[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12266-12267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5636]


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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 (DHHS), 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

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on respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Proposed Project 1. Survey of Grant Recipients--NEW--The Office of 
Grants and Acquisition Management (OGAM) in compliance with Executive 
Order 12862 conduct surveys to collect data from grant recipients 
regarding the performance of the grants management operations of the 
Department's Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and their awarding 
components. These surveys will provide OGAM and OPDIVs and their 
awarding components a necessary tool for the evaluation of the awarding 
components' operational performance. Respondents: State and local 
government, Businesses or other for profit organizations, non-profit 
institutions, small businesses; Total Annual Number of Respondents: 
2,667; Frequency of Response: one time; Average Burden per Response: 15 
minutes; Estimated Annual Burden 667 hours.
    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: March 1, 2000.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 00-5636 Filed 3-7-00; 8:45 am]
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