Department of Health and Human Services July 12, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Indian Health Service published a document in the Federal Register on June 19, 2012, concerning Announcement Type: New Limited Competition. Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2012-IHS-UIHP-0001. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.193. The document contained five incorrect dates.

In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Office of Science Education, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Proposed Collection: Title: The Effectiveness of the NIH Curriculum Supplements Programs Survey. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of the previously approved collection (OMB No. 0925-0551, expiration date 06/30/2012). Need and Use of Information Collection: The survey will attempt to assess customer demographics and their satisfaction with the NIH curriculum supplements in presenting science in a more engaging and interactive way. The supplements help K-12 educators teach science by featuring the latest NIH research and utilized research-based instructional methods. A typical supplement contains two weeks of student activities on the science behind a health topic, such as cancer, sleep or obesity. Web-based simulations, animations and experiments enhance the ``pencil and paper'' activities. In addition to developing and distributing the supplements, OSE conducts professional workshops to help teachers successfully implement these lessons with their students. Since January 2000, over 6,000 teachers have attended an OSE workshop. Assessing the effectiveness of the NIH curriculum supplements and teacher workshops is critical to determining if OSE is successfully fulfilling its mission. OSE has the database infrastructure in place to easily collect data from supplement requesters and workshop attendees. At present, we do not have clearance to contact our customers to determine how NIH resources are meeting their educational needs.