[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NCI Cancer Information 
Service Demographic/Customer Service Data Collection

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 Demographic/
Customer Service Data Collection. Type of Information Collection 
Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Form Number: 
0937-0201. 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 providing 
the best customer service is the need to collect data about callers and 
how they found out about the service. This effort involves asking seven 
questions to five categories of callers for an annual total of 
approximately 378,165 callers. Frequency of Response: Single time. 
Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: 
Patients, relatives, friends, and general public. The annual reporting 
burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 378,165; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: .0167; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
6,303. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $75,633. 
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                       Estiomated number                        Estimated total 
       Type of Respondents         Estimated number    of responses per     Average burden       annual burden  
                                    of respondents        respondent      hours per response    hours requested 
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Individuals or households.......             378,165                   1               .0167               6,303
    Total.......................  ..................  ..................  ..................               6,303
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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 CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instructions, 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 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 
February 14, 1997.

    Dated: December 9, 1996.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 96-31782 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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