[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37585-37586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5883]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Fogarty International 
Center CareerTrac

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Fogarty International Center 
(FIC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
of the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on February 
14, 2006, page 7780-7781, and allowed 60-days for public comment. No 
comments were received from this notification regarding the cost and 
hour burden estimates. One comment was received suggesting that the 
Federal Government should not be funding international work until all 
Amercians are cared for. We note that through partnerships in training 
and research with scientists from around the world, including those in 
developing countries, we are able to identify new strategies and new 
understandings of disease processes, including for AIDS, TB, and 
chronic diseases such as heart disease, that affect all Americans. The 
purpose of this announcement is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection 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: Fogarty International Center CareerTrac.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This data collection system 
is being developed to track, evaluate and report short and long-term 
outputs, outcomes and impacts of international trainees involved in 
health research training programs specifically tracking this for at 
least ten years following training by having trainees enter their own 
data after they have completed the program. The data collection system 
provides a streamlined, Web-based application permitting principal 
investigators to record career achievement progress by trainee on a 
voluntary basis. FIC management will use this data to monitor, evaluate 
and adjust grants to ensure desired outcomes are achieved, comply with 
OMB PART requirements, respond to congressional inquiries, and as a 
guide to inform future strategic and management decisions regarding the 
grant program.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and periodic.
    Affected Public: None.
    Type of Respondents: Principal Investigators funded by Fogarty 
International Center.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 15.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 50; and
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1125.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $87,939. There 
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating 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 Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.
    Attention: Desk Office NIH. To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and

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instruments, contact Dr. Linda Kupfer, Fogarty International Center, 
National Institutes of Health, 16 Center Drive, Building 16, Bethesda, 
MD 20892-6705 or call non-toll-free number 301-496-3288 or e-mail your 
request, including your address to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: 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: June 21, 2006.
Richard Miller,
Executive Officer, FIC, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 06-5883 Filed 6-29-06; 8:45 am]
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