[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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