[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26056]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0937-0200/OS-0990-0220]


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: Extension of Currently 
Approved Collection;
    Title of Information Collection: HHS Payment Management forms;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0937-0200;
    Use: The PSC-270 is used to request advance or reimbursement 
payments to grantees. It serves in place of the SF-270. The PSC-272 is 
used to monitor cash advances made to grantees and the collect 
disbursement data. It serves in place of the SF-272.
    Frequency: On occasion and quarterly;
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal governments, business or 
other for profit, non for profit institutions;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 18,490;
    Total Annual Responses: 73,560;
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes to 3 hours;
    Total Annual Hours: 220,980.
    #2 Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Voluntary Industry Partner Surveys 
to Implement E.O. 12862;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0220;
    Use: DHHS will survey its partners and stakeholders to learn how 
they feel about departmental services. The information will be used to 
identify ways to improve the efficiency, quality, timeliness, and cost 
effective ways to provide services to the public.
    Frequency: On occasion;
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit, not for profit 
institutions, State, local, or tribal government;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 4,680;
    Total Annual Responses: 4680;
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 hours;
    Total Annual Hours: 902.
    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 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 (0937-0200/0990-0220), Room 531-H, 
200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.

    Dated: October 6, 2003
John P. Burke, III,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-26056 Filed 10-14-03; 8:45 am]
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