[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31678-31679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14778]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Web-Survey of the State-of-
the-Science (SOTS) Web Site

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 Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Web-Survey of the State of the Science Web Site.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI seeks to evaluate 
its State-of-the-Science (SOTS) meetings project that offers audio-
visual presentation of SOTS meetings via the Internet. The SOTS 
disseminates, with expediency and immediacy, the most recent oncology 
research results to a potentially vast audience of researchers. The 
proposed data collection will provide feedback to NCI on the value of 
the Web site to those who NCI deem as the Web site's target population 
(i.e., clinical oncology researchers unable to attend SOTS meetings in 
person because of cost or time limitations). The first tier of 
respondents will consist of researchers who have attended any one of 
the three most recent State of the Science meetings. The tier one 
survey participants will be asked to provide the names, emails, and any 
other contact information for five colleagues who are clinical research 
oncologists. These oncologists will be asked only once to provide the 
names and contact information for colleagues. The second tier of 
respondents will consist of the clinical oncology researchers nominated 
by the first tier respondents. It is the second tier respondents who 
will be asked to go to the Web site and complete the Web survey. They 
are asked to do this only once. Other tier two respondents will be 
oncology fellows who current and full contact information is available 
in a national register of oncology fellows. Reports generated by the 
study will allow NCI to determine the success of the SOTS Web site (in 
terms of clarity of content, ease of navigation, and usefulness of 
information), and indirectly, the potential wider use and applications 
of Internet-based programs to improve the overall cancer clinical 
trials systems at NCI.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Affected Public: Individuals, researchers.

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                                                               Estimated
                                                 Estimated        No.                                 Estimated
             Type of respondents                    No.        responses     Average burden hours   total annual
                                                respondents       per            per response       burden hours
                                                              respondent                              requested
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Tier One Clinical Oncology Researchers.......          220             1                 0.0833          19
Tier Two Clinical Oncology Researchers.......          400             1                 0.25           100
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      Total..................................                                                           119
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to reports.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address 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

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agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) 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.

Comments due date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received on or before August 13, 2001.

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: Bryce Reeve, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute, 
Executive Plaza North, Room 4026, 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, 
MD, 20852, non-toll free telephone (301) 594-6574, or email: 
[email protected], or [email protected].

    Dated: June 5, 2001.
Reesa Nichols,
OMB Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 01-14778 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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