[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 103 (Monday, June 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26243-26244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Survey of NHLBI 
Constituents' Health Information Needs and Preferred Formats

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung and Blood 
Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on March 19, 2009, pages 11736-11737 and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 
National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the 
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Survey of NHLBI Constituents' Health 
Information Needs and Preferred Formats. Type of Information Collection 
Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of 
this survey is to obtain information from NHLBI constituents (health 
professionals, patients and their families, and the general public) for 
the purpose of evaluating their health information and education needs 
and format preferences. The Consumer Services Team (CST) will use the 
data collected in this survey to create a 3-year Strategic Plan. The 
findings from the survey, described in the Strategic Plan, will be used 
to develop new health information materials for NHLBI constituents and 
to revise materials currently in the Institute's portfolio. Frequency 
of Response: Once every 3 years. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of 
Respondents: Individuals who have been consumers of NHLBI information 
within the past 3 years. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,450; Estimated Number of Responses 
per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours per Response: 0.2; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 162. The annualized cost 
to respondents is estimated at: $3,518.62. There are no Capital Costs, 
Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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General Public..................................           1,075            0.33             0.2              71
Private Companies...............................             332            0.33             0.2              22

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Public Sector Groups............................             332            0.33             0.2              22
Health Professionals............................             711            0.33             0.2              47
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    Totals......................................           2,450  ..............  ..............             162
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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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact: Dr. Ann M. Taubenheim, Principal Investigator, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Communications and 
Legislative Activities, NIH, 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 4A10, 
Bethesda, MD 21045, or call non-toll-free number 301-496-4236 or e-mail 
your request, including your address, to [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: May 22, 2009.
Ann M. Taubenheim,
Principal Investigator, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
 [FR Doc. E9-12604 Filed 5-29-09; 8:45 am]
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