[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28934-28935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11358]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection: Comment Request; NIH Customer/Partner 
Satisfaction Survey of Modification in Procedures for Applications and 
Awards of Research Project Grants

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Extramural Research, the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information 
collection listed below. The proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2002, page 
36202. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is 
to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The NIH may not 
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, 
any information that has been extended, revised or implemented on or 
after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: NIH Customer/Partner Satisfaction Survey of Modification in 
procedures for Applications and Awards of Research Project Grants.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New request.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The information collected 
in these surveys will be used by the Office of Extramural Research to 
evaluate the re-engineering initiative, including the Modular Grant 
Application Process and initiatives under the NIH Roadmap Initiative, 
intended to facilitate application and award of Federal assistance 
programs administered by the NIH Modular Applicant/Grant process has 
been in effect for two years. At the outset of its implementation, the 
community was advised that the process would reduce administrative 
burden by focusing the efforts of investigators, institutional 
officials, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff on the science 
of the application. The NIH now believes it is an appropriate time to 
determine if these objectives have been met.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Institutional Officials, Principal Investigators 
(PI's), Peer Reviewers, Program and Grants Management Staff, Institute 
Budget Officers.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: .334.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours Requested: 334. Each year we will 
repeat the same survey with different respondents. There are no Capital 
Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to 
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological 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 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 Dr. Anthony 
Demsey, OD, NIH, Building 1, Room 152, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, or call 
non-toll-free number (301) 496-0232, or e-mail your request, including 
your address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if

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received within 30-days of the date of this publication.

Charles Mackay,
Chief, Project Clearance Branch, OPERA, OER, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 04-11358 Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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