[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65434-65435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25127]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0994-]


Notice of Proposed Requirement To Establish Government-Wide 
Standard Data Elements for Use by All Federal Grant Making Agencies

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Grants.gov Program Management Office, 
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. Emergency Clearance for the data set was published in the 
Federal Register on September 3, 2004 [Vol. 69, No. 171]. Public 
comments from the Emergency Clearance were incorporated into the 
proposed information collection.
    #1 Type of Information Collection Request: Regular, Extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: SF-424 Research & Related (R&R).
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0994-.
    Use: The SF-424 (R&R) will become the government-wide data set for 
research grant applications. Federal agencies and grant applicants will 
use the standard data set and definitions for paper and electronic 
research grants applications. The standard data set will become the 
common Federal data set for research grant applications, replacing 
numerous agency data sets and reducing the administrative burden place 
on the research grants community. The data set provides information to 
assist Federal program staff and grants officials in assessing the 
adequacy of applicant's proposals to accomplish project objectives and 
determine whether the business aspects of grants applications reflect 
program needs and grants policies. Federal agencies will not be 
required to collect all of the information included in the proposed 
data set. The agency will identify the data that must be provided by 
applicants through instructions that will accompany the application 
forms.
    Frequency: Recording, Reporting, and on Occasion.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, local, or tribal governments, 
business or other for profit, not for profit institutions.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 459,425.
    Total Annual Responses: 459,425.
    Average Burden per Response: 40 hours.
    Total Annual Hours: 19,037,350.
    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) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
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: Naomi Cook 
(0994-), Fax number (202) 690-8715, Room 531-H, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.


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    Dated: November 2, 2004.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25127 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]
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