[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19943-19944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11070]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
NCI Cancer Information Service Community Services Database Survey
and Verification; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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 Cancer Institute,
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: NCI Cancer Information Service Community
Services Database Survey and Verification. Type of Information
Collection Request: New. Form Number: not applicable. Need and Use of
Information Collection: The CIS provides the general public, cancer
patients, families, health professionals, and others with the latest
information on cancer. Essential to fulfilling its role as a referral
source for cancer patients and their families is the identification,
acquisition, and dissemination of information about hospitals, breast
and cervical cancer screening clinics, and cancer pain management
programs. This effort involves sending a survey tool or a verification
instrument annually to 17,135 respondents. Frequency of Response:
Annual. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal government, state, local or tribal government.
Type of Respondents: Administrators of hospitals, clinics, and cancer
screening centers. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated
Number of Respondents: 17,135; Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: .167; and Estimated
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,862. The annualized cost to
respondents is estimated at: $34,339. There are no Capital Costs to
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
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Estimated
Estimated Average total
Estimated number of burden annual
Type of respondents number of responses hours per burden
respondents per response hours
respondent requested
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Administrators.............................................. 17,135 1 .167 2,862
Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 2,862
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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: To request more information on the proposed
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Chris Thomsen, Acting Chief, Cancer Information
Service, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 31, Room 10A16, 9000
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301)
496-5583 ext. 239 or E-mail your request, including your address to:
thomsenc@occ.nci.nih.gov
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before July
2, 1996.
Dated: April 29, 1996.
Philip D. Amoruso,
Associate Director of Extramural Management, NCI.
[FR Doc. 96-11070 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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