[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 871-872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request 
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to OMB for review under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:

Proposed Project: Application for the National Health Service Corps 
(NHSC) Scholarship Program (OMB No. 0915-0146): Reinstatement With 
Change

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program's 
mission is to ensure the geographic distribution of physicians and 
other health practitioners in the United States. Under this program, 
health professions students are offered scholarships in return for 
service in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area 
(HPSA). The Scholarship Program provides the NHSC with the health 
professionals it requires to carry out its mission of providing primary 
health care to HPSA populations in areas of greatest need. Students are 
supported who are well qualified to participate in the NHSC Scholarship 
Program and who want to assist the NHSC in its mission, both during and 
after their period of obligated service.
    The application form is being revised to streamline the application 
process and collect the most relevant information necessary to make 
determinations of award. Scholars are selected for these competitive 
awards based on the information provided in the application and 
supporting documentation. Awards are made to applicants who demonstrate 
a high potential for providing quality primary health care services.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Application.....................            1800               1            1800               3           5,400
Total...........................            1800  ..............            1800  ..............           5,400
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: December 27, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-25604 Filed 1-3-08; 8:45 am]
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