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[Federal Register: February 3, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 23)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the 
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 
Partnership Program

SUMMARY:  Under the provisions of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Deafness and 
Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed 
below. The proposed information collection was previously published in 
the Federal Register on May 11, 1999 (64 FR 25360) and allowed 60 days 
for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
    5 CFR 1320.5 (General requirements) Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements: Final Rule requires that the agency inform the potential 
persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such 
persons are not required to respond unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Evaluation of the NIDCD Partnership 
Program. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The NIDCD was established to support biomedical 
and behavioral research and research training in hearing, smell, 
balance, taste, voice, speech and language. Although minorities and 
women will dominate the work force within the next decade, both groups 
are under represented in the science and health professional field. 
Because of this concern, the NIDCD, with assistance from the Office of 
Research on Minority Health, established the Partnership Program in 
1994 to increase the number of minority scientists and health care 
professionals doing research on communication and communication 
disorders. The proposed survey will yield data about: (1) reasons for 
participation in the program; (2) satisfaction of participants with the 
program and (3) how participation in the program has lead to the 
pursuit of a career in the health field. This survey will track the 
Partnership Program's success at increasing the number of women and 
minorities who are scientists. Frequency of Response: One. Affected 
Public: Individuals. Type of Respondent: Partnership Program 
Participants. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 76; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.5; and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 38. The annualized cost to 
respondents is estimated at: $380. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.


    Note: The following table is acceptable for the Respondent and 
Burden Estimate Information, if appropriate, instead of the text as 
shown above.


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                                                                                                      Estimated
                                                                               Estimated    Average     total
                                                                  Estimated    number of    burden      annual
                      Type of respondents                         number of    responses     hours      burden
                                                                 respondents      per         per       hours
                                                                               respondent  response   requested
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Initial program participant survey.............................           16            1   0.5                8
Follow up survey of participant................................           60            1   0.5               30
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    Total......................................................           76                                  38
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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 fulfillment of the NIDCD mission, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 
estimate of the burden of the proposed data collection, including the 
validity of the methodology; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the data collection and (4) ways to minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on the respondents, including 
appropriate use of automated collection techniques and information 
technology.
    Direct Comments To OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Mrs. Kay C. Johnson-Graham, EEO Officer, 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, NIDCD, NIH, Building 31, Room 
3C08, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number 
(301) 402-6415 or E-mail your request,

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including your address to: <A HREF="mailto:kay__johnson@ms.nidcd.nih.gov">kay__johnson@ms.nidcd.nih.gov</A>>.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
March 6, 2000.

    Dated: January 28, 2000.
David Kerr,
Executive Officer, National Institute on Deafness and Other 
Communication Disorders
[FR Doc. 00-2352 Filed 2-2-00; 8:45 am]
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