[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12780]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Special Volunteer and 
Guest Researcher Assignment

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director, 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 February 10, 1999, pages 6666-6667 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 been extended, revised, or implemented on or after 
October 1, 1999, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Special Volunteer and Guest Research 
Assignment. Type of Information Collection: Revision of OMB NO.0925-
0177; 4/30/00. Need and Use of Information Collection: Form NIH-590 
records, names, address, employer, education, and other information on 
prospective Special Volunteers and Guest Researchers, and is used by 
the responsible National Institutes of Health approving official to 
determine the individual's qualifications and eligibility for such 
assignments. The form is the only official record of approved 
assignments. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: 
Individuals seeking to provide uncompensated services to the NIH. Type 
of Respondents: Guest Researcher and Special Volunteer candidates. 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,630. Estimated Number of Responses 
Per Respondent: 1. Average Burden Hours Requested: 0.1. Estimated Total 
Annual Burden Hours Requested: 163. There are no Capital Costs, 
Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondent                    number of     response per      hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Guest Researcher................................             400               1             0.1              40
Special Volunteer...............................            1230               1             0.1             123
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    Total.......................................            1630               1             0.1             163
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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 agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the proposed collection of information, including 
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and the clarity of 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, DC 
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: Ms. Yetta L. Patterson, Personnel Management 
Specialist, Office of Human Resource Management, OD, NIH, Executive 
Plaza South, 6120 Executive Blvd., Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20892, or 
call (301) 496-2404 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 June 
21, 1999.

    Dated: May 7, 1999.
Stephen C. Benowitz,
Director of Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 99-12780 Filed 5-19-99; 8:45 am]
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