[Federal Register: March 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 60)]
[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
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, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Proposed Project: The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP): Program
Specific Data Form (NEW)
The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) is authorized under Title
VIII of the Public Health Service Act, Section 846A, as amended by the
Nurse Reinvestment Act, Public Law 107-205 to increase the number of
qualified nurse faculty. The HHS, acting through HRSA, may enter into
an agreement with schools of nursing and make an award to establish and
operate a distinct NFLP loan fund. The NFLP loan fund is used by the
applicant School of Nursing to make loans to eligible students pursuing
an advanced nursing degree program that will prepare the student to
become qualified as a nursing faculty.
The NFLP Program Specific Data Form will capture program-related
information provided by the applicant. NFLP applicants will complete
and submit the Program Specific Data Form as an electronic attachment
with the required application materials. The form will provide the
Federal Government with specific data from the applicant to specify:
(1) The amount of the Federal funds requested by the applicant, (2) the
expected contribution from the applicant, (3) the student enrollment
and graduation data based on current and prospective NFLP loan
recipients, (4) the graduate nursing education programs supported under
NFLP, (5) the program accreditation status, (6) the current tuition and
fee information for graduate nursing education programs, and (7) the
projected NFLP loan fund balance that may be considered as part of the
award determination. The data provided in the form are essential for
the formula-based criteria used to determine the award amount to the
applicant schools. The new Program Specific Data Form will facilitate
the current effort to develop an automated data collection capability
for the NFLP. The electronic data collection capability will streamline
the application submission process, enable an efficient award
determination process, and serve as a data repository to facilitate
reporting on the use of funds and analysis of program outcomes.
Additionally, the data will be used to ensure programmatic compliance
with the legislative authority and program guidance, to report program
accomplishments to policy makers and Congress, and to formulate and
justify the appropriation to the Office of Management and Budget and
Congress.
The estimate of burden for this form is as follows:
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Responses
Form Number of per Total Hours per response Total burden hours
respondents respondent responses
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Nurse Faculty Loan Program 150 1 150 8 hours............ 1200 hours
Annual Operating Report (AOR).
Total Burden................ 150 1 150 8 hours............ 1200 hours
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: March 20, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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