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number 202.395.5806 to the attention of
Desk Officer for FMCS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collection request is the
Request for Arbitration Services
(Agency Form F–43), OMB control
number 3076–0016. No comments were
received pursuant to FMCS’s prior 60day notice in the Federal Register on
June 7, 2019. This information
collection request was previously
approved by OMB.
OMB is interested in comments on
specific aspects of the collection. The
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that:
(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) Evaluates the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
proposed collection information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collections of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic
collection technologies or other forms of
information technology.
Burden: FMCS receives
approximately 16,000 responses to the
form Request for Arbitration Services
(OMB No. 3076–0016).
Affected Entities: Employers and their
representatives, and labor unions, their
representatives and employees, who
request arbitration services.
For additional information, see the
related 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register at 84 FR 26683 on June
7, 2019.
Dated: August 12, 2019.
Jeannette Walters-Marquez,
Deputy General Counsel.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
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Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project
‘‘Systematic Review Data Repository.’’
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on June 14, 2019 and allowed
60 days for public comment. There were
no substantive comments received by
AHRQ. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by 30 days after date of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk
officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Systematic Review Data Repository
(SRDR)
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection. In
1997, AHRQ launched an initiative to
promote evidence-based practice in
everyday care through establishment of
the Evidence-based Practice Center
(EPC) Program. Since then, the EPCs
have been reviewing all relevant
scientific literature on a wide spectrum
of clinical and health services topics to
produce various types of evidence
reports. A majority of these evidence
reports are systematic reviews (SRs),
which are used as evidence bases for
clinical practice guidelines, research
agendas, healthcare coverage, and other
health related policies. Performing SRs
is costly in time, labor, and money.
Moreover, there is an increasing
expectation of quicker turnaround in
producing SRs to accommodate the fast
moving pace of innovations and new
scientific discoveries in healthcare.
Some SRs overlap or are replicated;
independent teams of SR producers
often extract data from the same studies,
resulting in replication of work. Current
methodology makes it difficult to
harness and reuse previous work when
updating SRs.
In an effort to reduce the economic
burden of conducting SRs, the EPC
Program undertook development of a
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collaborative, Web-based repository of
systematic review data called the
Systematic Review Data Repository
(SRDR). This resource serves as both an
archive and data extraction tool, shared
among organizations and individuals
producing SRs worldwide, enabling the
creation of a central database of SR data.
This database is collaboratively vetted,
freely accessible, and integrates
seamlessly with reviewers’ existing
workflows, with the ultimate goal of
facilitating the efficient generation and
update of evidence reviews, and thus
speeding and improving policy-making
with regard to health care. Currently,
there are two versions of the database:
(1) The original version called ‘‘SRDR’’;
and (2) an upgraded version with
increased functionality. Further upgrade
of the database is planned for the next
year (to be called ‘‘SRDR 2.0’’). The
SRDR project encompass there various
iterations of the database.
The SRDR project aims to achieve the
following goals:
(1) Create online easy-to-use Webbased tools for conducting systematic
reviews to facilitate extraction of data
from primary studies;
(2) Develop an open-access searchable
archive of key questions addressed in
systematic reviews;
(3) Maintain a public repository of
primary study data including provision
of technical support for repository users;
and
(4) Develop a process for making
summary data from systematic reviews
digitally shareable to end-users.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Brown
University, pursuant to AHRQ’s
statutory authority to conduct and
support research on health care and on
systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the
quality, effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness and value of healthcare
services, including database
development. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and
(8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the
following data collections will be
implemented:
(1) Collect registration data and
information on SRs from SR producers
who will populate the SRDR system.
SRDR uses a three-tiered
categorization of users and collection of
registration data that depends on the
type of user: (1) ‘‘Contributors’’ are SR
producers who use SRDR as a tool to
support production of the SR and share
scientific data from their SRs.
Registration data will be collected from
these users; (2) ‘‘Commentators’’
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provide comments (i.e., opinions) on
publicly available scientific data in
SRDR. Registration data will be
collected from these users; (3) ‘‘General
public’’ users only view scientific data
publicly available in SRDR. No data will
be collected from these type of users.
All Contributors and Commentators
will undergo a simple self-registration
process by providing a username,
password, email address, and
institution. Collection of registration
data from Contributors and
Commentators is required due to the use
of SRDR both as a database and as a tool
for assisting in the production of a SR,
including providing comments in the
various sections of a particular project
on SRDR. In addition, provision of an
email address and institution
information allows the administrators of
SRDR to confirm that requests are being
made by actual people and not
potentially malicious software code
such as bots and other cybersecurity
threats.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in the
SRDR. In 2017, 176 users registered as
Commentators and 206 users registered
as Contributors. Registration will take
approximately 2 minutes per user. We
thus calculate the total burden hours
required for registration for all users
annually is 12.73 hours.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total
burden hours
Registration of users as Commentators or Contributors .................................
382
1
2/60
12.73
Total ..........................................................................................................
382
........................
........................
12.73
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
burden associated with the respondents’
time to participate in the SRDR. The
total cost burden to respondents is
estimated at an average of $501.82
annually.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
burden hours
Average
hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
burden
Registration of users as Commentators or Contributors .................................
382
12.73
a $39.42
$501.82
Total ..........................................................................................................
382
12.73
........................
501.82
* National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2018, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’
Available at: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm.
a Based on the mean wages for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, 29–0000.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ’s health care
research and health care information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in AHRQ’s subsequent request
for OMB approval of the proposed
information collection. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
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Dated: August 13, 2019.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019, from 8:30
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October 17, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project ``Systematic Review Data Repository.''
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on June 14, 2019 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. There were no substantive comments received by AHRQ. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by 30 days after date
of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ's OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395-6974 (attention: AHRQ's desk officer) or by
email at [email protected] (attention: AHRQ's desk officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR)
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information
collection. In 1997, AHRQ launched an initiative to promote evidence-
based practice in everyday care through establishment of the Evidence-
based Practice Center (EPC) Program. Since then, the EPCs have been
reviewing all relevant scientific literature on a wide spectrum of
clinical and health services topics to produce various types of
evidence reports. A majority of these evidence reports are systematic
reviews (SRs), which are used as evidence bases for clinical practice
guidelines, research agendas, healthcare coverage, and other health
related policies. Performing SRs is costly in time, labor, and money.
Moreover, there is an increasing expectation of quicker turnaround in
producing SRs to accommodate the fast moving pace of innovations and
new scientific discoveries in healthcare. Some SRs overlap or are
replicated; independent teams of SR producers often extract data from
the same studies, resulting in replication of work. Current methodology
makes it difficult to harness and reuse previous work when updating
SRs.
In an effort to reduce the economic burden of conducting SRs, the
EPC Program undertook development of a collaborative, Web-based
repository of systematic review data called the Systematic Review Data
Repository (SRDR). This resource serves as both an archive and data
extraction tool, shared among organizations and individuals producing
SRs worldwide, enabling the creation of a central database of SR data.
This database is collaboratively vetted, freely accessible, and
integrates seamlessly with reviewers' existing workflows, with the
ultimate goal of facilitating the efficient generation and update of
evidence reviews, and thus speeding and improving policy-making with
regard to health care. Currently, there are two versions of the
database: (1) The original version called ``SRDR''; and (2) an upgraded
version with increased functionality. Further upgrade of the database
is planned for the next year (to be called ``SRDR 2.0''). The SRDR
project encompass there various iterations of the database.
The SRDR project aims to achieve the following goals:
(1) Create online easy-to-use Web-based tools for conducting
systematic reviews to facilitate extraction of data from primary
studies;
(2) Develop an open-access searchable archive of key questions
addressed in systematic reviews;
(3) Maintain a public repository of primary study data including
provision of technical support for repository users; and
(4) Develop a process for making summary data from systematic
reviews digitally shareable to end-users.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, Brown
University, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and
support research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such
care, including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness and value of healthcare services, including
database development. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collections
will be implemented:
(1) Collect registration data and information on SRs from SR
producers who will populate the SRDR system.
SRDR uses a three-tiered categorization of users and collection of
registration data that depends on the type of user: (1)
``Contributors'' are SR producers who use SRDR as a tool to support
production of the SR and share scientific data from their SRs.
Registration data will be collected from these users; (2)
``Commentators''
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provide comments (i.e., opinions) on publicly available scientific data
in SRDR. Registration data will be collected from these users; (3)
``General public'' users only view scientific data publicly available
in SRDR. No data will be collected from these type of users.
All Contributors and Commentators will undergo a simple self-
registration process by providing a username, password, email address,
and institution. Collection of registration data from Contributors and
Commentators is required due to the use of SRDR both as a database and
as a tool for assisting in the production of a SR, including providing
comments in the various sections of a particular project on SRDR. In
addition, provision of an email address and institution information
allows the administrators of SRDR to confirm that requests are being
made by actual people and not potentially malicious software code such
as bots and other cybersecurity threats.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the SRDR. In 2017, 176 users
registered as Commentators and 206 users registered as Contributors.
Registration will take approximately 2 minutes per user. We thus
calculate the total burden hours required for registration for all
users annually is 12.73 hours.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Registration of users as Commentators or 382 1 2/60 12.73
Contributors...................................
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Total....................................... 382 .............. .............. 12.73
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Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost burden associated with the
respondents' time to participate in the SRDR. The total cost burden to
respondents is estimated at an average of $501.82 annually.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name respondents hours wage rate * burden
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Registration of users as Commentators or 382 12.73 \a\ $39.42 $501.82
Contributors...................................
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 382 12.73 .............. 501.82
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* National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2018, ``U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.'' Available at: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm.
\a\ Based on the mean wages for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, 29-0000.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ's
information collection are requested with regard to any of the
following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ's health care research and
health care information dissemination functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's
estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in AHRQ's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 13, 2019.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
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