[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49935-49936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20126]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-day notice]
Notice of Request for Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Agency Information Collection Request: 30-Day Public Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at
202-395-5806.
Proposed Project--Whistleblowers Study--OMB No. 0990--New-Office of
Research Integrity (ORI).
Abstract: The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) proposes to do a
study to determine what questions whistleblowers want answered from
Research Integrity Officer (RIOs) when deciding to file an allegation
of research misconduct.
To guide RIOs to be well-prepared to provide answers to the kinds
of questions that complainants (whistleblowers) and potential
complainants ask RIOs at different stages of the research misconduct
allegation resolution process is critical to the smooth and effective
conduct of that process. Complainants and potential complainants need
to know what is in store for them during the process employed by the
institution to resolve allegations of research misconduct. They need to
know the steps involved in the process, the support available to them,
and the safeguards afforded them against retaliation. This study will
seek to obtain information from RIOs concerning the questions
complainants have and when they arise, as well as what responses RIOs
provide when they do.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Forms Type of Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondent respondents respondent response hours
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Interview About Questions Research 100 1 45/60 75
Asked By Complainants and Integrity
Potential Complainants. Officers (RIOs)
from
Institutions
with Research
Misconduct
Allegation or
Investigation
in Past 5 Years.
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary,
Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-20126 Filed 8-13-10; 8:45 am]
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