Request for Public Comment: 30 Day Notice for Extension of the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program (LRP), 6601-6602 [2018-03019]
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collection of information; (3) Enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond; including through the use of
appropriate automated collection
techniques of other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
XXXX, ‘‘Information Security Ticketing
and Incident Reporting.’’
Type of Information Collection
Request: This is a new information
request for a three year approval of this
new information collection, 0917–
XXXX.
Form(s) and Form number(s): Incident
Reporting Form, Form F07–02b.
Title of Proposal: Information
Security Ticketing and Incident
Reporting.
OMB Control Number: To be assigned.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The Indian Health Service
(IHS) uses secure information
technology (IT) to improve health care
quality, enhance access to specialty
care, reduce medical errors, and
modernize administrative functions
consistent with the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
enterprise initiatives.
IHS is responsible for maintaining an
information security program that
provides protection for information
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument(s)
Responses
per
respondent
collected or maintained by or on behalf
of the Agency, and protection for
information systems used or operated by
the Agency or by another organization
on behalf of the Agency.
Members of Affected Public: IHS staff,
including federal and non-federal
employees (contractors, Tribal
employees, etc.).
Status of the Proposed Information
Collection: New request.
Type of Respondents: Individuals.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, estimation
to number of respondents, number of
responses per respondent, annual
number of responses, average burden
hour per response, and total annual
burden hours.
Annual
number of
responses
Average
burden hour
per
response *
Total annual
burden hours
IHS Federal and Non-Federal Staff .....................................
1,700
1
1,700
15
425
Total ..............................................................................
1,700
1
1,700
15
425
* For ease of understanding, average burden hours are provided in actual minutes. There are no direct costs, to respondents to report.
Dated: February 5, 2018.
Michael D. Weahkee,
Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health
Service, Acting Director, Indian Health
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30 Day
Notice for Extension of the Indian
Health Service Loan Repayment
Program (LRP)
Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments. Request for extension of
approval.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for an
extension of a previously approved
collection of information titled, ‘‘IHS
Loan Repayment Program (LRP)’’ (OMB
Control Number 0917–0014), which
expires July 31, 2018. This proposed
information collection project was
recently published in the Federal
Register (82 FR 55107) on November 20,
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2017, and allowed 60 days for public
comment, as required by the PRA. The
IHS received 20 anonymous comments
regarding this collection but they did
not pertain to the LRP notice. The
purpose of this notice is to allow 30
days for public comment to be
submitted directly to OMB.
A copy of the supporting statement is
available at www.regulations.gov (see
Docket ID IHS_FRDOC_0001).
DATES: March 16, 2018. Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
ADDRESSES: 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information, please
contact Evonne Bennett-Barnes by one
of the following methods:
• Mail: Evonne Bennett-Barnes,
Management Analyst/Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Indian
Health Service, 5600 Fisher Lane, Mail
stop: 09E21B, Rockville, MD 20857.
• Phone: 301–443–4750.
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• Email: Evonne.Bennett-Barnes@
ihs.gov.
• Fax: 301–594–0899.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS is
submitting the proposed information
collection to OMB for review, as
required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the
PRA of 1995. This notice is soliciting
comments from members of the public
and affected agencies as required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) concerning the
proposed collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond; including
through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques of
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.’’
Type of Information Collection
Request: Three year extension of this
information collection.
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Form(s): The LRP application is
available in an electronically fillable
and fileable format.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS LRP identifies
health professionals with pre-existing
financial obligations for education
expenses that meet program criteria 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 in exchange for an
initial two-year service commitment to
practice full-time at an eligible Indian
health program. The LRP 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 eligible Indian health
program 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, the applicant
in turn ‘‘picks-up’’ the score of that
location.
Status of the Proposed Information
Collection: Renewal of a current
collection.
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
Data collection instrument(s)
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total annual
responses
(in hours)
LRP Application (3 forms in total) ....................................................................
1,726
1
1.5
2,589
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Dated: February 5, 2018.
Michael D. Weahkee,
RADM, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S.
Public Health Service, Acting Director, Indian
Health Service.
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Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of the
following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
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Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
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Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One
Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Contact Person: Kristen Page, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific
Review/DERA, National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health,
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 7185, Bethesda,
MD 20892, 301–827–7953, kristen.page@
nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute Special Emphasis Panel;
Studies in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.
Date: March 28, 2018.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: The Hilton Crystal City, at
Washington National Airport, 2399 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
Contact Person: David A. Wilson, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific
Review/DERA, National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room
7204, Bethesda, MD 20892–7924, 301–435–
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Michelle Trout,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of the
following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
General Medical Sciences Special Emphasis
Panel; Review of NIGMS Maximizing
Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage
Investigators (R35) Applications.
Date: April 5–6, 2018.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30 Day Notice for Extension of the
Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of
approval.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Indian Health Service (IHS) is submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension of a previously
approved collection of information titled, ``IHS Loan Repayment Program
(LRP)'' (OMB Control Number 0917-0014), which expires July 31, 2018.
This proposed information collection project was recently published in
the Federal Register (82 FR 55107) on November 20, 2017, and allowed 60
days for public comment, as required by the PRA. The IHS received 20
anonymous comments regarding this collection but they did not pertain
to the LRP notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for
public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
A copy of the supporting statement is available at
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID IHS_FRDOC_0001).
DATES: March 16, 2018. Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 30
days of the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Evonne Bennett-Barnes by one of the following methods:
Mail: Evonne Bennett-Barnes, Management Analyst/
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Indian Health Service, 5600
Fisher Lane, Mail stop: 09E21B, Rockville, MD 20857.
Phone: 301-443-4750.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 301-594-0899.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the PRA of 1995. This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected agencies as required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) concerning the proposed collection of information
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2)
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond;
including through the use of appropriate automated collection
techniques of other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program.''
Type of Information Collection Request: Three year extension of
this information collection.
[[Page 6602]]
Form(s): The LRP application is available in an electronically
fillable and fileable format.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS LRP identifies
health professionals with pre-existing financial obligations for
education expenses that meet program criteria 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 in
exchange for an initial two-year service commitment to practice full-
time at an eligible Indian health program. The LRP 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
eligible Indian health program location and provide health services to
American Indian and Alaska Native individuals.
The information collected via the on-line 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, the applicant in turn
``picks-up'' the score of that location.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Renewal of a current
collection.
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 Average burden Total annual
Data collection instrument(s) Number of responses per per response responses (in
respondents respondent (in hours) hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LRP Application (3 forms in total).......... 1,726 1 1.5 2,589
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Dated: February 5, 2018.
Michael D. Weahkee,
RADM, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, Acting
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-03019 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
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