[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16560]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Program Support Center; Agency Information Collection, 
Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support 
Center, publishes a list of information collections it has submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance 
with the paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 
CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections recently 
submitted to OMB:
    1. Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps Application Forms 
(PHS-50 and PHS-1813)--Revision. The forms have been revised to reflect 
a reduction in the number and type of questions, as well as a 
reorganization of the questions to permit a more logical entry of data 
by both the applicant and the processing personnel office.
    The PHS-50, Application for Appointment as a Commissioned Officer 
in the United States Public Health Service, is used to determine if an 
applicant is qualified for appointment in the Commissioned Corps of the 
Public Health Service. In addition, the information contained in PHS-50 
establishes the basis for future assignments and benefits as a 
commissioned officer. Respondents: individual applicants seeking 
appointment as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the PHS; Total 
Number of Respondents: 1,750 in calendar year 1996; Frequency of 
Response: once per applicant; Average Burden per Response: 1.0 hours; 
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,750 hours.
    The PHS 1813, Reference Request for Applicants to the U.S. Public 
Health Service Commissioned Corps, is used to obtain reference 
information concerning applicants for appointment in the Commissioned 
Corps of the PHS. Each applicant is required to provide four 
references. Respondents: persons designated by applicant; Total Number 
of Respondents: 7,000; Frequency of Response: once per reference 
source; Average Burden per Response: .25 hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 
1,750 hours. Total Burden: 3,500 hours to respondents OMB Desk Officer: 
Allison Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the PSC Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-
2045. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Douglas F. Mortl, PSC Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 17A08, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: June 18, 1997.
Lynnda M. Regan,
Director, Program Support Center.
[FR Doc. 97-16560 Filed 6-24-97; 8:45 am]
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