[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49148-49149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23936]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 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, the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request to review and approve the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register on June 11, 1996, page 29567 and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 
National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the 
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
that has extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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 scientic merit and program 
relevance evaluations of the research grant applications and research 
contract proposals submitted to the NIH.

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The primary objective of this system is to support the NIH Peer Review 
system, but other DHHS review administrative staff use the system to 
identify experts to support their advisory committees. Frequency of 
Response: Intake established record on file, participant can initiate 
the updating of their information at any time. Formal information 
update requested on the occasion of their appointment to an advisory 
committee and every 24 months. Affected Public: Individuals; Not-for-
profit institutions; Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents: Adult 
scientific professionals. The annual professionals. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,741; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: 0.305; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
2,998. The estimated annualized cost to respondents is $164,876 (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.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the 
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. 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: 
([email protected]).

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
October 18, 1996.

    Dated: September 11, 1996.
John H. Jones,
Acting Executive Officer, DRG.
[FR Doc. 96-23936 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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