[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5328-5329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2126]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0340]


Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed information collection request for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above e-mail 
address within 60-days.
    Proposed Project: ARRA Section 3012 Health Information Technology 
Extension Program: Regional Centers Cooperative Agreement Program OMB 
 0990-0340--Extension-Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
    Abstract: The first set of regional extension center awards will be 
made in February 2010. At this point each regional extension center 
(REC) will be provided with a customer relationship management (CRM) 
software tool, which they will use to help manage the work associated 
with the cooperative agreement. This tool will also assist the program 
to generate quarterly reports with will be submitted to project 
officers for review. In addition to tracking the key milestones 
identified in the FOA, the tool will also assist programs to provide 
information that is required for their ARRA reporting. The REC program 
is in the process of selecting a CRM vendor. Once this is completed it 
will submit the specific reports for clearance.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
     Forms (if necessary)            Type of         Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Quarterly Status report         REC applicant                 60               4              20           4,800
 (format TBA).                   (not-for-profit
                                 organization).
Program evaluation............  REC applicant                 60               1             100           6,000
                                 (not-for-profit
                                 organization).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          10,800
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-2126 Filed 2-1-10; 8:45 am]
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