[Federal Register: December 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 240)]
[Notices]               
[Page 70044-70045]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources And Services Administration

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Voluntary Partner Surveys To Implement Executive 
Order 12862 in the Health Resources and Services Administration--
(OMB 0915-0213)--Extension

    In response to Executive Order 12862, the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA) is proposing to conduct voluntary 
customer surveys of its ``partners'' to assess strengths and weaknesses 
in program services. A generic approval is being requested from OMB to 
conduct the partner surveys. HRSA partners are typically State or local 
governments, health care facilities, health care consortia, health care 
providers, and researchers.
    Partner surveys to be conducted by HRSA might include, for example, 
mail or telephone surveys of grantees to determine satisfaction with a 
technical assistance contractor, or in-class evaluation forms completed 
by providers who receive training from HRSA grantees, to measure 
satisfaction with the training experience. Results of these surveys 
will be used to plan and redirect resources and efforts as needed to 
improve service. Focus groups may also be used to gain partner input 
into the design of mail and telephone surveys. Focus groups in-class 
evaluation forms, mail surveys, and telephone surveys are expected to 
be the preferred methodologies.
    A generic approval will permit HRSA to conduct a limited number of 
partner surveys without a full-scale OMB review of each survey. If 
generic approval is granted, information on each individual partner 
survey will not be published in the Federal Register.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                                            Responses
                       Type of survey                          Number of       per       Hours per    Total hour
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      burden
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In-class evaluations........................................       40,000            1          .05        2,000
Mail/Telephone surveys......................................       12,000            1          .25        3,000
Focus groups................................................           50            1          1.5           75
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      Total.................................................       52,050            1          .10        5,075
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: December 9, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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