Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, and Research for the Health Resources and Services Administration, OMB No. 0915-0379-Extension, 28642-28643 [2020-10247]
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In determining the estimated annual
recordkeeping burden, we estimated
that at least 90 percent of firms maintain
documentation, such as packing codes,
batch records, and inventory records, as
part of their basic food production or
import operations. Therefore, the
recordkeeping burden was calculated as
the time required for the 10 percent of
firms that may not be currently
maintaining this documentation to
develop and maintain documentation,
such as batch records and inventory
records. In previous information
collection requests, this recordkeeping
burden was estimated to be 16 hours per
record. We have retained our prior
estimate of 16 hours per record for the
recordkeeping burden. As shown in
table 1 of this document, we estimate
that one respondent will make one
submission per year. Although we
estimate that only 1 of 10 firms will not
be currently maintaining the necessary
documentation, to avoid counting the
recordkeeping burden for the 1
submission per year as 1/10th of a
recordkeeper, we estimate that 1
recordkeeper will take 16 hours to
develop and maintain documentation
recommended by the guidance.
Dated: April 27, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Information Collection
Request Title: Questionnaire and Data
Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Health Resources and
Services Administration, OMB No.
0915–0379—Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
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approval period. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this notice has
closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than June 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
HRSA, OMB No. 0915–0379—
Extension.
Abstract: The purpose of collections
under this generic clearance is to obtain
formative information from respondents
to develop new questions,
questionnaires and tools and to identify
problems in instruments currently in
use. This clearance request is limited to
formative research activities
emphasizing data collection, toolkit
development, and estimation
procedures and reports for internal
decision-making and development
purposes. This clearance request does
not extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation. It is
anticipated that these studies will rely
heavily on qualitative techniques to
meet their objectives. In general, these
activities are not designed to yield
results that meet generally accepted
standards of statistical rigor but are
designed to obtain valuable formative
information to develop more effective
and efficient data collection tools that
will yield more accurate results and
decrease non-response.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on March 2, 2020, vol.
85, No. 41, pp. 12307–09. There were no
public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA conducts cognitive
interviews, focus groups, usability tests,
field tests/pilot interviews, and
experimental research in laboratory and
field settings, both for applied
questionnaire development and
evaluation as well as more basic
research on response errors in surveys.
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HRSA staff use various techniques to
evaluate interviewer administered, selfadministered, telephone, Computer
Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI),
Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing,
Audio Computer-Assisted SelfInterviewing, and web-based
questionnaires. Professionally
recognized procedures are followed in
each information collection activity to
ensure high quality data. Examples of
these procedures could include the
following:
• Monitoring by supervisory staff of a
certain percent of telephone interviews;
• Conducting cognitive interviewing
techniques, including think-aloud
techniques and debriefings;
• Data-entry from mail or paper-andpencil surveys will be computerized
through scannable forms or checked
through double-key entry;
• Observers will monitor focus
groups, and focus group proceedings
will be recorded; and
• Data submitted through on-line
surveys will be subjected to statistical
validation techniques to ensure
accuracy (such as disallowing out-ofrange values).
Each request under this generic
clearance will specify the procedures to
be used. Participation will be fully
voluntary, and non-participation will
have not affect eligibility for, or receipt
of, future HRSA health services research
activities or grant awards, recruitment
or participation. Specific testing and
evaluation procedures will be described
when we notify OMB about each new
request. Appropriate consent
procedures will be customized and used
for each information collection activity
and any collection of personal, privacyprotected information will be handled
in accordance with all applicable
requirements. If the encounter is to be
recorded, the respondent’s permission
to record will be obtained before
beginning the interview.
Screening—When screening is
required (e.g., quota sampling), the
screening will be as brief as possible
and the screening questionnaire will be
provided as part of the submission to
OMB. Collection methods—The
particular information collection
methods used will vary, but may
include the following
• Individual in-depth interviews—Indepth interviews will commonly be
used to ensure that the meaning of a
questionnaire or strategy is understood
by the respondent. When in-depth
interviewing is used, the interview
guide will be provided to OMB for
review.
• Focus groups—Focus groups will be
used to obtain insights into beliefs and
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understandings of the target audience
early in the development of a
questionnaire or tool. When focus
groups are used, the focus group
discussion guide will be provided to
OMB for review.
• Expert/Gatekeeper review of tools—
In some instances, tools designed for
patients may be reviewed in-depth by
medical providers or other gatekeepers
to provide feedback on the acceptability
and usability of a particular tool. This
would usually be in addition to
pretesting of the tool by the actual
patient or other user.
• Record abstractions—On occasion,
the development of a tool or other
information collection requires review
and interaction with records rather than
individuals.
• ‘‘Dress rehearsal’’ of a specific
protocol—In some instances, the
proposed pretesting will constitute a
walkthrough of the intended data
collection procedure. In these instances,
the request will mirror what is expected
to occur for the larger scale data
collection.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will
be recruited by means of advertisements
in public venues or through techniques
that replicate prospective data
collection activities that are the focus of
the project. For instance, a survey on
physician communication, designed to
be administered following an office
visit, might be pretested using the same
procedure. Each submission to OMB
will specify the specific recruitment
procedure to be used.
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. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Type of
information
collection
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total
burden
hours
Mail/email 1 ...........................................................................
Telephone ............................................................................
Web-based ...........................................................................
Focus Groups ......................................................................
In-person ..............................................................................
Automated 2 ..........................................................................
Cognitive Testing .................................................................
1,000
1,000
1,000
725
500
500
500
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1,000
1,000
1,000
725
500
500
500
0.26
0.26
0.25
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.41
260
260
250
725
500
500
705
Total ..............................................................................
5,225
........................
5,225
........................
3,200
1 May
2 May
include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
include testing of database software, CAPI software, or other automated technologies.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020–10247 Filed 5–12–20; 8:45 am]
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Office of the Secretary
Findings of Research Misconduct
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Findings of research
misconduct have been made against Dr.
Shin-Hee Kim (Respondent), who was
an Assistant Professor of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Maryland
(UMD). Dr. Kim engaged in research
misconduct in research supported by
U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds,
specifically National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
National Institutes of Health (NIH),
grants R21 AI100195 and ZIA AI000938
and contract N01 AO60009. The
administrative actions, including
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supervision for a period of three (3)
years, were implemented beginning on
March 27, 2020, and are detailed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elisabeth A. Handley, Director, Office of
Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite 240, Rockville, MD
20852, (240) 453–8200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the Office of Research
Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in
the following case:
Dr. Shin-Hee Kim, University of
Maryland: Based on an investigation
conducted by UMD and additional
analysis conducted by ORI in its
oversight review, ORI found that Dr.
Shin-Hee Kim, former Assistant
Professor of Veterinary Medicine, UMD,
engaged in research misconduct in
research supported by PHS funds,
specifically NIAID, NIH, grants R21
AI100195 and ZIA AI000938 and
contract N01 AO60009.
ORI found that Respondent engaged
in research misconduct by intentionally,
knowingly, and/or recklessly falsifying
and/or fabricating data by altering,
reusing, and relabeling same source
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Western blot images, microscopy fields,
and data of viral titers and mouse
immune response from non-correlated
experiments to represent the results of
different viral strains in the following
seven (7) published papers and two (2)
grant applications submitted to NIAID,
NIH:
• Mutations in the fusion protein
cleavage site of avian paramyxovirus
serotype 4 confer increased replication
and syncytium formation in vitro but
not increased replication and
pathogenicity in chickens and ducks.
PLoS One 2013;8(1):e50598 (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘PLoS One 2013A’’).
• Newcastle disease virus fusion
protein is the major contributor to
protective immunity of genotypematched vaccine. PLoS One
2013;8(8):e74022 (hereafter referred to
as ‘‘PLoS One 2013B’’).
• Role of C596 in the C-terminal
extension of the haemagglutininneuraminidase protein in replication
and pathogenicity of a highly virulent
Indonesian strain of Newcastle disease
virus. J Gen Virol. 2014;95(Pt 2):331–6
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection
Request Title: Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation,
and Research for the Health Resources and Services Administration, OMB
No. 0915-0379--Extension
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the
review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30
day comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than June 12,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or
call (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Questionnaire and Data
Collection Testing, Evaluation, and Research for HRSA, OMB No. 0915-
0379--Extension.
Abstract: The purpose of collections under this generic clearance
is to obtain formative information from respondents to develop new
questions, questionnaires and tools and to identify problems in
instruments currently in use. This clearance request is limited to
formative research activities emphasizing data collection, toolkit
development, and estimation procedures and reports for internal
decision-making and development purposes. This clearance request does
not extend to the collection of data for public release or policy
formation. It is anticipated that these studies will rely heavily on
qualitative techniques to meet their objectives. In general, these
activities are not designed to yield results that meet generally
accepted standards of statistical rigor but are designed to obtain
valuable formative information to develop more effective and efficient
data collection tools that will yield more accurate results and
decrease non-response.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2020,
vol. 85, No. 41, pp. 12307-09. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA conducts cognitive
interviews, focus groups, usability tests, field tests/pilot
interviews, and experimental research in laboratory and field settings,
both for applied questionnaire development and evaluation as well as
more basic research on response errors in surveys.
HRSA staff use various techniques to evaluate interviewer
administered, self-administered, telephone, Computer Assisted Personal
Interviewing (CAPI), Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing, Audio
Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing, and web-based questionnaires.
Professionally recognized procedures are followed in each information
collection activity to ensure high quality data. Examples of these
procedures could include the following:
Monitoring by supervisory staff of a certain percent of
telephone interviews;
Conducting cognitive interviewing techniques, including
think-aloud techniques and debriefings;
Data-entry from mail or paper-and-pencil surveys will be
computerized through scannable forms or checked through double-key
entry;
Observers will monitor focus groups, and focus group
proceedings will be recorded; and
Data submitted through on-line surveys will be subjected
to statistical validation techniques to ensure accuracy (such as
disallowing out-of-range values).
Each request under this generic clearance will specify the
procedures to be used. Participation will be fully voluntary, and non-
participation will have not affect eligibility for, or receipt of,
future HRSA health services research activities or grant awards,
recruitment or participation. Specific testing and evaluation
procedures will be described when we notify OMB about each new request.
Appropriate consent procedures will be customized and used for each
information collection activity and any collection of personal,
privacy-protected information will be handled in accordance with all
applicable requirements. If the encounter is to be recorded, the
respondent's permission to record will be obtained before beginning the
interview.
Screening--When screening is required (e.g., quota sampling), the
screening will be as brief as possible and the screening questionnaire
will be provided as part of the submission to OMB. Collection methods--
The particular information collection methods used will vary, but may
include the following
Individual in-depth interviews--In-depth interviews will
commonly be used to ensure that the meaning of a questionnaire or
strategy is understood by the respondent. When in-depth interviewing is
used, the interview guide will be provided to OMB for review.
Focus groups--Focus groups will be used to obtain insights
into beliefs and
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understandings of the target audience early in the development of a
questionnaire or tool. When focus groups are used, the focus group
discussion guide will be provided to OMB for review.
Expert/Gatekeeper review of tools--In some instances,
tools designed for patients may be reviewed in-depth by medical
providers or other gatekeepers to provide feedback on the acceptability
and usability of a particular tool. This would usually be in addition
to pretesting of the tool by the actual patient or other user.
Record abstractions--On occasion, the development of a
tool or other information collection requires review and interaction
with records rather than individuals.
``Dress rehearsal'' of a specific protocol--In some
instances, the proposed pretesting will constitute a walkthrough of the
intended data collection procedure. In these instances, the request
will mirror what is expected to occur for the larger scale data
collection.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be recruited by means of
advertisements in public venues or through techniques that replicate
prospective data collection activities that are the focus of the
project. For instance, a survey on physician communication, designed to
be administered following an office visit, might be pretested using the
same procedure. Each submission to OMB will specify the specific
recruitment procedure to be used.
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. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of information collection Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Mail/email \1\.................. 1,000 1 1,000 0.26 260
Telephone....................... 1,000 1 1,000 0.26 260
Web-based....................... 1,000 1 1,000 0.25 250
Focus Groups.................... 725 1 725 1.00 725
In-person....................... 500 1 500 1.00 500
Automated \2\................... 500 1 500 1.00 500
Cognitive Testing............... 500 1 500 1.41 705
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Total....................... 5,225 .............. 5,225 .............. 3,200
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\1\ May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
\2\ May include testing of database software, CAPI software, or other automated technologies.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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