[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5873-5874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2629]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data 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 (NCI), 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. OMB control number 0925-0208, expiration 
date July 31, 2000. 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 three questions to 100% of five categories of 
callers for an annual total of approximately 333,620 callers and four 
questions to 50% of the same five categories of callers for an annual 
total of approximately 166,810 callers.

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Frequency of Response: One 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: 333,620 for three questions and 166,810 for four 
questions; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average 
Burden Hours Per Response: .0033 for 3 questions and .0083 for 4 
questions; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,479. 
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $29,748. There are 
no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs 
to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of        Average      total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response      requested
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Individuals or households
    --3 questions...............................         333,620               1           .0033           1,094
    --4 questions...............................         166,810               1           .0083           1,385
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        Total...................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,479
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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 
instruments, contact Chris Thomsen, Chief, Cancer Information Service 
Branch, Office of Cancer Information, Communication, and Education, 
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 31, Room 10A16, 9000 Rockville 
Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-5583 
ext. 239 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 April 7, 2000.

    Dated: January 28, 2000.
Reesa Nichols,
OMB Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 00-2629 Filed 2-4-00; 8:45 am]
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