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1995. ACF created this generic clearance
in response to this effort by OMB.
To work continuously to ensure that
the ACF programs are effective and meet
our customers’ needs, we use this Fast
Track generic clearance process to
collect qualitative feedback on our
service delivery. This collection of
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to garner customer and stakeholder
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in accord with our commitment to
improving service delivery. The
information collected from our
customers and stakeholders helps
ensure that users have an effective,
efficient, and satisfying experience with
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insights into customer or stakeholder
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expectations; provides an early warning
of issues with service; or focus attention
on areas where communication,
training, or changes in operations might
improve delivery of products or
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ongoing, collaborative, and actionable
communications between ACF and its
customers and stakeholders. They also
allow feedback to contribute directly to
the improvement of program
management.
Per Memorandum M–11–26,
information collection requests
submitted under this Fast Track generic
will be considered approved unless
OMB notifies ACF otherwise within 5
days.
Respondents: ACF program
participants, potential program
participants, stakeholders, and other
customers.
Total number of
respondents
Type of collection
Surveys ..........................................................................................
Comment Cards/Forms .................................................................
Feedback Questions ......................................................................
Focus Groups, Discussions, Cognitive Studies ............................
Authority: Social Security Act, Sec.
1110. [42 U.S.C. 1310].
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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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; The National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment Programs
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA 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
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Burden Estimates—Approved
Information Collection
The request to OMB will include an
extension request for 98 approved
information collections that are planned
to continue beyond May 2024. The total
burden associated with these collections
is 15,196 hours.
Burden Estimates—New Requests
The following table includes burden
estimates for new requests under this
generic over the next 3 years. Based on
the use of this generic clearance over the
past 3 years, ACF is requesting an
increase to the estimated number of
responses per respondent from 1 to 2.
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Average burden
hours per
response for
types of
collections
Average total
number of
responses per
respondent
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 May 10, 2024.
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
Joella Roland, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
The National Health Service Corps Loan
Repayment Programs, OMB No. 0915–
0127—Revision
Abstract: The National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program
(LRP) was established to assure an
adequate supply of trained primary care
health professionals to provide services
in Health Professional Shortage Areas
(HPSAs) of the United States with the
greatest need. The NHSC Substance Use
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Annual Burden Estimates
2
.5
.25
.083
1
Total burden
hours
50,000
Disorder Workforce LRP and the NHSC
Rural Community LRP were established
to recruit and retain a health
professional workforce with specific
training and credentials to provide
evidence-based substance use disorder
treatment in HPSAs. Under these
programs, HHS agrees to repay the
qualifying educational loans of selected
primary care health professionals. In
return, the health professionals agree to
serve for a specified period of time in
an NHSC-approved site located in a
federally-designated HPSA approved by
the Secretary of HHS for LRP
participants.
The forms used by each LRP include
the following: (1) the NHSC LRP
Application; (2) the Authorization for
Disclosure of Loan Information Form;
(3) the Privacy Act Release
Authorization Form, and, if applicable;
(4) the Verification of Disadvantaged
Background Form; (5) the Private
Practice Option Form; (6) the NHSC
Comprehensive Behavioral Health
Services Checklist; (7) the NHSC
Spanish Language Assessment
Proficiency Test Form; and (8) the
NHSC Site Application. The first four of
these NHSC LRP forms collect
information that is needed for selecting
participants and repaying qualifying
educational loans. The Private Practice
Option and Spanish Language
Assessment forms are needed to collect
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information from applicants who wish
to be considered for those options. The
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral
Health Services Checklist collects
information to ascertain whether
behavioral health providers are
practicing in a community-based setting
that provides access to comprehensive
behavioral health services. The NHSC
Site Application collects information
used for determining the eligibility of
sites for the assignment of NHSC health
professionals and to verify the need for
NHSC clinicians.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on January 23, 2024,
vol. 88, No. 249; pp. 90191–92. There
were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and proposed
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.
use of this information collection is to
assess an LRP applicant’s eligibility and
qualifications for the LRP, and to
determine LRP applicants’ Spanish
language proficiency if relevant to their
application, and to obtain information
for NHSC site applicants. The NHSC
LRP application asks for personal,
professional, and financial/loan
information.
Likely Respondents: Likely
respondents include licensed primary
care medical, dental, and behavioral
health providers who are employed or
seeking employment and are interested
in serving underserved populations.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
responses
Average burden
per response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
NHSC LRP Application .......................................................................................
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information Form ......................................
Privacy Act Release Authorization Form ............................................................
Verification of Disadvantaged Background Form ...............................................
Private Practice Option Form ..............................................................................
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services Checklist ...........................
NHSC Spanish Language Assessment Proficiency Test Form .........................
NHSC Site Application (including recertification) ................................................
9,020
7,150
303
660
330
4,400
3,006
4,070
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
9,020
7,150
303
660
330
4,400
3,006
4,070
1.00
0.10
0.10
0.50
0.10
0.13
0.50
0.50
9,020
715
30
330
33
572
1,503
2,035
Total .............................................................................................................
28,939
........................
28,939
..........................
14,238
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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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
Gian-Stefano Brigidi, Ph.D.
(Respondent), who was a Postdoctoral
Fellow, Department of Neurobiology,
University of California San Diego
(UCSD), and was an Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurobiology, University
of Utah (UU). Respondent engaged in
research misconduct in research
supported by U.S. Public Health Service
(PHS) funds, specifically National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
National Institutes of Health (NIH),
grant F32 MH110141, National Human
Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),
NIH, grant T32 HG000044, National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and
SUMMARY:
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Stroke (NINDS), NIH, grant P30
NS047101, and National Library of
Medicine (NLM), NIH, grant T15
LM011271. The research was included
in grant applications submitted for PHS
funds, specifically R01 NS131809–01,
R01 NS133405–01, DP2 NS127276–01,
and R01 NS111162–01A1 submitted to
NINDS, NIH, and R21 MH121860–01,
R21 MH121860–01A1, F32 MH110141–
01, F32 MH110141–01A1, and F32
MH110141–01AS1 submitted to NIMH,
NIH. The administrative actions,
including supervision for a period of
five (5) years, were implemented
beginning on March 24, 2024, and are
detailed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheila Garrity, JD, MPH, MBA, 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:
Gian-Stefano Brigidi, Ph.D.,
University of California San Diego
(UCSD) and University of Utah (UU):
Based on the report of an assessment
conducted by UU, and inquiry
conducted by UCSD, the Respondent’s
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admission, and additional analysis
conducted by ORI in its oversight
review, ORI found that Dr. Gian-Stefano
Brigidi, former Postdoctoral Fellow in
the Department of Neurobiology, UCSD,
and former Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurobiology, UU,
engaged in research misconduct in
research supported by PHS funds,
specifically NIMH, NIH, grant F32
MH110141, NHGRI, NIH, grant T32
HG000044, NINDS, NIH, grant P30
NS047101, and NLM, NIH, grant T15
LM011271. The research was included
in grant applications submitted for PHS
funds, specifically R01 NS131809–01,
R01 NS133405–01, DP2 NS127276–01,
and R01 NS111162–01A1 submitted to
NINDS, NIH, and R21 MH121860–01,
R21 MH121860–01A1, F32 MH110141–
01, F32 MH110141–01A1, and F32
MH110141–01AS1 submitted to NIMH,
NIH.
ORI found that Respondent engaged
in research misconduct by knowingly or
intentionally falsifying and/or
fabricating data and results by
manipulating primary data values to
falsely increase the n-value,
manipulating fluorescence micrographs
and their quantification graphs to
augment the role of ITFs in murine
hippocampal neurons, and/or
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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; The National Health
Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
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 May 10,
2024.
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 Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: The National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment Programs, OMB No. 0915-0127--Revision
Abstract: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment
Program (LRP) was established to assure an adequate supply of trained
primary care health professionals to provide services in Health
Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States with the
greatest need. The NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce LRP and the
NHSC Rural Community LRP were established to recruit and retain a
health professional workforce with specific training and credentials to
provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in HPSAs. Under
these programs, HHS agrees to repay the qualifying educational loans of
selected primary care health professionals. In return, the health
professionals agree to serve for a specified period of time in an NHSC-
approved site located in a federally-designated HPSA approved by the
Secretary of HHS for LRP participants.
The forms used by each LRP include the following: (1) the NHSC LRP
Application; (2) the Authorization for Disclosure of Loan Information
Form; (3) the Privacy Act Release Authorization Form, and, if
applicable; (4) the Verification of Disadvantaged Background Form; (5)
the Private Practice Option Form; (6) the NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral
Health Services Checklist; (7) the NHSC Spanish Language Assessment
Proficiency Test Form; and (8) the NHSC Site Application. The first
four of these NHSC LRP forms collect information that is needed for
selecting participants and repaying qualifying educational loans. The
Private Practice Option and Spanish Language Assessment forms are
needed to collect
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information from applicants who wish to be considered for those
options. The NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services Checklist
collects information to ascertain whether behavioral health providers
are practicing in a community-based setting that provides access to
comprehensive behavioral health services. The NHSC Site Application
collects information used for determining the eligibility of sites for
the assignment of NHSC health professionals and to verify the need for
NHSC clinicians.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on January 23,
2024, vol. 88, No. 249; pp. 90191-92. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and proposed use
of this information collection is to assess an LRP applicant's
eligibility and qualifications for the LRP, and to determine LRP
applicants' Spanish language proficiency if relevant to their
application, and to obtain information for NHSC site applicants. The
NHSC LRP application asks for personal, professional, and financial/
loan information.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents include licensed primary
care medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are employed
or seeking employment and are interested in serving underserved
populations.
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
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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NHSC LRP Application........... 9,020 1 9,020 1.00 9,020
Authorization for Disclosure of 7,150 1 7,150 0.10 715
Loan Information Form.........
Privacy Act Release 303 1 303 0.10 30
Authorization Form............
Verification of Disadvantaged 660 1 660 0.50 330
Background Form...............
Private Practice Option Form... 330 1 330 0.10 33
NHSC Comprehensive Behavioral 4,400 1 4,400 0.13 572
Health Services Checklist.....
NHSC Spanish Language 3,006 1 3,006 0.50 1,503
Assessment Proficiency Test
Form..........................
NHSC Site Application 4,070 1 4,070 0.50 2,035
(including recertification)...
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Total...................... 28,939 .............. 28,939 ............... 14,238
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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