[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14753]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed collection; comment request; the NIH Consultant
Information File System
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 Division of Research Grants
(DRG), 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: The NIH Consultant Information File System.
Type of Information Collection Request: REVISION Form Number: OMB 0925-
0358 (approved through 9/30/96) NIH 2668-1; 2663-3. Need and Use of
Information Collection: Directly support the recruitment and
appointment of experts that provide scientific merit and program
relevance evaluations of the research grant applications and research
contract proposals submitted to the NIH. The primary objective of this
system is to support the NIH Peer Review system, but other PHS review
administrative staff use the system to identify experts to support
their advisory committees. Frequency of Response: Intake established
record on file, candidate can initiate the updating of their
information at any time, formal information update requested every 24
months. Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; business or other
for-profit; Federal Government. Type of Respondents: Adult scientific
professionals. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated
Number of Respondents: 8,118; Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.333; and Estimated
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,703. The estimated annualized
cost to respondents is $148,665 (Using a $55 physician/professor hourly
wage rate.) There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
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 CAPT Edward C. Farley, USPHS Project Clearance
Officer, DRG, NIH, Rockledge II Building, Room 3032, 6701 Rockledge
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7762, or call non-toll-free number (301) 594-
0601 or E-mail your request, including your address to:
efarley@nih.gov.
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received by August 12,
1996.
Dated: June 3, 1996.
John H. Jones,
Acting Executive Officer, DRG.
[FR Doc. 96-14753 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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