[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59544-59545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27540]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Office of Urban Indian Health Programs Uniform Data System

AGENCY: Indian Health Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 day advance opportunity for 
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian 
Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed 
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Office of Urban Indian Health Programs 
(OUIHP) Uniform Data System (UDS). Type of Information Collection 
Request: Initial request and four year extension, for data collection 
to ensure compliance with legislative mandates and report to Congress 
and policymakers on program accomplishments. Form Number(s): New data 
collection. There are currently no form numbers. Reporting formats are 
contained in the UDS Instruction Manual. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: The Uniform Data System (UDS) contains the annual reporting 
requirements for the cluster of primary health care and case 
management/outreach and referral grantees funded by the IHS. The UDS 
includes reporting requirements for grantees of the OUIHP. The 
authorizing statute is Title V of Public Law 94-437, of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, as amended. IHS

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will collect data in the UDS which will be used to ensure compliance 
with the legislative mandates and report to Congress and policymakers 
on program accomplishments. To meet these objectives, the OUIHP 
requires a core set of data collected annually that is appropriate for 
monitoring and evaluating performance and reporting on annual trends. 
Affected Public: Title V funded Urban Indian health programs. Type of 
Respondents: Title V Urban Indian health programs.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Number of respondents, Response per respondent, Total annual responses, 
Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hours.

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                                                                                 Average burden
 Data collection instrument(s)     Number of    Responses  per   Total annual       hour per       Total annual
                                  respondents     respondent       responses       response *      burden hours
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Universal Report..............              34               1              34  8.00 (480 min)..             272
American Indian/Alaska Native               34               1              34  8.00 (480 min)..             272
 Report.
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    Total.....................              68  ..............  ..............  ................             544
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments and requests for more information on the proposed 
collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Betty Gould, Reports Clearance 
Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852; call 
non-toll free (301) 443-7899; send via facsimile to (301) 443-9879; or 
send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to: 
[email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: November 10, 2009.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E9-27540 Filed 11-17-09; 8:45 am]
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