[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 236 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76648-76649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31153]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day; Proposed Collection: IHS 
Scholarship Program Application

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian 
Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed 
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review.

Proposed Collection

    Title: 0917-0006, ``IHS Scholarship Program Application.'' This 
collection was formerly titled, ``Application for Participation in the 
IHS Scholarship Program''. Type of Information Collection Request: 3-
year extension, with change, of previously approved information 
collection, 0917-0006, ``Application for Participation in the IHS 
Scholarship Program'' which expires April 4, 2001. Form Number(s):

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IHS-856, 856-2, through 856-8, IHS-815. IHS-816, IHS-818, D-02, F-02, 
F-04, G-02, G-04, H-07, H-08, J-06, J-07, K-03, K-04, and L-03. 
Reporting formats are contained in an IHS Scholarship Program 
application booklet. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS 
Scholarship Branch needs this information for program administration 
and uses the information to solicit, process and award IHS Pre-
Graduate, Preparatory and/or Health Professions Scholarship grantees 
and monitor the academic performance of awardees, to place awardees at 
payback sites, and for awardees to request additional program. The IHS 
Scholarship Program is streamlining the application to reduce the time 
needed by applicants to complete and provide the information, and plans 
on using information technology to make the application electronically 
available on the Internet.
    Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and 
State, local or Tribal Government.
    Type of Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total 
annual burden hour(s).

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                                               Responses      Total                                     Annual
 Data collection instrument(s)    Number of       per         annual     Burden hour per response*      burden
                                 respondents   respondent    response                                   hours
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Scholarship Application (IHS-            875            1          875  1.50 (90 min)..............        1,312
 856).
Checklist (856-2)..............          875            1          875  0.13 (8 min)...............          114
Course Verification (856-3)....          875            1          875  0.70 (42 min)..............          613
Faculty/Employer Application           1,750            1        1,750  0.83 (50 min)..............        1,453
 (856-4).
Justification (856-5)..........          875            1          875  0.75 (45 min)..............          656
Federal Debt (856-6)...........          875            1          875  0.13 (8 min)...............          114
MPH only (856-7)...............           50            1           50  0.83 (50 min)..............           42
Accept/Decline (856-8).........          875            1          875  0.13 (8 min)...............          114
Stipend Checks (D-02)..........          100            1          100  0.13 (8 min)...............           13
Enrollment (F-02)..............        1,400            1        1,400  0.13 (8 min)...............          182
Academic Problem/Change (F-04).          100            1          100  0.13 (8 min)...............           13
Request Assistance (G-02)......          217            1          217  0.13 (8 min)...............           28
Summer School (G-04)...........          193            1          193  0.10 (6 min)...............           19
Contract (818).................        1,400            1        1,400  0.27 (16 min)..............          378
Placement (H-07)...............          250            1          250  0.18 (11 min)..............           45
Graduation (H-08)..............          250            1          250  0.17 (10 min)..............           43
Site Preference (J-04).........          150            1          150  0.13 (8 min)...............           20
Travel Reimb (J-05)............          150            1          150  0.10 (6 min)...............           15
Status Report (K-03)...........          250            1          250  0.25 (15 min)..............           63
Preferred Assignment (K-04)....          200            1          200  0.75 (45 min)..............          150
Deferment (L-03)...............           20            1           20  0.13 (8 min)...............            3
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    Total......................       11,730  ...........  ...........  ...........................       5,390
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information; (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

SEND COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Send your written 
comments, requests for more information on the proposed collection, or 
requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and 
instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852-1601 or call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via facsimile to 
(301) 443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return 
address to: [email protected].

COMMENT DUE DATE: Your comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
February 5, 2001.

    Dated: November 29, 2000.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director.
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