[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 154 (Friday, August 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45054-45055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3895]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship 
Program

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on 
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service 
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information 
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0006, ``Application for 
Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program.'' Type of Information 
Collection Request: Three-year extension, without change of currently 
approved information collection, 0917-0006, ``Application for 
Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program.'' Form Number(s): IHS-
856, 856-2 through 856-8, IHS-815, IHS-816, IHS-817, IHS-818, D-02, F-
02, F-04, G-02, G-04, H-07, H-08, J-04, J-05, K-03, K-04, and L-03. 
Reporting formats are contained in an IHS Scholarship Program 
application booklet. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS 
Scholarship Branch needs this information for program administration 
and uses the information to solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-
graduate, Preparatory, and/or Health Professions Scholarship grants and 
monitor the academic performance of awardees and to place awardees at 
payback sites. The IHS Scholarship Program is streamlining the 
application to reduce the time needed by applicants to complete and 
provide the information. The IHS Scholarship Program plans on using 
information technology to make the application electronically available 
on the internet. Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit 
institutions and State, local or tribal government. Type of 
Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total 
annual burden hour(s).

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       Data collection           Number of     Responses  per    Total annual   Burden hour  per  Annual  burden
       instruments(s)           respondents      respondent        response        response *          hours
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Scholarship Application (IHS-           1500                 1            1500     1.00 (60 min)            1500
 856).......................
Checklist (856-2)...........            1500                 1            1500      0.13 (8 min)             195
Course Verification (856-3).            1500                 1            1500     0.70 (42 min)            1050
Faculty/Employer Application            1500                 2            3000     0.83 (50 min)            2490
 (856-4)....................
Justification (856-5).......            1500                 1            1500     0.75 (45 min)            1125
Federal Debt (856-6)........            1500                 1            1500      0.13 (8 min)             195
Job Experience (856-7)......              25                 1              25     0.83 (50 min)              21
Accept/Decline (856-8)......             650                 1             650      0.13 (8 min)              84
Receipt of Application (815)            1500                 1            1500      0.03 (2 min)              45
Address Change Notice (816).              25                 1              25      0.02 (1 min)              25
Scholarship Program                      850                 1             850      0.05 (3 min)              43
 Agreement (817)............
Health Professions Contract              650                 1             650      0.05 (3 min)              33
 (818)......................
Stipend Check (D-02)........             100                 1             100      0.13 (8 min)              13
Enrollment (F-02)...........            1300                 1            1300      0.13 (8 min)             169
Academic Problem/Change (F-               50                 1              50      0.13 (8 min)               6
 04)........................
Request Assistance (G-02)...             217                 1             217      0.13 (8 min)              28
Summer School (G-04)........             193                 1             193      0.10 (6 min)              19
Placement (H-07)............             250                 1             250     0.18 (11 min)              45
Graduation (H-08)...........             250                 1             250     0.17 (10 min)              43
Site Preference (J-04)......             150                 1             150      0.13 (8 min)              20
Travel Reimb (J-05).........             150                 1             150      0.10 (6 min)              15
Status Report (K-03)........             250                 1             250     0.25 (15 min)              63
Preferred Assignment (K-04).             200                 1             200     0.75 (45 min)             150
Request of Deferment (L-03).              20                 1              20      0.13 (8 min)               3
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    Total...................          15,830  ................  ..............  ................           7,380
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d)

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whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates 
are logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public 
burden through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed 
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Mrs. Chris Rouleau, IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Ave., Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-
1601; call non-toll free (301) 443-5938; send via facsimile to (301) 
443-2316; or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address 
to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 3, 2007.
Charles W. Grim,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 07-3895 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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