[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59433-59434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29513]


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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: Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking and Outcome 
Report (OMB No. 0915-0233)--Revision

    The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) and the Centers of 
Excellence (COE) Program (sections 740 and 739 of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, respectively) provide opportunities for under-
represented

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minorities and disadvantaged individuals to enter and graduate from 
health professions schools. The Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking and 
Outcome Report (DATOR), is used to track program participants 
throughout the health professions pipeline into the health care 
workforce. This request includes minor revisions to the previously 
approved data collection instrument that will address a number of data 
collection, data entry, as well as analytical problems encountered by 
the respondents.
    The DATOR, to be completed annually by HCOP AND COE grantees, 
includes basic data on students participants (name, social security 
number, gender, race/ethnicity; targeted health professions, their 
status in the educational pipeline from pre-professional through 
professional training; financial assistance received through the grants 
funded under sections 739 and 740 of the PHS Act in the form of 
stipends, fellowships or per diem; and their employment or practice 
setting following their entry into the health care work force).
    The proposed reporting instrument is not expected to add 
significantly to the grantees reporting burden. This reporting 
instrument complements the grantees internal automated reporting 
mechanisms of using name and social security number in tracking 
students. The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, and 
financial resources expended to maintain, retain and provide the 
information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) downloading and 
utilizing technology for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
processing the data; and (3) transmitting electronically, or otherwise 
disclosing the information. Estimates of annualized burden are as 
follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                 Type of report                     respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Dator...........................................             150               1             5.5             825
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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: November 20, 2001.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 01-29513 Filed 11-27-01; 8:45 am]
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