[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7749-7750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2819]


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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: Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking and Outcome Report 
(OMB No. 0915-0233)-- Extension

    The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) and the Centers of 
Excellence (COE) Program (sections 740 and 739 of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, respectively) provide opportunities for under-
represented minorities and disadvantaged individuals to enter and 
graduate from health professions schools. The Disadvantaged Assistance 
Tracking and Outcome Report (DATOR), is used to track program 
participants throughout the health professions pipeline into the health 
care workforce.
    The DATOR, to be completed annually by HCOP and COE grantees, 
includes basic data on student participants (name, social security 
number, gender, race/ethnicity; targeted health professions, their 
status in the educational pipeline from pre-professional through 
professional training; financial assistance received through the grants 
funded under sections 739 and 740 of the PHS Act in the form of 
stipends, fellowships or per diem; and their employment or practice 
setting following their entry into the health care work force).
    The proposed reporting instrument does not add significantly to the 
grantees reporting burden. This reporting instrument complements the 
grantees internal automated reporting mechanisms of using name and 
social security number in tracking students. The reporting burden 
includes the total time, effort, and financial resources expended to 
maintain, retain and provide the information including: (1) Reviewing 
instructions; (2) downloading and utilizing technology for the purposes 
of collecting, validating, and processing the data; and (3) 
transmitting electronically, or otherwise disclosing the information. 
Estimates of annualized burden are as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden
               Type of report                   respondents       respondent        response          hours
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DATOR.......................................             150                1              5.5              825
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 8, 2005.
Steven A. Pelovitz,
Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial Management.
[FR Doc. 05-2819 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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