary,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health; and U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and
Consumer Services and Research,
Education, and Economics.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As stipulated by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), in collaboration with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), is hereby giving notice that a
meeting of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines
Advisory Committee (DGAC) will be
held and will be open to the public.
This meeting was originally scheduled
for October 3–4, 2013, but was
postponed due to the government
shutdown.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
January 13, 2014, from 8:00 a.m.–11:30
a.m. E.S.T. and January 14, 2014, from
8:00 a.m.–4:45 p.m. E.S.T. If the federal
government in the Washington, DC area
is closed for inclement weather on these
days, the meeting will be canceled. The
Office of Personnel Management notifies
federal staff and the public of this at
https://www.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/
current-status/.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be
accessible by webcast on the Internet or
by attendance in-person. For in-person
participants, the meeting will take place
in the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) Porter Building (Building 35),
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
20892.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 2015
DGAC, Richard D. Olson, M.D., M.P.H.;
Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite LL100 Tower Building;
Rockville, MD 20852: Telephone: (240)
453–8280; Fax: (240) 453–8281; Lead
USDA Co-Executive Secretary, Colette I.
Rihane, M.S., R.D., Director, Nutrition
Guidance and Analysis Division, Center
for Nutrition Policy and Promotion,
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USDA; 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
1034; Alexandria, VA 22302;
Telephone: (703) 305–7600; Fax: (703)
305–3300; and/or USDA Co-Executive
Secretary, Shanthy A. Bowman, Ph.D.,
Nutritionist, Food Surveys Research
Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition
Research Center, Agricultural Research
Service, USDA; 10300 Baltimore
Avenue, BARC-West Bldg 005, Room
125; Beltsville, MD 20705–2350;
Telephone: (301) 504–0619. Additional
information about the 2015 DGAC and
this meeting is available on the Internet
at www.DietaryGuidelines.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
Section 301 of Public Law 101–445 (7
U.S.C. 5341, the National Nutrition
Monitoring and Related Research Act of
1990, Title III) the Secretaries of Health
and Human Services (HHS) and
Agriculture (USDA) are directed to issue
at least every five years a report titled
Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The
law instructs that this publication shall
contain nutritional and dietary
information and guidelines for the
general public, shall be based on the
preponderance of scientific and medical
knowledge current at the time of
publication, and shall be promoted by
each federal agency in carrying out any
federal food, nutrition, or health
program. The Dietary Guidelines for
Americans was issued voluntarily by
HHS and USDA in 1980, 1985, and
1990; the 1995 edition was the first
statutorily mandated report, followed by
subsequent editions at the appropriate
intervals. To assist with satisfying the
mandate, a discretionary federal
advisory committee is established every
five years to provide independent,
science-based advice and
recommendations. The DGAC consists
of a panel of experts who were selected
from the public/private sector.
Individuals who were selected to serve
on the Committee have current
scientific knowledge in the field of
human nutrition and chronic disease.
Appointed Committee Members: The
Secretaries of HHS and USDA
appointed 15 individuals to serve as
members of the 2015 DGAC in May
2013. The Committee currently has 14
members; it became necessary for one of
the appointed members to resign from
his position on the 2015 DGAC.
Information on the DGAC membership
is available at
www.DietaryGuidelines.gov.
Authority: The 2015 DGAC is
authorized under 42 U.S.C. 217a,
Section 222 of the Public Health Service
Act, as amended.
Committee’s Task: The work of the
DGAC is solely advisory in nature and
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time-limited. The Committee is tasked
with developing recommendations
based on the preponderance of current
scientific and medical knowledge using
a systematic review approach. The
DGAC will examine the current Dietary
Guidelines for Americans, take into
consideration new scientific evidence
and current resource documents, and
develop a report that is to be given to
the Secretaries of HHS and USDA. The
report will outline science-based
recommendations and rationales which
will serve as the basis for developing the
eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines
for Americans. It is planned for the
Committee to hold approximately five
public meetings to review and discuss
recommendations. This will be the
second meeting of the 2015 DGAC.
Additional meeting dates, times,
locations, and other relevant
information will be announced at least
15 days in advance of each meeting via
Federal Register notice. As stipulated in
the charter, the Committee will be
terminated after delivery of its final
report to the Secretaries of HHS and
USDA or two years from the date the
charter was filed, whichever comes first.
Purpose of the Meeting: In accordance
with FACA and to promote
transparency of the process,
deliberations of the Committee will
occur in a public forum. At this
meeting, the Committee will continue
its deliberations.
Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda
will include (a) topic-specific
presentations from guest experts
identified by the Committee, (b)
opportunity for the public to give oral
testimony on day 2, (c) review of
Committee work since the last public
meeting, and (d) plans for future
Committee work.
Meeting Registration: The meeting is
open to the public. The meeting will be
accessible by webcast or by attendance
in-person. Registration is required for
both web viewing and in-person
attendance and is expected to open on
December 4, 2013. To register, please go
to www.DietaryGuidelines.gov and click
on the link for ‘‘Meeting Registration.’’
To register by phone or to request a sign
language interpreter or other special
accommodations, please call National
Capitol Contracting, Laura Walters at
(703) 243–9696 by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T.,
January 6, 2014. Registration must
include name, affiliation, phone number
or email, days attending, and if
participating via webcast or in-person.
Webcast Public Participation: After
registering, individuals participating by
webcast will receive webcast access
information via email.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: 0990-20967-30D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new generic clearance.
OMB will accept further comments from the public on this ICR during the
review and approval period.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 8,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the Information Collection Request Title
and document identifier 0990-20967-30D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (ASPE)
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) is requesting a generic clearance from the OMB for
purposes of conducting qualitative research. ASPE conducts qualitative
research to gain a better understanding of emerging health policy
issues, develop future intramural and extramural research projects, and
to ensure HHS leadership, agencies and offices have recent data and
information to inform program and policy decision-making.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: ASPE's mission is to
advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on
policy development in health, disability, human services, data, and
science, and provides advice and analysis on economic policy. ASPE
leads special initiatives, coordinates the Department's evaluation,
research and demonstration activities, and manages cross-Department
planning activities such as strategic planning, legislative planning,
and review of regulations. Integral to this role, ASPE conducts
research and evaluation studies, develops policy analyses, and
estimates the cost and benefits of policy alternatives for HHS related
programs.
The goal of developing these activities is to identify emerging
policy issues and research gaps to ensure the successful implementation
of HHS programs.
Likely Respondents: Policy experts, national, state and local
health representatives, healthcare providers, and representatives of
other health organizations.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Types of collections Number of responses per per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hours) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interviews, focus groups, 747 1 1 747
questionnaires and other
qualitative methods................
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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