[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 6982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2157]


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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 the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: The Division of Independent Review Grant Reviewer 
Recruitment Form (OMB No. 0915-0295): Extension

    HRSA's Division of Independent Review (DIR) is responsible for 
carrying out the independent and objective review of all eligible 
applications submitted to HRSA. DIR ensures that the independent review 
process is efficient, effective, economical, and complies with 
statutes, regulations, and policies. The review of applications is 
performed by experts knowledgeable in the field of endeavor for which 
support is requested and is advisory to individuals in HRSA responsible 
for making award decisions.
    To streamline the selection and assignment of expert grant 
reviewers to objective review committees, HRSA utilizes a Web-based 
data collection form to gather critical reviewer information. The Grant 
Reviewer Recruitment Form standardizes pertinent categories of reviewer 
information, such as: Areas of expertise, occupations, work settings; 
reviewer experience, and allows maximum use of drop-down menus to 
simplify the data collection process. The Web-based system also permits 
reviewers to update their information as needed. HRSA maintains a pool 
of approximately 5,500 individuals that have previously served on HRSA 
objective review committees.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
     Grant recruitment form         respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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New reviewer....................           2,200               1           2,200         45 min.           1,650
Updating reviewer information...             250               1             250         20 min.              84
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    Total.......................           2,450  ..............           2,450  ..............           1,734
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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: January 30, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-2157 Filed 2-5-08; 8:45 am]
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