[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21553-21554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8950]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources And Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (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.

Proposed Project: The Division of Independent Review Grant Reviewer 
Recruitment Form--New

    HRSA's Division of Independent Review (DIR) is responsible for 
carrying out the independent and objective review of all eligible 
applications submitted to HRSA. DIR ensures that the independent review 
process is efficient, effective, economical and complies with statutes, 
regulations and policies. The review of applications is performed by 
people knowledgeable in the field of endeavor for which support is 
requested and is advisory to individuals in HRSA responsible for making 
award decisions.
    To streamline the collection, selection and assignment of grant 
reviewers to objective review committees, HRSA will utilize a web-based 
data collection form to gather critical reviewer information. The Grant 
Reviewer Recruitment Form will standardize pertinent categories of 
reviewer information, such as areas of expertise, occupation, work 
settings, reviewer experience, and allow maximum use of drop-down menus 
to simplify for the data collection process. All self-nominated 
reviewers will be channeled to the Grant Reviewer Recruitment Form; DIR 
anticipates a monthly volume of approximately 100 self-nominated 
responses. On a periodic basis, existing HRSA reviewers will be 
notified and directed to update their profile (via the Grant Reviewer 
Recruitment Form). HRSA maintains a pool of approximately 5,000 
individuals that have previously served on HRSA objective review 
committees; DIR projects that approximately 3,700 individuals (or 75% 
of existing reviewers) would comply with instructions to update their 
profile on the web-based Recruitment Form.
    For existing HRSA reviewers, the amount of time required to 
complete the Recruitment Form will be abbreviated since HRSA will fill-
in the Form with previously collected personal information; existing 
reviewers will focus only on updating changes (e.g., addresses, 
employer, expertise, occupation) to their profile.
    The estimate of burden for the HRSA Grant Reviewer Recruitment Form 
is as follows:

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                                                                                                                          Minutes per
                        Type of respondent*                             Number of      Responses per        Total           response       Total burden
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses        (minutes)          hours
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New reviewer.......................................................            1,200                1            1,200               45              900

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Existing reviewer..................................................            3,700                1            3,700               30             1850
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    Total..........................................................           2,750
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* Includes two categories of grant reviewers: 1) new or self-nominated reviewers that have never served as a HRSA grant reviewer and 2) existing
  reviewers that have previously served on a HRSA objective review committee.

    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: April 14, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-8950 Filed 4-20-04; 8:45 am]
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