[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16161-16162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3057]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Chief 
Executive Officer Retention Survey Request for Public Comment: 30-Day 
Notice

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 30-day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service Chief Executive Officer Retention 
Survey.

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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS), as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
clearance consultation program to provide the general public and 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 
helps to ensure that the requested data can be provided in the desired 
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. As 
required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the proposed information 
collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval.
    The IHS received no comments in response to the 60-day Federal 
Register notice (71 FR 3098) published on January 19, 2006. The purpose 
of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments to 
be submitted directly to OMB.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service Chief 
Executive Officer Retention Survey''. Type of Information Collection 
Request: New Collection. Form Number: None. Forms: Retention Survey. 
Need and Use of Information Collection: The National Council of Chief 
Executive Officers (NCCEOs) was established to ensure that the IHS 
Service Unit Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) effectively participate in 
the establishment and implementation of strategies to achieve the IHS 
mission. Part of their responsibility (as stated in their Charter) 
includes: Ongoing recruitment, development, and retention of 
professional CEOs. The NCCEOs' purpose is to ensure that the IHS 
Service Unit CEO and their Tribal CEO counterparts effectively 
participate in the establishment and implementation of an agency 
strategy to achieve the IHS mission. The current Executive Committee is 
actively addressing recruitment, retention and succession planning for 
their constituents, the IHS CEOs. To enhance their ability to be 
effective in this challenging tasks, the NCCEOs need to know more about 
IHS CEOs and the issues that affect retention and recruitment including 
the competitive influences of private sector health care delivery 
systems. The chosen method to obtain this critical information from the 
CEOs of IHS, Tribal and urban facilities is by electronic survey. The 
goal of the IHS is to raise the health status of American Indians and 
Alaska Natives to the highest possible level. The meet this goal, the 
IHS is committed to providing high quality health services to he 
eligible service population. An important factor in improving the 
quality of services is ensuring that our clinics and hospitals recruit 
and retain the best possible CEO reasonably available. The proposed 
survey is designed to as certain current demographics: Age, gender, 
years of experience, education, pay compared to complexity of 
facilities, job satisfaction and retirement eligibility. Affected 
Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Individuals.
    The table below provide the estimated burden hours for this 
information collection:

                                              Estmated Burden Hours
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                                   Estimated
  Data collection instrument       number of     Responses per       Average burden hour per       Total annual
                                  respondents     respondent               response\*\             burden hours
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CEO Retention Survey..........             120               1  0.15 (10 mins.).................             20
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in minutes.

There are not Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs 
to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, directly to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs,

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New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 
Attention: Allison Eydt, Desk Officer for IHS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Send requests for more information on 
the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Mrs. Christina Rouleau, IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852-1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via facsimile to 
(301) 443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return 
address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 30-days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: March 23, 2006.
Charles W. Grim,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 06-3057 Filed 3-29-06; 8:45 am]
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