[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67536-67537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32087]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, DHHS.

ACTION: Information collection request for public comment: 30-day 
notice proposed collection: Stakeholder satisfaction with IHS tribal 
consultation.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed 
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection project was previously published in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 52774) and allowed 60 days for public comment. 
No public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose 
of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted 
to OMB.

Proposed Collection

    A voluntary survey will be conducted of elected leaders 
representing federally recognized tribes, and any board member or 
executive director authorized to represent a tribal organization or an 
urban Indian health program to assess the level of customer 
(stakeholder) satisfaction with the agency's tribal consultation 
process.
    Title: Stakeholder Satisfaction with IHS Tribal Consultation.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The information gathered 
will be used by management and staff to establish baseline data, to 
identify strengths and weaknesses in the current consultation process, 
to assess how well the processes are working, to make improvements that 
are practical and feasible, and to provide feedback to local tribal 
officials, health boards, tribal organizations, urban Indian health 
programs, and community members regarding stakeholder satisfaction with 
the agency's tribal consultation process.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and 
State, local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 605.
    Annual Number of Responses per Respondents: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 605.
    Average Burden per response: 20 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 202.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report for this collection of information.

Request for Comment

     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 
IHS processes the information collection in a useful and timely 
fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested information); (d) whether 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS. To request more 
information on the

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proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data collection plan(s) 
and/or instruction(s), contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS 
Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, 
Rockville, MD 20852.1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, or send 
via facsimile to (301) 443-2613, or 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 
within 30 days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: December 21, 2001.
Michael E. Lincoln,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 01-32087 Filed 12-28-01; 8:45 am]
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