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instruments must be requested in
writing.
Comment 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.
Proposed Collection: Application for
Collaboration with the Therapeutic
Development Branch (TDB), Division of
Preclinical Innovation (DPI), National
Center for Advancing Translational
Sciences (NCATS), 0925–0658,
Expiration Date 06/30/2015—
EXTENSION, National Center for
Advancing Translational Sciences
diseases. The TDB uses an application
and evaluation process to select
collaborators. Selected investigators
provide the drug project starting points
and ongoing biological/disease expertise
throughout the project. The application
and evaluation process is necessary to
determine amount and quality of
current data, select meritorious projects
for adoption, and to serve as a basis for
determining specific scientific gaps to
be filled.
OMB approval is requested for 3
years. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The estimated
annualized burden hours are 510.
(NCATS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The Therapeutic
Development Branch (TDB) provides
opportunities to partner with and gain
access to a variety of programs
delivering assay development,
screening, hit-to-lead chemistry, lead
optimization, chemical biology studies,
drug development capabilities,
expertise, and clinical/regulatory
resources in a collaborative
environment, with the goal of moving
promising therapeutics into human
clinical trials for both common and
specifically rare and/or neglected
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
TDB Project Information Template ..................................................................
Online Collaborator Solicitation (TRND) ..........................................................
Online Collaborator Solicitation (BrIDGs) ........................................................
Solicitation Instructions (TRND) .......................................................................
Solicitation Instructions (BrIDGs) .....................................................................
Dated: October 29, 2014.
M. Janis Mullaney,
Associate Director for Administration,
NCATS, NIH.
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Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment
Request; Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery (NIH)
Summary: The National Institutes of
Health (NIH), Office of the Director
(OD), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on the
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery ’’ for approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This collection was
developed as part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process for seeking feedback from
the public on service delivery. This
notice announces our intent to submit
this collection to OMB for approval and
solicits comments on specific aspects
for the proposed information collection.
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To Submit Comments and for Further
Information: To obtain a copy of the
data collection plans and instruments,
submit comments in writing, or request
more information on the proposed
project, contact: Ms. Mikia P. Currie,
Program Analyst, Office of Policy for
Extramural Research Administration,
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 350,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892, or call a
non-toll-free number 301–435–0941 or
Email your request, including your
address to curriem@mail.nih.gov.
Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in
writing.
Comment 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.
Proposed Collection: Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery (NIH), 0925–0648, Expiration
Date 1/31/2015, EXTENSION, National
Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the
Director (OD).
Need and Use of Information
Collection: We are not requesting
changes for this submission. The
proposed information collection activity
provides a means to garner qualitative
customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient, timely manner, in
accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. By qualitative feedback we
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Number of
responses per
respondent
1
1
1
1
1
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total annual
burden hour
1
1
1
1
1
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100
70
100
70
mean information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions.
This information, however, is not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative
results, which can be generalized to the
population of study. This feedback will
provide information about the NIH’s
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 NIH and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the NIH’s services will
be unavailable.
The NIH will only submit a collection
for approval under this generic
clearance if it meets the following
conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
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• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does 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
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. 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.
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.
OMB approval is requested for 3
years. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
4,358.
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 to
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.
As a general matter, information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Type of collection
Annual
frequency per
response
Hours per
response
Total hours
Customer Satisfaction Surveys .......................................................................
In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) or Small Discussion Groups ..................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
Usability and Pilot Testing ...............................................................................
Conference/Training—Pre and Post Surveys .................................................
1,000
1,000
1,000
150,000
100,000
1
1
1
1
2
30/60
90/60
90/60
5/60
10/60
500
1,500
1,500
12,525
33,333
Total ..........................................................................................................
........................
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........................
49,358
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Dated: November 13, 2014.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes
of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
(NIH)
Summary: The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the
Director (OD), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general public to take this opportunity
to comment on the ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery '' for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This collection was
developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process for seeking feedback from the public on service delivery. This
notice announces our intent to submit this collection to OMB for
approval and solicits comments on specific aspects for the proposed
information collection.
To Submit Comments and for Further Information: To obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing,
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: Ms. Mikia
P. Currie, Program Analyst, Office of Policy for Extramural Research
Administration, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 350, Bethesda, Maryland
20892, or call a non-toll-free number 301-435-0941 or Email your
request, including your address to curriem@mail.nih.gov. Formal
requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in
writing.
Comment 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.
Proposed Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (NIH), 0925-0648,
Expiration Date 1/31/2015, EXTENSION, National Institutes of Health
(NIH), Office of the Director (OD).
Need and Use of Information Collection: We are not requesting
changes for this submission. The proposed information collection
activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer 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. This information, however, is not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results, which can be
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide
information about the NIH's 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 NIH and its customers and stakeholders. It
will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of
program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the NIH's services will be unavailable.
The NIH will only submit a collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
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The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents
and the Federal Government;
The collections are non-controversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the agency;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but it does 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 to 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.
As a general matter, information collections will not result in any
new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes,
religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered
private.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. 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.
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.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 4,358.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Annual
Type of collection Number of frequency per Hours per Total hours
respondents response response
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Customer Satisfaction Surveys................... 1,000 1 30/60 500
In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) or Small Discussion 1,000 1 90/60 1,500
Groups.........................................
Focus Groups.................................... 1,000 1 90/60 1,500
Usability and Pilot Testing..................... 150,000 1 5/60 12,525
Conference/Training--Pre and Post Surveys....... 100,000 2 10/60 33,333
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 49,358
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Dated: November 13, 2014.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-27637 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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