[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20999-21000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Health Care 
Professionals' Awareness and Perceptions of the National Cancer 
Institute's Intramural Clinical Trials (NCI)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), 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 Survey of Health Care 
Professionals' Awareness and Perceptions of the National Cancer 
Institute's Intramural Clinical Trials (NCI) Type of Information 
Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: To 
assess respondents' awareness and knowledge of NCI and measure 
awareness of NCI clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center in 
Bethesda, Md. The survey will be disseminated electronically to members 
of the American Medical Association (AMA) with a certain primary 
specialties.
    Frequency of Response: Yearly. Affected Public: Individual adults. 
Type of Respondents: Health care providers (AMA members who have 
allowed the use of their e-mail address).
    The annual reporting burden is estimated at 28 hours (see Table 
below).

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                                    A.12-1--Estimates of Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Average Time
               Type of respondents                   Number of     Frequency of    per response    Annual burden
                                                    respondents      response     (minutes/hour)       hours
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Health care professionals who complete the                   330               1            5/60            27.5
 survey.........................................                                         (0.083)
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    Totals......................................             330             330  ..............            27.5
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Susan McMullen, RN, Director, Office of Patient 
Outreach and Recruitment, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bloch 
Building 82, Room 101, MSC 8200, 9030 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892 or by e-mailing your request, including your address to: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: April 15, 2010.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-9259 Filed 4-21-10; 8:45 am]
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