[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20998-20999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9757]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources And Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    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: National Donor Sabbath Organ Procurement 
Organization Survey--New

    November 10-12, 2000, will mark the fifth annual National Donor 
Sabbath (NDS), a time for clergy throughout the Nation to help increase 
awareness about the critical need for organs and tissues. In support of 
the 1999 NDS, the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office 
of Special Programs, Division of Transplantation (DoT) distributed to 
61 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) in the U.S. more than 300,000 
organ donor awareness lapel pins attached to paper backings containing 
NDS information. The OPOs were asked to distribute the pins to their 
local clergy to be used for further distribution and education of their 
congregation. DoT plans to replicate this activity for 2000 NDS.
    While DoT believed the 1999 pin distribution to be a positive 
educational tool there exists a need to properly investigate the 
efficacy of the pins as an aid in promoting NDS. The Division wishes to 
examine the pin distribution in 2000 NDS in order to plan the most 
effective, efficient, and cost effective role for DoT in subsequent 
observances of NDS. Investigation will consist of requesting each OPO 
to complete a short survey concerning usage, distribution, and impact 
of the pins. This is a one-time survey.

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                                                           Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total           Hrs. per        Total hour
                              Subjects                                 respondents       respondent       responses         response          burden
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Organ Procurement Organizations....................................              60                1               60              .33               20
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: April 13, 2000.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-9757 Filed 4-18-00; 8:45 am]
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