[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 23772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10456]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection 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 on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: ``Health Care and Other Facilities'' Construction
Program: Web-Based Status Reporting Form: (OMB No. 0915-0309)--
[Extension]
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Care and
Other Facilities (HCOF) Construction Program provides congressional
directed funds to health facilities for construction-related activities
and/or capital equipment purchases. Awarded facilities are required to
provide HRSA with a periodic (quarterly for construction-related
projects, annually for equipment only projects) update of the status of
the funded project until it is completed. The monitoring period
averages about 3 years, although some projects take up to 5 years to
complete. The information collected from these updates is vital to
program management staff to determine whether projects are progressing
according to the established timeframes, meeting deadlines established
in the Notice of Grant Award (NGA), drawing down funds appropriately.
The data collected from the updates is also shared with the Division of
Grants Management Operations (DGMO), which assists in the overall
evaluation of each project's progress. A Web-based form has been
developed for progress reporting for the HCOF program. This form will
allow awardees the ability to directly input the required status update
information in a timely, consistent, and uniform manner. The Web-based
form will minimize burden to respondents and will inform respondents
when there are missing data elements prior to submission.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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Construction-Related............ 357 4 1428 .5 714
Equipment Only.................. 905 1 905 .5 453
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Total..................... 1262 .............. 2333 .............. 1167
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E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: April 27, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-10456 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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