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Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
Secretariat.
decision by HHS to add the class to the
SEC.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Designation of a Class of Employees
for Addition to the Special Exposure
Cohort
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
HHS gives notice of a
decision to designate a class of
employees from the Ames Laboratory in
Ames, Iowa, as an addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under
the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division
of Compensation Analysis and Support,
NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–
46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938,
Telephone 1–877–222–7570.
Information requests can also be
submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C.
7384l(14)(C).
On February 1, 2018, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the
Secretary of HHS designated the
following class of employees as an
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All employees of the Department of
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their
contractors or subcontractors who worked in
any area of the Ames Laboratory in Ames,
Iowa, during the period from January 1, 1971,
through December 31, 1989, for a number of
work days aggregating at least 250 work days,
occurring either solely under this
employment or in combination with work
days within the parameters established for
one or more other classes of employees
included in the Special Exposure Cohort.
This designation will become
effective on March 3, 2018, unless
Congress provides otherwise prior to the
effective date. After this effective date,
HHS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register reporting the addition
of this class to the SEC or the result of
any provision by Congress regarding the
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: National
Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes
and Practices, OMB No. 0915–0290—
Reinstatement With Change
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA announces plans to submit an
Information Collection Request (ICR),
described below, to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The
ICR is for reinstatement with change of
a previously approved information
collection, assigned OMB control
number 0915–0290, which expired on
March 31, 2015. Prior to submitting the
ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden
estimate below or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than April 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 14N39, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference, in compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title:
National Survey of Organ Donation
SUMMARY:
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Attitudes and Practices, OMB No. 0915–
0290—Reinstatement With Change
Abstract: HRSA is requesting
approval from OMB for a reinstatement
with change of a previously approved
collection of information (OMB control
number 0915–0290). The National
Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and
Practices (NSODAP) is conducted
approximately every 6–7 years and
serves a critical role in providing HRSA
and the donation community with data
regarding why Americans choose to
donate organs, current barriers to
donation, and potential new approaches
to increasing donations. Survey data
and derived analytic insights inform
HRSA’s public outreach and
educational initiatives. HRSA is
improving the quality and relevance of
the data collected by making the
following changes:
(1) HRSA is increasing the ability to
produce more precise results by
targeting 10,000 completed surveys
(increased from 3,250 in 2012). This
increase will allow for a more accurate
and robust analysis of the attitudes and
donation practices of important
subgroups such as Americans over the
age of 50 and various minority
populations. While the precision of the
results from the survey will increase,
respondent burden will be reduced and
survey completion costs will be lower
resulting in a cost neutral change.
(2) HRSA is streamlining the data
collection process to minimize
respondent burden. Of the 10,000
targeted completed surveys, 8,000 will
be completed online by a nationally
representative web panel composed of
Americans over the age of 18 who have
already agreed to participate in a survey.
Web panels target a representative
section of a population used by other
approved surveys. HRSA will complete
the remaining 2,000 surveys by
telephone. In 2012, all 3,250 surveys
were conducted by telephone and
respondents were contacted using
random-digit dialing, a process that
yielded a low response rate. Contacting
respondents by telephone will remain a
part of the survey protocol to compare
current data to the 2012 data. However,
for this survey, identification of a
sample of adults over the age of 18 for
a telephone survey will be from a
national list of home addresses. Prior to
contact, those selected for the telephone
survey will receive a mailed prenotification letter with information
about the survey. This mailing will
improve survey cooperation and reduce
the number of people contacted for the
survey. Additionally, it is more time
and cost effective to take the survey
online than taking the survey by phone
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as the average response will be 0.1 hour
shorter, and the cost of online survey
can range $3–$4 per survey compared to
$50-$100 for a high quality phone
survey.
To improve the relevance of the data
collected, HRSA solicited
approximately 40 organ donation
subject matter experts for their feedback
on making changes to the survey. Based
on their expert advice, HRSA is revising
the instrument to add, remove, or edit
a few questions as noted in the draft
survey instrument. Example changes
include removing certain questions that
were only relevant for a random-digitdialing sample design, editing certain
questions to add clarity, and adding
questions to highlight emerging topics
such as receiving organ donation
information through a hand-held device
or mobile apps.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA is the primary
federal entity responsible for oversight
of the solid organ and blood stem cell
transplant systems and initiatives to
increase organ donor registration and
donation in the United States. This
survey is the primary method by which
HRSA can obtain information from
Americans about organ donation
attitudes and beliefs. OMB previously
approved this survey and HRSA fielded
it during 2005 and 2012. Results of the
data collected from this survey will
inform the development of appropriate
messages for future public outreach and
educational initiatives. Increasing the
number of completed cases via a web
panel for online survey completion and
modifying the survey instrument
without increasing the survey length
will dramatically improve the quality
and accuracy of the results while
minimizing respondent burden as much
as possible. The revised instrument and
survey fielding methods will allow
research on the attitudes and behaviors
of important subgroups of Americans as
well as research on emerging topics
related to organ donation.
Likely Respondents: A nationally
representative sample of adults over the
age of 18 with a higher number of
responses from populations of interest
such as racial-ethnic minorities,
including African American, Asian,
Native American, and Hispanic
respondents, as well as respondents of
all age groups and education levels.
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. A summary of the total
annual burden hours estimated for this
ICR is in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
NSODAP Revised Survey—Telephone ...............................
NSODAP Revised Survey—Online Panel ...........................
2,000
8,000
1
1
2,000
8,000
0.3
0.2
600
1,600
Total ..............................................................................
10,000
........................
10,000
........................
2,200
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
Secretariat.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Information
Collection Request Title: Zika Virus
Pilot Project, OMB No. 0906–XXXX—
New
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
Notice.
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In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
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public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR must be
received no later than April 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference, in compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title:
Zika Virus Pilot Project, OMB No. 0906–
XXXX—New.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: National
Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices, OMB No. 0915-0290--
Reinstatement With Change
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR),
described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR
is for reinstatement with change of a previously approved information
collection, assigned OMB control number 0915-0290, which expired on
March 31, 2015. Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden estimate below or any other aspect
of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 10,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 14N39, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title: National Survey of Organ
Donation Attitudes and Practices, OMB No. 0915-0290--Reinstatement With
Change
Abstract: HRSA is requesting approval from OMB for a reinstatement
with change of a previously approved collection of information (OMB
control number 0915-0290). The National Survey of Organ Donation
Attitudes and Practices (NSODAP) is conducted approximately every 6-7
years and serves a critical role in providing HRSA and the donation
community with data regarding why Americans choose to donate organs,
current barriers to donation, and potential new approaches to
increasing donations. Survey data and derived analytic insights inform
HRSA's public outreach and educational initiatives. HRSA is improving
the quality and relevance of the data collected by making the following
changes:
(1) HRSA is increasing the ability to produce more precise results
by targeting 10,000 completed surveys (increased from 3,250 in 2012).
This increase will allow for a more accurate and robust analysis of the
attitudes and donation practices of important subgroups such as
Americans over the age of 50 and various minority populations. While
the precision of the results from the survey will increase, respondent
burden will be reduced and survey completion costs will be lower
resulting in a cost neutral change.
(2) HRSA is streamlining the data collection process to minimize
respondent burden. Of the 10,000 targeted completed surveys, 8,000 will
be completed online by a nationally representative web panel composed
of Americans over the age of 18 who have already agreed to participate
in a survey. Web panels target a representative section of a population
used by other approved surveys. HRSA will complete the remaining 2,000
surveys by telephone. In 2012, all 3,250 surveys were conducted by
telephone and respondents were contacted using random-digit dialing, a
process that yielded a low response rate. Contacting respondents by
telephone will remain a part of the survey protocol to compare current
data to the 2012 data. However, for this survey, identification of a
sample of adults over the age of 18 for a telephone survey will be from
a national list of home addresses. Prior to contact, those selected for
the telephone survey will receive a mailed pre-notification letter with
information about the survey. This mailing will improve survey
cooperation and reduce the number of people contacted for the survey.
Additionally, it is more time and cost effective to take the survey
online than taking the survey by phone
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as the average response will be 0.1 hour shorter, and the cost of
online survey can range $3-$4 per survey compared to $50-$100 for a
high quality phone survey.
To improve the relevance of the data collected, HRSA solicited
approximately 40 organ donation subject matter experts for their
feedback on making changes to the survey. Based on their expert advice,
HRSA is revising the instrument to add, remove, or edit a few questions
as noted in the draft survey instrument. Example changes include
removing certain questions that were only relevant for a random-digit-
dialing sample design, editing certain questions to add clarity, and
adding questions to highlight emerging topics such as receiving organ
donation information through a hand-held device or mobile apps.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA is the primary
federal entity responsible for oversight of the solid organ and blood
stem cell transplant systems and initiatives to increase organ donor
registration and donation in the United States. This survey is the
primary method by which HRSA can obtain information from Americans
about organ donation attitudes and beliefs. OMB previously approved
this survey and HRSA fielded it during 2005 and 2012. Results of the
data collected from this survey will inform the development of
appropriate messages for future public outreach and educational
initiatives. Increasing the number of completed cases via a web panel
for online survey completion and modifying the survey instrument
without increasing the survey length will dramatically improve the
quality and accuracy of the results while minimizing respondent burden
as much as possible. The revised instrument and survey fielding methods
will allow research on the attitudes and behaviors of important
subgroups of Americans as well as research on emerging topics related
to organ donation.
Likely Respondents: A nationally representative sample of adults
over the age of 18 with a higher number of responses from populations
of interest such as racial-ethnic minorities, including African
American, Asian, Native American, and Hispanic respondents, as well as
respondents of all age groups and education levels.
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. A summary of the total annual burden hours
estimated for this ICR is in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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NSODAP Revised Survey--Telephone 2,000 1 2,000 0.3 600
NSODAP Revised Survey--Online 8,000 1 8,000 0.2 1,600
Panel..........................
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Total....................... 10,000 .............. 10,000 .............. 2,200
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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