[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34459-34460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11964]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the NCI 
State of the Science Web Site

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 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 was previously published in the Federal Register on June 12, 
2001 pages 31678 and 31679, Volume 66, No. 113 and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days fro public comment. The 
National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the 
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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 presentations 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 pro6vide 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. The 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 whose 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 and information), and indirectly, the potential wider use 
and applications of Internet-based programs to improve the overall 
cancer clinical trails systems at NCI.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Affected Public: Individuals, researchers.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per    hours  per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Tier One Clinical Oncology Researchers..........             220               1          0.0835           18.37
Tier Two Clinical Oncology Researchers..........             400               1          0.75            300
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          318.37
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

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 
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 responded, including the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, should be directed to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk

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Officer for NIH. 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]

Comments Due Date

    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: May 7, 2002.
Reesa Nichols,
OMB Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 02-11964 Filed 5-13-02; 8:45 am]
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