[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61977-61978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17571]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-Day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office on Women's Health, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: External Evaluation of National 
Centers of Excellence in Women's Health Program.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-New.
    Use: This evaluation will assess the effectiveness of the National 
Centers of Excellence in Women's Health Program contracts. 
Specifically, the outcomes-based research question will ask: ``Overall, 
do women seen at CoEs perceive their clinical care to be better than 
those who receive healthcare elsewhere?'' Outreach surveys will assess 
community impacts.
    Frequency: One-time on Ocassion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 6800.
    Total Annual Responses: 6800.
    Average Burden per Response: 12.65 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours: 1433.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request,

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including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document 
identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received with 60-days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer at the following address: Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology, Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: 
Sherrette Funn-Coleman, (0990-NEW), Room 537-H, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: October 12, 2006.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-17571 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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