[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7894-7895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2886]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Customer Satisfaction With 
Educational Programs and Products of the National Cancer Institute

    Summary: In compliance with the requirement of Section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity 
for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National 
Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Customer Satisfaction with Educational Programs and Products 
of the National Cancer Institute.
    Type of Information Collection Request: EXTENSION 
(OMB0925-0526, expires 2/28/07).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Office of 
Communications and Education (OCE) of the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI) is responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of 
education programs over the entire cancer continuum, including 
prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and 
palliative care; it also manages NCI initiatives that address specific 
challenges in cancer research and treatment. To help ensure the 
relevance, utility, and appropriateness of the many educational 
programs and products that OCE and NCI produce, OCE intends to collect 
information on customer

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satisfaction with those products through customer satisfaction surveys. 
By obtaining information from customers on the extent to which 
materials satisfy their needs, OCE and NCI will be able to 
systematically establish and follow a feedback loop that provides 
useful information to revise and enhance educational programs and 
products so that they attain maximum relevance, utility, 
appropriateness, and impact. Data will be collected through various 
means, including telephone, mail, in-person, and web-based surveys.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, organizations involved 
in providing health care services.
    Type of Respondents: Health care consumers of NCI educational 
programs or products, including cancer patients and families, health 
care professionals, cancer control planners, and policymakers.
    The estimated annual burden hours are as follows:

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                                                                                                 Estimated total
                                               Average sample    Frequency of       Average           burden
                   Product                          size           response         duration        requested
                                                                                    (hours)          (hours)
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40 different products.......................             450                1              0.1             1800
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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 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, contact Nina Goodman, Senior Analyst, Office of 
Communications and Education, NCI, NIH, 6116 Executive Blvd., Suite 
400, Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll-free number 301-435-7789 or e-
mail your request to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: February 7, 2007.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
 [FR Doc. E7-2886 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
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