[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29470]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; 
Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports 
Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project 1

    Applicant Background Survey--0990-0208--Extension--This form will 
be used to ask applicants for employment how they learned about a 
vacancy, to make sure that recruitment sources yield qualified women, 
minority and handicapped applicants in compliance with EEOC Management 
Directives. Respondents: Individuals; Annual Number of Respondents: 
310,000; Annual Frequency of Response: one time; Average Burden per 
Response: 2 minutes; Total Annual Burden: 10,333 hours.

Proposed Project 2

    HHS Procurement--Solicitations and Contracts--Extension--0990-
0115--This clearance request covers general information collection 
requirements of the procurement process such as technical proposals and 
statements of work.--Respondents: State or local governments, 
businesses or other for-profit, non-profit institutions, small 
businesses; Annual Number of Respondents: 8415; Frequency of Response: 
one time; Average Burden per Response: 249.68 hours; Estimated Annual 
Burden: 2,101,005 hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.
    Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington 
DC, 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: October 30, 1997.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 97-29470 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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