Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program, 60368-60370 [2016-21048]
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religion. This includes ensuring your
programs are accessible to persons with
limited English proficiency. HHS
provides guidance to recipients of FFA
on meeting their legal obligation to take
reasonable steps to provide meaningful
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civilrights/understanding/section1557/
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Also note it is an HHS Departmental
goal to ensure access to quality,
culturally competent care, including
long-term services and supports, for
vulnerable populations. For further
guidance on providing culturally and
linguistically appropriate services,
recipients should review the National
Standards for Culturally and
Linguistically Appropriate Services in
Health and Health Care at https://
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/
browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=53.
Applicants will be required to sign
the HHS–690 Assurance of Compliance
form located at https://www.hhs.gov/
sites/default/files/forms/hhs-690.pdf
and send the original form to: U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Civil Rights, 200
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20201.
F. Federal Awardee Performance and
Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)
The IHS is required to review and
consider any information about the
applicant that is in the Federal Awardee
Performance and Integrity Information
System (FAPIIS) before making any
award in excess of the simplified
acquisition threshold (currently
$150,000) over the period of
performance. An applicant may review
and comment on any information about
itself that a Federal awarding agency
previously entered. IHS will consider
any comments by the applicant, in
addition to other information in FAPIIS
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in making a judgment about the
applicant’s integrity, business ethics,
and record of performance under
Federal awards when completing the
review of risk posed by applicants as
described in 45 CFR 75.205.
As required by 45 CFR part 75
Appendix XII of the Uniform Guidance,
non-federal entities (NFEs) are required
to disclose in FAPIIS any information
about criminal, civil, and administrative
proceedings, and/or affirm that there is
no new information to provide. This
applies to NFEs that receive Federal
awards (currently active grants,
cooperative agreements, and
procurement contracts) greater than
$10,000,000 for any period of time
during the period of performance of an
award/project.
Mandatory Disclosure Requirements
As required by 2 CFR part 200 of the
Uniform Guidance, and the HHS
implementing regulations at 45 CFR part
75, effective January 1, 2016, the IHS
must require a non-federal entity or an
applicant for a Federal award to
disclose, in a timely manner, in writing
to the IHS or pass-through entity all
violations of Federal criminal law
involving fraud, bribery,or gratutity
violations potentially affecting the
Federal award.
Submission is required for all
applicants and recipients, in writing, to
the IHS and to the HHS Office of
Inspector General all information
related to violations of Federal criminal
law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity
violations potentially affecting the
federal award. 45 CFR 75.113.
Disclosures must be sent in writing to:
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Indian Health Service,
Division of Grants Management, ATTN:
Mr. Robert Tarwater, Director, 5600
Fishers Lane, Mailstop 09E70,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (Include
‘‘Mandatory Grant Disclosures’’ in
subject line), Ofc: (301) 443–5204, Fax:
(301) 594–0899, Email:
Robert.Tarwater@ihs.gov.
AND
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of Inspector
General, ATTN: Mandatory Grant
Disclosures, Intake Coordinator, 330
Independence Avenue SW., Cohen
Building, Room 5527, Washington, DC
20201, URL: https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/
reportfraud/index.asp, (Include
‘‘Mandatory Grant Disclosures’’ in
subject line), Fax: (202) 205–0604
(Include ‘‘Mandatory Grant Disclosures’’
in subject line) or Email:
MandatoryGranteeDisclosures@
oig.hhs.gov.
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Failure to make required disclosures
can result in any of the remedies
described in 45 CFR 75.371. Remedies
for noncompliance, including
suspension or debarment (See 2 CFR
parts 180 & 376 and 31 U.S.C. 3321).
VII. Agency Contacts
1. Questions on the programmatic
issues may be directed to: Mr. Mose
Herne, MPH, MS, IHS Research
Director, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mailstop
09E10D, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone: (301) 443–1549, Fax: (301)
443–0114, Email: mose.herne@ihs.gov.
2. Questions on grants management
and fiscal matters may be directed to:
Ms. Patience Musikikongo, DGM, Grants
Management Specialist, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Mailstop 09E70, Rockville,
Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–
2059, Fax: (301) 443–9602, Email:
Patience.Musikikongo@ihs.gov.
3. Questions on systems matters may
be directed to: Mr. Paul Gettys, Grant
Systems Coordinator, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Mail Stop 09E70, Rockville, MD
20857, Phone: (301) 443–2114; or the
DGM main line (301) 443–5204, Fax:
(301) 443–9602, Email: Paul.Gettys@
ihs.gov.
VIII. Other Information
The Public Health Service strongly
encourages all cooperative agreement
and contract recipients to provide a
smoke-free workplace and promote the
non-use of all tobacco products. In
addition, Public Law 103–227, the ProChildren Act of 1994, prohibits smoking
in certain facilities (or in some cases,
any portion of the facility) in which
regular or routine education, library,
day care, health care, or early childhood
development services are provided to
children. This is consistent with the
HHS mission to protect and advance the
physical and mental health of the
American people.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations,
Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
[OMB Control Number 0917–0006]
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Application for Participation in the IHS
Scholarship Program
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires
30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
is submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for an extension for this
collection, titled, ‘‘Application for
Participation in the IHS Scholarship
Program (OMB Control Number 0917–
0006),’’ with an expiration date of
September 30, 2016. This proposed
information collection project was
previously published in the Federal
Register (81 FR 44030) on July 6, 2016,
and allowed 60 days for public
comment, as required by 3506(c)(2)(A).
The IHS received no comments
regarding this collection. The purpose of
SUMMARY:
this notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to
OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title:
‘‘Application for Participation in the
IHS Scholarship Program,’’ OMB
Control No. 0917–0006. Type of
Information Collection Request:
Extension of the currently approved
information collection ‘‘Application for
Participation in the IHS Scholarship
Program,’’ OMB Control No. 0917–0006.
Form Number(s): IHS–856–3, IHS–856–
5 through 856–19, IHS–856–21 through
856–24, IHS–817, and IHS–818 are
retained for use by the IHS Scholarship
Program (IHSSP) as part of this current
information collection request.
Reporting forms are found on the IHS
Web site at www.ihs.gov/scholarship.
Need and Use of Information Collection:
The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this
Number
of
respondents
Data collection instrument(s)
Responses
per
respondent
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information for program administration
and uses the information to: solicit,
process, and award IHS Pre-graduate,
Preparatory, and/or Health Professions
Scholarship recipients; monitor the
academic performance of recipients; and
to place recipients at payback sites. The
IHSSP application is electronically
available on the internet at the IHS Web
site at: https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/
applynow/. Affected Public: Individuals,
not-for-profit institutions and State,
local or Tribal Governments. Type of
Respondents: Students pursuing health
care professions.
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 hours.
Total
annual
response
Burden
hour per
response *
Annual
burden
hours
Faculty/Employer Evaluation (IHS–856–3) .......................
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS–856–5) .............................
Course Curriculum Verification (IHS–856–6) ...................
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of Award (IHS–
856–7).
Recipient’s Initial Program Progress Report (IHS–856–8)
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS–856–9) ...............
Change of Status (IHS–856–10) ......................................
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS–856–11) ..........
Preferred Placement (IHS–856–12) .................................
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS–856–13) ...............
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS–856–14) ............
Placement Update (IHS–856–15) .....................................
Annual Status Report (IHS–856–16) ................................
Extern Site Preference Request (IHS–856–17) ...............
Request for Extern Travel Reimbursement (IHS–856–18)
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS–856–19) ...............................
Summer School Request (IHS–856–21) ..........................
Change of Name or Address (IHS–856–22) ....................
Request for Credit Validation (IHS–856–23) ....................
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation (IHS–856–24) ........................
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS–817) ....................
Health Professions Contract (IHS–818) ...........................
1,500
1,500
1,500
500
2
1
1
1
3,000
1,500
1,500
500
0.42
0.13
0.70
0.13
(25 min) ....
(8 min) ......
(42 min) ....
(8 min) ......
1250
200
1,050
67
1,200
50
50
20
150
170
20
170
200
300
150
50
100
20
30
1,500
175
225
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1,200
50
50
20
150
170
20
170
200
300
150
50
100
20
30
3,000
175
225
0.13
0.13
.045
0.13
0.50
0.17
0.13
0.18
0.25
0.13
0.10
0.13
0.10
0.13
0.10
0.42
0.16
0.16
(8 min) ......
(8 min) ......
(25 min) ....
(8 min) ......
(30 min) ....
(10 min) ....
(8 min) ......
(11 min) ....
(15 min) ....
(8 min) ......
(6 min) ......
(8 min) ......
(6 min) ......
(8 min) ......
(6 min) ......
(25 min) ....
(10 min) ....
(10 min) ....
160
7
21
3
75
28
3
31
50
40
15
7
10
3
3
1,250
29
38
Total ...........................................................................
........................
........................
12,580
...........................
4,340
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no direct costs to
respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and
submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost in time to respondents, as
a group, is $46,386 [4,303 burden hours
× $10.78 per hour (2016 GS–3 hourly
base pay rate)]. This total dollar amount
is based upon the number of burden
hours per data collection instrument,
rounded to the nearest dollar.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
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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
estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f)
ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
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electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send Requests for Further
Information: For the proposed
collection, or requests to obtain a copy
of the data collection instrument(s) and
instructions, send to: Robert E. Pittman,
BPharm, MPH, Acting Chief,
Scholarship Branch Director, Division of
Health Professions Support, Indian
Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail
Stop: OHR 11E53A, Rockville, MD
20857. Rockville, MD 20852, Call nontoll free (301) 443–6622, send via
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facsimile to (301) 443–6622, send via
facsimile to (301) 443–6048, or send
your email requests, and return address
to: Robert.Pittman@ihs.gov.
Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send
your comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information
collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time to: Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
Comment Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: August 24, 2016.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations,
Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders Draft
2017–2021 Strategic Plan
National Institutes of Health.
Request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes
of Health (NIH) is requesting public
comment on the draft 2017–2021 NIDCD
Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan serves
as a guide to the NIDCD in prioritizing
its research investment, illustrates the
current state-of-the-science, and
highlights recent advances in the
communication sciences. The draft Plan
presents a series of goals and objectives
that represent the most promising
research needs within the NIDCD’s
mission areas.
DATES: Comments will be accepted
through September 30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The draft Plan is available
for download at: https://
www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/2017-2021/public-comment.
Comments must be submitted
electronically via the web-based form at:
https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/
strategic-plan/2017-2021/publiccomment. The web-based form accepts
text but cannot accept attachments. You
will receive an electronic confirmation
acknowledging receipt of your response,
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but will not receive individualized
feedback from NIDCD on any comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Specific questions regarding the NIDCD
draft Strategic Plan should be directed
to: NIDCDStrategicPlan@mail.nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
NIDCD mission is to conduct and
support biomedical research, behavioral
research, and research training in the
normal and disordered processes of
hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice,
speech, and language. The institute also
conducts and supports research and
research training related to disease
prevention and health promotion;
addresses special biomedical and
behavioral problems associated with
people who have communication
impairments or disorders; and supports
efforts to create devices that substitute
for lost and impaired sensory and
communication function. To
accomplish these goals, the NIDCD
manages a broad portfolio of both basic
and clinical research. The portfolio is
organized into three program areas:
Hearing and balance; taste and smell;
and voice, speech, and language. The
three program areas seek to answer
fundamental scientific questions about
normal function and disorders and to
identify patient-oriented scientific
discoveries for preventing, screening,
diagnosing, and treating disorders of
human communication.
The draft 2017–2021 NIDCD Strategic
Plan has been developed over the past
12 months by NIDCD staff in
consultation with scientific experts and
the National Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders Advisory
Council. (Details of the development
process are included in Appendix B of
the draft Plan.) The goals listed in the
draft Plan are an assessment of research
areas that present the greatest scientific
opportunities and public health needs
over the next five years for the three
program areas: Hearing and balance;
taste and smell; and voice, speech and
language.
The NIDCD has identified four
Priority Areas that have the potential to
increase our understanding of the
normal and disordered processes of
hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice,
speech, and language and to further our
knowledge in human communication
sciences. They are:
• Priority Area 1—Understanding
Normal Function: Deepen our
understanding of the mechanisms
underlying normal function of the
systems of human communication. By
defining what is normal in both animal
models and humans, we can better
understand mechanisms of disease.
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• Priority Area 2—Understanding
Diseases and Disorders: Increase our
knowledge of the mechanisms of
diseases, disorders, and dysfunctions
that impair human communication and
health. Understanding mechanisms that
underlie diseases and disorders is an
important step in developing better
prevention and treatment strategies.
• Priority Area 3—Improving
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention:
Develop, test, and improve diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of diseases,
disorders, and dysfunctions of human
communication and health. Diagnosis
considers normal function and provides
targets for prevention and treatment.
Improvements in prevention and
treatment lead to better outcomes with
fewer side effects.
• Priority Area 4—Improving
Outcomes for Human Communication:
Accelerate the translation of research
discoveries into practice; increase
access to health care; and enhance the
delivery, quality, and effectiveness of
care to improve personal and public
health. Scientifically-validated
prevention and treatment models will
lead to better personal and public health
only if they are translated effectively
into routine practice.
The goals presented in the Plan are a
guide for:
• Scientists: To better understand the
directions that NIDCD research may take
in the future;
• The NIDCD: To assist in developing
funding opportunity announcements
and to identify projects for high program
priority nomination; and
• The Public: To understand the state
of communication sciences and to
discover the scientific breakthroughs
that are possible with sustained
investments in biomedical research.
Responses to this request for
comments are voluntary. Any personal
identifiers (e.g., names, addresses, email
addresses, etc.) will be removed when
responses are compiled. Only the deidentified comments will be made
publicly available. Proprietary,
classified, confidential, or sensitive
information should not be included in
your response. The Government
reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any
resultant solicitation(s).
This request for comment is for
information and planning purposes only
and should not be construed as a
solicitation or as an obligation on the
part of the Federal Government, or the
NIH. The NIH does not intend to award
a grant or contract to pay for the
preparation of any information
submitted or for the NIH’s use of such
information. No basis for claims against
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
[OMB Control Number 0917-0006]
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship
Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for an extension for this collection, titled, ``Application for
Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program (OMB Control Number 0917-
0006),'' with an expiration date of September 30, 2016. This proposed
information collection project was previously published in the Federal
Register (81 FR 44030) on July 6, 2016, and allowed 60 days for public
comment, as required by 3506(c)(2)(A). The IHS received no comments
regarding this collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30
days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: ``Application for Participation in the
IHS Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Type of
Information Collection Request: Extension of the currently approved
information collection ``Application for Participation in the IHS
Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Form Number(s): IHS-
856-3, IHS-856-5 through 856-19, IHS-856-21 through 856-24, IHS-817,
and IHS-818 are retained for use by the IHS Scholarship Program (IHSSP)
as part of this current information collection request. Reporting forms
are found on the IHS Web site at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Need and Use
of Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this
information for program administration and uses the information to:
solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or
Health Professions Scholarship recipients; monitor the academic
performance of recipients; and to place recipients at payback sites.
The IHSSP application is electronically available on the internet at
the IHS Web site at: https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/.
Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and State,
local or Tribal Governments. Type of Respondents: Students pursuing
health care professions.
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 hours.
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Number of Responses per Total annual Annual burden
Data collection instrument(s) respondents respondent response Burden hour per response * hours
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Faculty/Employer Evaluation (IHS-856-3)........ 1,500 2 3,000 0.42 (25 min).......................... 1250
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS-856-5)............ 1,500 1 1,500 0.13 (8 min)........................... 200
Course Curriculum Verification (IHS-856-6)..... 1,500 1 1,500 0.70 (42 min).......................... 1,050
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of Award 500 1 500 0.13 (8 min)........................... 67
(IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program Progress Report 1,200 1 1,200 0.13 (8 min)........................... 160
(IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS-856-9)... 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min)........................... 7
Change of Status (IHS-856-10).................. 50 1 50 .045 (25 min).......................... 21
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-11). 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)........................... 3
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12)............... 150 1 150 0.50 (30 min).......................... 75
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13).... 170 1 170 0.17 (10 min).......................... 28
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856-14). 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)........................... 3
Placement Update (IHS-856-15).................. 170 1 170 0.18 (11 min).......................... 31
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16).............. 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min).......................... 50
Extern Site Preference Request (IHS-856-17).... 300 1 300 0.13 (8 min)........................... 40
Request for Extern Travel Reimbursement (IHS- 150 1 150 0.10 (6 min)........................... 15
856-18).
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19).............. 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min)........................... 7
Summer School Request (IHS-856-21)............. 100 1 100 0.10 (6 min)........................... 10
Change of Name or Address (IHS-856-22)......... 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)........................... 3
Request for Credit Validation (IHS-856-23)..... 30 1 30 0.10 (6 min)........................... 3
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation (IHS-856-24)........ 1,500 2 3,000 0.42 (25 min).......................... 1,250
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS-817)........ 175 1 175 0.16 (10 min).......................... 29
Health Professions Contract (IHS-818).......... 225 1 225 0.16 (10 min).......................... 38
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Total...................................... .............. .............. 12,580 ....................................... 4,340
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost in time to respondents, as a group, is $46,386 [4,303
burden hours x $10.78 per hour (2016 GS-3 hourly base pay rate)]. This
total dollar amount is based upon the number of burden hours per data
collection instrument, rounded to the nearest dollar.
Request for Comments: Your written 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 estimate are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Send Requests for Further Information: For the proposed collection,
or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and
instructions, send to: Robert E. Pittman, BPharm, MPH, Acting Chief,
Scholarship Branch Director, Division of Health Professions Support,
Indian Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: OHR 11E53A,
Rockville, MD 20857. Rockville, MD 20852, Call non-toll free (301) 443-
6622, send via
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facsimile to (301) 443-6622, send via facsimile to (301) 443-6048, or
send your email requests, and return address to:
Robert.Pittman@ihs.gov.
Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of
the date of this publication.
Dated: August 24, 2016.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-21048 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am]
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