[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28227-28228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12929]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: PSC-0937-0025/OS-0990-0221]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Application for Appointment as a 
Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned 
Corps and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 21.22 through 42 CFR 21.34.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0937-0025.
    Use: The PHS-50, Application for Appointment as a Commissioned 
Officer in the United States Public Health Service, is used to 
determine if an applicant is qualified for appointment in the 
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS). In addition, the 
information contained in PHS-50 establishes the basis for future 
assignments and benefits as a commissioned officer. The PHS-1813, 
Reference Request for Applicants to the U.S. Public Health Service 
Commissioned Corps, is used to obtain reference information concerning 
applicants for appointment in the Commissioned Corps of the PHS. Each 
applicant is required to provide four references.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 10,000 (PHS-50 2,000), (PHS-1813 
8,000).
    Total Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour (PHS-50 1 hour), (PHS-1813 25 
minutes).
    Total Annual Hours: 4,000.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of Currently 
Approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Family Planning Annual Report: 
Forms and Instructions and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR Part 50 and 
59.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0221.
    Use: This annual reporting requirement is for family planning 
service delivery projects authorized and funded under the Population 
Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs (Section 1001 Title X 
of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300). The Family Planning 
Annual Report (FPAR) is the only source of annual, uniform reporting by 
all Title X family planning service grantees. Office of Population 
Affairs uses FPAR data to monitor compliance with statutory 
requirements, to comply with accountability and performance 
requirements of Government Performance and Results Act and HHS plans, 
and to guide program planning and evaluation.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 89.
    Total Annual Responses: 89.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 hours.
    Total Annual Hours: 2,670.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-8356. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer

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designated at the following address: Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Budget, 
Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource Management, 
Attention: John Burke (0937-0025/0990-0221), Room 531-H, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: May 16, 2003.
John P. Burke III,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-12929 Filed 5-22-03; 8:45 am]
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