[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21700]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

The National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Customer/Partner 
Satisfaction Surveys, the Effectiveness of the National Institute on 
Drug Abuse's Publications Project

    Summary: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on 
proposed collections of information, the National Institute on Drug 
Abuse (NIDA), the National Institutes of Heath (NIH) will publish 
periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 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. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on (June 3, 2003, page 33168) 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.
    Proposed Collection: Title: The Effectiveness of NIDA's 
Publications Project. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: This is a request for a three-year 
generic clearance to study the level of customer satisfaction in 
relation to public health information publications produced by the 
Institute. This effort is made according to Executive Order 12862, 
which directs Federal agencies that provide significant services 
directly to the public to survey customers to determine the kind and 
quality of services they want and their level of satisfaction with 
existing services. The primary purpose of the Project is to assess 
NIDA's effectiveness in developing and disseminating selected public 
health information publications designed to promote the use of science-
based evidence to improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, 
treatment, and policy. A multi-method approach (survey, in-person 
interviews, focus groups) will be used to determine the use and 
usefulness of selected NIDA public health information publications for 
several of NIDA's key audiences. Measures will include outcomes 
associated with the following variables: Knowledge/awareness of the 
publications, receipt of the publications, reading of the publications, 
use of the publications, perceived utility of the publications, and the 
impact of the publications on the use of science-based evidence to 
improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. 
Frequency of Response: This project will be conducted annually or 
biennially. Affected Public: Individuals or households; state or local 
governments; organizations; businesses or educational institutions. 
Type of Respondents: Community coalition leaders, drug abuse treatment 
and prevention service providers, drug abuse researchers, Native 
Americans, middle school science and health educators, public health 
policy makers and public health officials, and the general public. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 
22,326; Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: One for six of 
the seven key audiences and two for one audience. Average Burden Hours 
per Response: .4357. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
9,727. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report. The estimated annualized burden is 
summarized below.

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                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden     Estimated
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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1. Community Coalition Leaders..................           1,782               2            0.26             909
2. Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Service             6,042               1            0.42           2,532
 Providers......................................
3. Drug Abuse Researchers.......................           6,020               1            0.42           2,504
4. Native Americans and Native American                       50               1            1.14              57
 Intermediaries.................................
5. Middle School Science and Health Educators...           3,532               1            0.51           1,784
6. Public Health Policy Makers and Public Health           1,800               1            0.36             645
 Officials......................................
7. The General Public...........................           3,100               1            0.42           1,296
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           9,727
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (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.
    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 data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Denise Pintello, Project Officer, Office of 
Science Policy and Communications, NIDA/NIH/DHHS, 6001 Executive 
Boulevard, MSC 9591, Bethesda, MD 20892; or call non-toll-free number 
(301) 443-6071; fax (301) 443-6277; 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 the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 18, 2003.
Laura Rosenthal,
Executive Officer, National Institute for Drug Abuse.
[FR Doc. 03-21700 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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