[Federal Register: July 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 142)]
[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
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NICHD Research Partner
Satisfaction Surveys
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 Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD), 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: NICHD Research Partner Satisfaction
Surveys. Type of Information Collection Request: RENEWAL of OMB
Clearance 0925-0532. Need and Use of Information Collection: Executive
Order 12862 directs agencies that provide significant services directly
to the public to survey customers to determine the kind and quality of
services they want and their level of satisfaction with existing
services. With this submission, the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development (NICHD), Office of Science Policy, Analysis and
Communication (OSPAC), seeks to obtain OMB's generic approval to
conduct customer satisfaction surveys surrounding its research programs
and activities.
The NICHD was founded in 1963. Its mission is to ensure, through
research, the birth of healthy infants and the opportunity for each to
reach full potential in adulthood, unimpaired by physical or mental
disabilities. The NICHD conducts and supports research on the many
factors that protect and enhance the processes of human growth and
development. The developmental focus of the NICHD means that its
research portfolio is unusually broad. NICHD programs include research
on infant mortality, birth defects, learning disorders, developmental
disabilities, vaccine development, and demographic and behavioral
sciences, among others.
In addition to supporting laboratory research, clinical trials, and
epidemiological studies that explore health processes, the NICHD
disseminates information that emanates from its research programs to
its customers, or those who are partners with the Institute. This
includes scientists, practitioners, other health professionals, and the
public.
Survey information will augment the NICHD's on-going efforts to
assess their research funding mechanisms, activities, and programs, as
well as the information products that are used to disseminate research
findings. Primary
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objectives are: (1) To identify opportunities and barriers to achieving
scientific aims; (2) to learn about emerging scientific opportunities
and unmet public health needs; (3) to measure customer satisfaction
with information products; and (4) to identify strengths and weaknesses
of the NICHD's program operations. The OSPAC will use the survey
results to better respond to its customers, including its various
partners in research, and to improve the NICHD's research programs and
activities. Findings will help to: (1) Formulate strategies to help
enhance research opportunities and remove barriers; (2) target the
NICHD's research programs and activities to take advantage of emerging
scientific opportunities and meet public health needs related to its
mission; (3) develop information products tailored to the NICHD
audience; and (4) improve program planning, management, and operations.
Frequency of Response: Annual [As needed on an on-going and concurrent
basis]. Affected Public: Members of the public, researchers,
practitioners, and other health professionals. Type of Respondents:
Members of the public; eligible grant applicants and actual applicants
(both successful and unsuccessful); clinicians and other health
professionals; and actual or potential clinical trials participants.
The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of
Respondents: 28,000; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;
Average Burden Hours Per Response: Varies with survey type, see below;
and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 5,883. The
annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $109,541.46. There are
no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs
to report.
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per burden hours burden hours
respondents respondent per response requested
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Web-based....................................... 24,000 1 0.167 4,008.00
Telephone....................................... 2,000 1 0.50 1,000.00
Paper........................................... 1,500 1 0.25 375.00
In-person....................................... 500 1 1.00 500.00
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Total....................................... 28,000 .............. .............. 5,883.00
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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, contact Paul L. Johnson, NIH NICHD Office of Science
Policy, Analysis and Communication (OSPAC), 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg.
31, Rm. 2A-18, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2425, or call non-toll-free at
301-402-3213. You may also e-mail your request to
pjohnson@mail.nih.gov.
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: July 19, 2007.
Paul L. Johnson,
Project Clearance Liaison, NICHD, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E7-14366 Filed 7-24-07; 8:45 am]
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