[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10731-10732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5213]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; An Evaluation of the 
National Cancer Institute Science Enrichment Program

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 for review and approval of the 
information collection listed below. The proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December 
5, 2002, pages 72422-72423 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No 
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow 
an additional 30 days for 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: An Evaluation of the NCI Science 
Enrichment Program (SEP): Follow-up Survey. Type of Information 
Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. (OMB 
No. 0925-0510, Expiration 2/28/2003). Need and Use of Information 
Collection: This follow-up survey is part of an evaluation designed to 
assess the effectiveness of the NCI SEP in meeting its goals of: (1) 
Encouraging under-represented minority and under-served students who 
have just completed ninth grade to select careers in science, 
mathematics, and/or research, and (2) broadening and enriching 
students' science, research, and sociocultural backgrounds. The program 
was a five- to six-week residential program taking place on two 
university campuses--University of Kentucky, Lexington and San Diego 
State University--in summers 1998-2002. The 5-year evaluation was 
designed as a controlled, longitudinal study, consisting of the five 
SEP cohorts and two cohorts of control group students who did not 
attend the program. The evaluation will provide NCI with valuable 
information regarding specific components that promoted or limited the 
program's effectiveness, the extent to which the program was 
implemented as planned, how much the two regional programs varied, and 
how the program can be improved or made

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more effective. NCI will use this information to make decisions 
regarding continuation and expansion of the program. Frequency of 
Response: One time. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of 
Respondents: High School and college students. Cost to Respondents: 
$9,600. the annual reporting burden is as follows:

                      Estimates of Hour Burden: Burden Not Previously Approved (1998-2002)
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                                       Average number
         Type of respondents           of respondents/   Frequency of response     Average time   Average annual
                                             yr.                                   per response     hour burden
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SEP Participants.....................             200  1........................             0.5             100
Control Group Students...............             200  1........................             0.5             100
Control Group Students...............             100  2 (pre and post).........            1.00             100
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    Total............................             500  .........................  ..............             300
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                                   Estimates of Hour Burden: Burden Requested
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                                       Average number
         Type of respondents           of respondents/   Frequency of response     Average time   Average annual
                                             yr.                                   per response     hour burden
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SEP Participants.....................             500  1 (follow up)............             0.5             250
Control Group Students...............             300  1 (follow up)............             0.5             150
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    Total............................             800  .........................  ..............             400
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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 are invited on 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) Ways to enhance 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.
    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 Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the date collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Mr. Frank Jackson, Office of Special 
Populations Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of 
Health, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer 
Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6116 Executive Boulevard, 
Suite 602, Rockville, MD 20852, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-
8589, or E-mail your request, including your address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of this publication.

    Dated: February 21, 2003.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 03-5213 Filed 3-5-03; 8:45 am]
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