[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 46486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6878]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection: Comment Request; National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouses 
Customer Satisfaction Survey

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH), is giving public notice that the agency 
proposes to request reinstatement of an information collection activity 
for which approval has expired.
    Proposed Collection: Title: NIDDK Information Clearinghouses 
Customer Satisfaction Survey. Type of Information Requested: 
Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for 
which approval has expired. The OMB control number 0925-0480 expired on 
July 31, 2003. Need and Use of Information Collection: NIDDK is 
conducting a survey to access the efficiency and effectiveness of 
services provided by NIDDK's three clearinghouses: the National 
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC); the National Digestive 
Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC); and the National Kidney and 
Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDRIC). The survey 
responds to Executive Order 12821, ``Setting Customer Service 
Standards,'' which requires agencies and departments to identify and 
survey their ``customers to determine the kind and quality of service 
they want and their level of satisfaction with existing services.'' 
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households; business and for profit organizations; not-for-profit 
agencies, Type of Respondents: Physicians, healthcare professionals, 
patients, family and friends of patients.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows: estimated number of 
respondents: 5,112; estimated number of responses per respondent: 1; 
estimated average burden hours per response: 0.025; and estimated total 
annual burden hours requested: 128. The annualized costs to respondents 
are estimated at $6,400. 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 the 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection reports and 
instrument, contact Kathy Kranzfelder, Project Officer, NIDDK 
Information Clearinghouses, NIH, Building 31, Room 9A06, MSC2560, 
Behtesda, MD 20892. You may also submit comment and data by electronic 
mail (e-mail) at [email protected].

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Barbara Merchant,
NIDDK Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 06-6878 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45am]
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