[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20369-20370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8842]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship
Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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Note: The purpose of this second announcement is to provide
another opportunity for public comment. The previous Federal
Register notice was published on December 31, 2009, FR Doc. E9-
30947.
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires a 30-day advance opportunity for
public comment on the proposed information collection project, the
Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information
collection listed below. This proposed information collection project
was previously published in the Federal Register (74 FR 36714) on July
24, 2009 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comment was
received in response to the notice. The purpose of this notice is to
allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0006, ``Application for
Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program.'' Type of Information
Collection Request: Previously Approved Collection (Form changes and
additions). Form Number(s): IHS-856, 856-2 through 856-24, IHS-815,
IHS-816, IHS-817, and IHS-818. Reporting formats are contained in an
IHS Scholarship Program application booklet. Need and Use of
Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this
information for program administration and uses the information to
solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or
Health Professions Scholarship grants and monitor the academic
performance of awardees, to place awardees at payback sites, and for
awardees to request additional program information. The IHS Scholarship
Program is streamlining the application to reduce the time needed by
applicants to complete and provide the information and plans on using
information technology to make the application electronically available
on the Internet. Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit
institutions and State, local or Tribal Government. Type of
Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hour(s).
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Number of Responses per Total annual Burden hour per Annual burden
Data collection instrument(s) respondents respondent response response* hours
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Scholarship Application (IHS- 1,500 1 1,500 1.00 (60 min)... 1,500
856).
Application Checklist (IHS-856- 1,500 1 1500 0.13 (8 min).... 200
2).
Faculty/Employer Evaluation 1,500 2 3,000 0.83 (50 min)... 2,500
(IHS-856-3).
Narrative Statements (IHS-856- 1,500 1 1,500 0.75 (45 min)... 1,125
4).
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS- 1,500 1 1,500 0.13 (8 min).... 200
856-5).
Course Curriculum Verification 1,500 1 1,500 0.70 (42 min)... 1,050
(IHS-856-6).
Verification of Acceptance 400 1 400 0.13 (8 min).... 53
(IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program 400 1 400 0.13 (8 min).... 53
Progress Report (IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min).... 7
Problem (IHS-856-9).
Change of Status (IHS-856-10). 50 1 50 0.45 (25 min)... 21
Request for Approval of 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min).... 7
Deferment (IHS-856-11).
Preferred Placement (IHS-856- 200 1 200 0.75 (45 min)... 150
12).
Notice of Impending Graduation 200 1 200 0.17 (10 min)... 33
(IHS-856-13).
Notification of Deferment 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min).... 7
Program (IHS-856-14).
Placement Update (IHS-856-15). 200 1 200 0.18 (11 min)... 37
Annual Status Report (IHS-856- 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min)... 50
16).
Extern Site Preference Request 125 1 125 0.13 (8 min).... 17
(IHS-856-17).
Request for Extern Travel 125 1 125 0.10 (6 min).... 13
Reimbursement (IHS-856-18).
Lost Stipend Checks (IHS-856- 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min).... 7
19).
Request for Tutorial 150 1 150 0.13 (8 min).... 20
Assistance (IHS-856-20).
Summer School Request (IHS-856- 75 1 75 0.10 (6 min).... 8
21).
Change of Name or Address (IHS- 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min).... 7
856-22).
Request for Credit Validation 30 1 30 0.10 (6 min).... 3
(IHS-856-23).
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation 1,500 2 3,000 0.83 (50 min)... 2,500
(IHS-856-24).
Acknowledgment Card (IHS-815). 1,500 1 1,500 0.03 (2 min).... 50
Address Change Notice (IHS- 50 1 50 0.02 (1 min).... 1
816).
Scholarship Program Agreement 175 1 175 0.05 (3 min).... 9
(IHS-817).
Health Professions Contract 225 1 225 0.05 (3 min).... 11
(IHS-818).
Total..................... .............. .............. 17,855 ................ 9,639
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There is no direct cost to respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost in time to respondents, as a group, is $99,355.00 (9639
burden hours x 2009 GS-3 base pay rate = $10.31 per burden hour). This
total dollar amount is based upon the number of burden hours per
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data collection instrument, rounded to the nearest dollar.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: To request more
information on the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data
collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s) contact: Mr. Hershel
Gorham, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite
450, Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll free (301) 443-5932; send via
facsimile to (301) 443-9879; or send your e-mail requests, comments,
and return address to: [email protected].
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of
the date of this publication.
Dated: April 8, 2010.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-8842 Filed 4-16-10; 8:45 am]
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