[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20369-20370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8842]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship 
Program

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Note: The purpose of this second announcement is to provide 
another opportunity for public comment. The previous Federal 
Register notice was published on December 31, 2009, FR Doc. E9-
30947.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires a 30-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on the proposed information collection project, the 
Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information 
collection listed below. This proposed information collection project 
was previously published in the Federal Register (74 FR 36714) on July 
24, 2009 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comment was 
received in response to the notice. The purpose of this notice is to 
allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0006, ``Application for 
Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program.'' Type of Information 
Collection Request: Previously Approved Collection (Form changes and 
additions). Form Number(s): IHS-856, 856-2 through 856-24, IHS-815, 
IHS-816, IHS-817, and IHS-818. Reporting formats are contained in an 
IHS Scholarship Program application booklet. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this 
information for program administration and uses the information to 
solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or 
Health Professions Scholarship grants and monitor the academic 
performance of awardees, to place awardees at payback sites, and for 
awardees to request additional program information. The IHS Scholarship 
Program is streamlining the application to reduce the time needed by 
applicants to complete and provide the information and plans on using 
information technology to make the application electronically available 
on the Internet. Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit 
institutions and State, local or Tribal Government. Type of 
Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total 
annual burden hour(s).

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                                   Number of     Responses per   Total annual    Burden hour per   Annual burden
 Data collection instrument(s)    respondents     respondent       response         response*          hours
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Scholarship Application (IHS-            1,500               1           1,500  1.00 (60 min)...           1,500
 856).
Application Checklist (IHS-856-          1,500               1            1500  0.13 (8 min)....             200
 2).
Faculty/Employer Evaluation              1,500               2           3,000  0.83 (50 min)...           2,500
 (IHS-856-3).
Narrative Statements (IHS-856-           1,500               1           1,500  0.75 (45 min)...           1,125
 4).
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS-            1,500               1           1,500  0.13 (8 min)....             200
 856-5).
Course Curriculum Verification           1,500               1           1,500  0.70 (42 min)...           1,050
 (IHS-856-6).
Verification of Acceptance                 400               1             400  0.13 (8 min)....              53
 (IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program                400               1             400  0.13 (8 min)....              53
 Progress Report (IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic                    50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)....               7
 Problem (IHS-856-9).
Change of Status (IHS-856-10).              50               1              50  0.45 (25 min)...              21
Request for Approval of                     50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)....               7
 Deferment (IHS-856-11).
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-              200               1             200  0.75 (45 min)...             150
 12).
Notice of Impending Graduation             200               1             200  0.17 (10 min)...              33
 (IHS-856-13).
Notification of Deferment                   50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)....               7
 Program (IHS-856-14).
Placement Update (IHS-856-15).             200               1             200  0.18 (11 min)...              37
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-             200               1             200  0.25 (15 min)...              50
 16).
Extern Site Preference Request             125               1             125  0.13 (8 min)....              17
 (IHS-856-17).
Request for Extern Travel                  125               1             125  0.10 (6 min)....              13
 Reimbursement (IHS-856-18).
Lost Stipend Checks (IHS-856-               50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)....               7
 19).
Request for Tutorial                       150               1             150  0.13 (8 min)....              20
 Assistance (IHS-856-20).
Summer School Request (IHS-856-             75               1              75  0.10 (6 min)....               8
 21).
Change of Name or Address (IHS-             50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)....               7
 856-22).
Request for Credit Validation               30               1              30  0.10 (6 min)....               3
 (IHS-856-23).
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation               1,500               2           3,000  0.83 (50 min)...           2,500
 (IHS-856-24).
Acknowledgment Card (IHS-815).           1,500               1           1,500  0.03 (2 min)....              50
Address Change Notice (IHS-                 50               1              50  0.02 (1 min)....               1
 816).
Scholarship Program Agreement              175               1             175  0.05 (3 min)....               9
 (IHS-817).
Health Professions Contract                225               1             225  0.05 (3 min)....              11
 (IHS-818).
    Total.....................  ..............  ..............          17,855  ................           9,639
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There is no direct cost to respondents other than their time to 
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The 
estimated cost in time to respondents, as a group, is $99,355.00 (9639 
burden hours x 2009 GS-3 base pay rate = $10.31 per burden hour). This 
total dollar amount is based upon the number of burden hours per

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data collection instrument, rounded to the nearest dollar.
    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 estimates 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: To request more 
information on the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s) contact: Mr. Hershel 
Gorham, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 
450, Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll free (301) 443-5932; send via 
facsimile to (301) 443-9879; or send your e-mail requests, comments, 
and return address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: April 8, 2010.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-8842 Filed 4-16-10; 8:45 am]
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