[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13648-13649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5786]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Process Evaluation of the
NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program
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
Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), 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: Process Evaluation of the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The proposed information
collection is essential to the process evaluation of the NIH Roadmap
Epigenomics Program. The process evaluation is a requirement of each
awardee funded under the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program. This
participation requirement is stated in the program's Requests for
Applications.
This evaluation study, a mixed-methods study which uses secondary
source documentation and information from tracking and monitoring
systems along with primary data to assess program process and progress,
is non-experimental. The assessment is based on secondary source
information, with primary source information collection added to
augment the reliability and internal validity. The primary data
collection uses information categories that genuinely tap added
distinctions and opinions that relate to it to build the weight of
evidence from first-hand sources and substantiate the initial
hypotheses about the program phenomenon and its differences from a
typical research portfolio of individual and insular projects.
The synthesized results across primary and secondary data sources
will provide critical insights on transformativeness of high-impact,
trans-NIH programs and contribute important information about the
synergies and collaborations in multi-component scientific research. It
will also identify areas for program improvement and lessons learned
that might be useful to other research programs of the Agency.
To reduce response bias and to make the survey as accessible as
possible to busy principal investigators, the survey will be Web-based.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Affected Public: Principal Investigators of the program at not-for-
profit institutions.
Type of Respondents: Principal Investigators.
The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.33.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 17.49.
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $891.99.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Frequency of Annual burden
Type of respondent Number of responses per Average burden hours per hours
respondents respondent response requested
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Principal Investigators............... 53 1 0.33 (20 minutes)....... 17.49
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Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) 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) 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) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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 Genevieve deAlmeida-Morris, PhD, M.P.H., Project
Officer, Office of Science Policy and Communications, NIH/NIDA, NSC--
Neuroscience Center, 5229, 6001
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Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852 or call non-toll-free number 301-
594-6802 or e-mail 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: March 8, 2011.
Mary Affeldt,
Executive Officer (OM Director), NIDA.
[FR Doc. 2011-5786 Filed 3-11-11; 8:45 am]
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