[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20382]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Travel Request 
Worksheet, Non-Federal Personnel--In Use Without Approval

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC), of the HRSA's Bureau of 
Health Professions (BHPr), is committed to improving the health of the 
Nation's underserved by uniting communities in need with caring health 
professionals and by supporting communities' efforts to build better 
systems of care.
    The NHSC (sections 331-338 of the Public Health Service Act) 
collects data on its programs to ensure compliance with legislative 
mandates and to report to Congress and policymakers on program 
accomplishments. To meet these objectives, the NHSC requires a core set 
of information collected annually that is appropriate for monitoring 
and evaluating performance and reporting on annual trends.
    The Travel Request Worksheet is used by NHSC Scholarship Program 
recipients to receive travel funds from the Federal Government to 
perform pre-employment interviews at sites on the Approved Practice 
List. The travel approval process is initiated when the scholar 
notifies the NHSC's In-Service Support Branch or the respective Bureau 
of Prisons, Indian Health Service, or Immigration and Naturalization 
Service recruitment office of an impending interview at one or more 
NHSC approved practice sites.
    The Travel Request Worksheet is also used to initiate the 
relocation process after an NHSC scholar has successfully match to an 
approved practice site. Upon receipt of the Travel Request Worksheet, 
the NHSC will review and approve or disapprove the request and promptly 
notify the NHSC contractor whether to authorize the funding for the 
relocation.
    Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                                                                   Hours per
             Type of respondent                  Number of      Responses per       response       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (minutes)          hours
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Health Care Professionals...................             311                2                4               41
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number 202-395-6974.

    Dated: August 5, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-20382 Filed 8-8-03; 8:45 am]
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