[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 231 (Friday, December 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69577-69578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB review; comment request; National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouses 
Customer Satisfaction Survey

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a) (1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Diabetes and 
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 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 August 14, 2006, page 46486 and allowed 60-days 
for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of 
this notice 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: NIDDK Information Clearinghouses Customer Satisfaction 
Survey.
    Type of Information Requested: Revision of a previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired. The OMB control number 0925-
0480 will expire on November 30, 2006.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: NIDDK is conducting a 
survey to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of services provided 
by NIDDK's three clearinghouses: the National Diabetes Information 
Clearinghouse (NIDC); the National Digestive Diseases Information 
Clearinghouse (NDDIC); and the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases 
Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). 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, health care 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.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 0.025.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 128.
    The annualized costs to respondents is estimated at $6,400.00. 
There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

                                                                      Burden Table
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                                                                       Frequency of     Average time     Annual hour    Average  hourly     Respondent
                       Number of  respondents                            response       per response        burden          wage rate          cost
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5,112..............................................................            1.00            0.025              128           $50.00        $6,400.00
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    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.
    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 Officer for NIH. 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, NID, Building 31, Room 9A04, MSC2560, 
Bethesda, MD 20852, or e-mail your request, including your address to: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are

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best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: November 27, 2006.
Lynell Nelson,
NIDDK Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
 [FR Doc. E6-20373 Filed 11-30-06; 8:45 am]
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