[Federal Register: August 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 155)]
[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
(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, e-mail paperwork@hrsa.gov or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c)
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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: Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) and
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) (OMB No. 0915-0305): Revision
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provides
training grants to educational institutions to increase the numbers of
advanced education nurses through the Advanced Education Nursing
Traineeship (AENT) program and the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT)
program.
HRSA developed the AENT and NAT tables for the application
guidances and the Nurse Traineeship Database for the two nursing
traineeship programs. The AENT and NAT tables are used annually by
grant applicants that are applying for AENT and NAT funding. The funds
appropriated for the AENT and NAT programs are distributed among
eligible institutions based on a formula. Award amounts are based on
enrollment and graduate data reported on the tables and two funding
factors (Statutory Funding Preference and Statutory Special
Consideration).
The AENT and NAT tables include information on program participants
such as the number of enrollees, projected data on enrollees and
graduates for the following academic year, number of trainees
supported, number of graduates, number of graduates supported and the
types of programs they are enrolling into and/or from which they are
graduating. AENT and NAT applicants will have a single access point to
submit their grant applications including the tables. Applications are
submitted in two phases: Grants.gov (Phase 1) and the HRSA Electronic
Handbooks (Phase 2). These tables will be available electronically
through the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (Phase 2) for applicants to
submit their AENT and/or NAT grant application(s). The tables are also
used in the Nurse Traineeship Database which is used by Division of
Nursing staff and not the applicants.
Data from the tables will be used in the award determination and
validation process. Additionally, the data will be used to ensure
programmatic compliance, report to Congress and policymakers on the
program accomplishments, and formulate and justify future budgets for
these activities submitted to OMB and Congress.
The burden estimate for this project is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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AENT............................ 500 1 500 1.5 750
NAT............................. 100 1 100 1 100
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Total....................... 600 .............. 600 .............. 850
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E-mail comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail to the 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: August 5, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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