[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 135 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 34580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16832]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Program Review of the 
Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Policy Implementation 
Program

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for review and 
approval.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Review of the DAIDS. Policy 
Implementation Program (DPIP) .
    Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The program review of the Division of AIDS 
(DAIDS) Implementation Program DPIP), is to be conducted over a three-
year period, and it will provide feedback to aid in the understanding 
of the target population's knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of the 
DAIDS Policy Implementation Program (DPIP). The target population is 
classified as Extramural Researchers (ERs), who are recipients of 
funding from DAIDS to conduct and review research. This target 
population is comprised of Site Leaders of Clinical Research Sites 
(CRSs) and Research Networks and Clinical Site Monitors of the CTUs and 
CRSs. The researchers are located globally, and may be part of more 
than one DAIDS funded research study and/or network. The DPIP is built 
upon four goals of awareness and accessibility, understandability, 
applicability, and harmonization of the policies and procedures. The 
review is to determine DPIP's progression to fulfillment of its program 
goals. The results of the review will provide DAIDS' Policy, Training, 
and Quality Assurance Branch (PTQAB) with information to guide optimal 
deployment of clinical research policies and procedures intended to 
harmonize, standardize and improve DAIDS funded/sponsored research. The 
program review will help derive an understanding of whether the DPIP 
program is implemented and functioning as intended to meet its program 
goals. The Estimated number of respondent is 392. Frequency of 
Response: Web-based survey; annually (once a year). Focus Group; one 
time. Affected Public: Extramural Researchers Type of Respondents: 
Adult professionals. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no 
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
    The annual reporting burden is provided below:

 
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                                                                     Estimated       Estimated       Estimated
          Type of respondents                Data collection       frequency of    average time     annual hour
                                               instrument            response      per response       burden
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Extramural Researchers................  Survey..................               3               1             392
Extramural Researchers................  Focus Groups............               1               2             261
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact: Ms. Dione Washington, Policy, Training, and 
Quality Assurance Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases, NIH, 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7620, Bethesda, MD 20892-7620 
United States of America; or E-mail your request, including your 
address to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed data collection must be mailed within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: July 9, 2009.
Judith Brooks,
Chief, Policy, Training, and Quality Assurance Branch, NIAID, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-16832 Filed 7-15-09; 8:45 am]
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