[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69273-69274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31992]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Indentifier: HCFA-R-0286]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA), Department of Health and Human Services, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Bounceback Forms 
for www.medicare.gov/nmpe; Form No.: HCFA-R-0286 (OMB#0938-0773); Use: 
The purpose of the bounceback forms is to provide feedback to HCFA. The 
information collected through the bounceback form will be used in 
conjunction with other information collected about the web sites 
through focus groups and interviews with web sites through focus groups 
and interviews with members of the Alliance Network. The combined 
information will guide future improvements to the web sites. There is 
no plan to disseminate the information, other than through public 
health, medical, or other professional journals, in which we may report 
the results; Frequency: Users will have the opportunity to complete the 
bounceback form whenever they exit the web site; Affected Public: 
Individuals or households, Business or other for profit, and Not for 
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 49,300; Total Annual 
Responses: 49,300; Total Annual Hours: 5,752.
    To obtain copies the supporting statement and any related forms for 
the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's Web 
Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and HCFA 
document identifier, to P[email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch,

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Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 22, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA Office of Information Services, Security and Standards 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-31992 Filed 12-9-99; 8:45 am]
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