[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 34140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9199]


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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 this project or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer at (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: Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship and Nurse 
Anesthetist Traineeship Forms

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) developed 
the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) and Nurse Anesthetist 
Traineeship (NAT) Forms for the Guidance Application for the 
Traineeship Programs. The AENT/NAT Traineeship forms are used annually 
by new applicants that are applying for AENT and NAT funding. The AENT 
and NAT programs provide training grants to educational institutions to 
increase the numbers of advanced education nurses. Award amounts are 
based on enrollment, traineeship support, graduate data and two funding 
preferences to institutions which meet the criteria for the preference.
    The AENT/NAT Traineeship forms include information on program 
participants such as the number of enrollees, number of graduates and 
the types of programs they are enrolling into and/or graduating from. 
These forms will be available electronically through Grants.gov. AENT 
and NAT applicants will have a single access point to submit their 
grant applications and AENT/NAT Traineeship forms.
    The system will be designed so that the data from the prior year's 
submission will be pre-populated. This will significantly reduce the 
burden to AENT and NAT applicants. They will need only edit those 
sections that have changed. The electronic system will conduct 
automated checks on data validity, data consistency and application 
completeness. This facilitates application review and eliminates much 
of the previously required data cleansing. Finally, data from this 
system will be used in the award determination and validation process. 
Additionally, the data will be used to ensure programmatic compliance, 
report to Congress and policymakers on the program accomplishments, 
formulate, and justify future budgets for these activities submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget and Congress.
    The estimated average annual burden per year is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Burden hours    Total burden
               Type of respondent                   respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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AENT............................................             350               1               1             350
NAT.............................................              80               1               1              80
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    Total.......................................             430  ..............  ..............             430
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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 notice.

    Dated: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E6-9199 Filed 6-12-06; 8:45 am]
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