[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 78 (Friday, April 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18726-18727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9383]


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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, e-mail 
[email protected] or 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: Voluntary Partner Surveys in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration--(OMB No. 0915-0212): Extension

    In response to Executive Order 12862, the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA) conducts voluntary customer surveys of 
its partners to assess strengths and weaknesses in program services. To 
continue the periodic customer or partner satisfaction survey 
activities, HRSA is requesting an extension of approval from OMB. HRSA 
partners are, typically, State or local governments, health care 
facilities, health care consortia, and health care providers. Partner 
surveys to be conducted by HRSA might include, for example, brief 
surveys of grantees to determine satisfaction with a technical 
assistance contractor, or, in-class evaluation forms completed by 
providers who receive training from HRSA grantees, to measure 
satisfaction with the training experience. Results of these surveys 
will be used to plan and direct program efforts as needed to improve 
service. Focus groups may also be used as a potential method to obtain 
input on services and training. Focus groups, in-class evaluation 
surveys, and satisfaction surveys provide valuable input from HRSA 
partners and customers on agency services and materials.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                    Number of     Responses per        Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument              respondents      respondent       responses       response          hours
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Surveys........................          50,000                1          50,000              .1           5,000
Focus groups...................              50                1              50             1.5              75
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    Total......................          50,050  ...............          50,050  ..............           5,075
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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: April 17, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-9383 Filed 4-23-09; 8:45 am]
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