[Federal Register: May 14, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 93)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the NCI
State of the Science Web Site
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 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. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 12,
2001 pages 31678 and 31679, Volume 66, No. 113 and allowed 60 days for
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days fro public comment. The
National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Web-Survey of the State of the Science Web Site.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI seeks to evaluate
its State-of-the-Science (SOTS) meetings project that offers audio-
visual presentations of SOTS meetings via the Internet. The SOTS
disseminates, with expediency and immediacy, the most recent oncology
research results to a potentially vast audience of researchers. The
proposed data collection will pro6vide feedback to NCI on the value of
the Web site to those who NCI deem as the Web site's target population
(i.e., clinical oncology researchers unable to attend SOTs meetings in
person because of cost or time limitations). The first tier of
respondents will consist of researchers who have attended any one of
the three most recent State of the Science meetings. The tier-one
survey participants will be asked to provide the names, emails, and any
other contact information for five colleagues who are clinical research
oncologists. The oncologists will be asked only once to provide the
names and contact information for colleagues. The second tier of
respondents will consist of the clinical oncology researchers nominated
by the first tier respondents. It is the second tier respondents who
will be asked to go to the Web site and complete the Web survey. They
are asked to do this only once. Other tier two respondents will be
oncology fellows whose current and full contact information is
available in a national register of oncology fellows, Reports generated
by the study will allow NCI to determine the success of the SOTS Web
site (in terms of clarity of content, ease of navigation, and
usefulness and information), and indirectly, the potential wider use
and applications of Internet-based programs to improve the overall
cancer clinical trails systems at NCI.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Affected Public: Individuals, researchers.
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average burden total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per hours per burden hours
respondents respondent response requested
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Tier One Clinical Oncology Researchers.......... 220 1 0.0835 18.37
Tier Two Clinical Oncology Researchers.......... 400 1 0.75 300
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 318.37
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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)
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) 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 responded, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of 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, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
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Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact:
Bryce Reeve, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North,
Room 4026, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, non-toll free
telephone (301) 594-6574, or email: reeveb@mail.nin.gov, or
br117c@nih.gov
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of
having their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this
publication.
Dated: May 7, 2002.
Reesa Nichols,
OMB Clearance Liaison.
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