[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3298]


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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: HRSA Competing Training Grant Application, 
Instructions and Relating Regulations (OMB No. 0915-0060)--Revision

    The Health Resources Services Administration uses the information 
in the application to determine the eligibility of applicants for 
awards, to calculate the amount of each award and to judge the relative 
merit of applications. The application contains a basic set of general 
instructions as well as program-specific instructions which includes 
the detailed description of the project. The budget is negotiated for 
all years of the project period based on this application.
    The burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                                                                         Total
                 Form                     Number of     Response per        Total         Hours per      burden
                                         respondents     respondent       responses       response       hours
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Progress Report......................           1,250               1           1,250           56.25     70,313
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 4, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-3298 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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