[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49935-49936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20126]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-day notice]


Notice of Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

Agency Information Collection Request: 30-Day Public Comment Request

    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 collection 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) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
202-395-5806.
    Proposed Project--Whistleblowers Study--OMB No. 0990--New-Office of 
Research Integrity (ORI).
    Abstract: The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) proposes to do a 
study to determine what questions whistleblowers want answered from 
Research Integrity Officer (RIOs) when deciding to file an allegation 
of research misconduct.
    To guide RIOs to be well-prepared to provide answers to the kinds 
of questions that complainants (whistleblowers) and potential 
complainants ask RIOs at different stages of the research misconduct 
allegation resolution process is critical to the smooth and effective 
conduct of that process. Complainants and potential complainants need 
to know what is in store for them during the process employed by the 
institution to resolve allegations of research misconduct. They need to 
know the steps involved in the process, the support available to them, 
and the safeguards afforded them against retaliation. This study will 
seek to obtain information from RIOs concerning the questions 
complainants have and when they arise, as well as what responses RIOs 
provide when they do.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
             Forms                   Type of         Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Interview About Questions       Research                     100               1           45/60              75
 Asked By Complainants and       Integrity
 Potential Complainants.         Officers (RIOs)
                                 from
                                 Institutions
                                 with Research
                                 Misconduct
                                 Allegation or
                                 Investigation
                                 in Past 5 Years.
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary,
    Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-20126 Filed 8-13-10; 8:45 am]
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