[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65357-65358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 30-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 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, which requires 30 days for public comment on proposed 
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

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(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 59544) on November 18, 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: 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): There are 
currently no form numbers. Reporting formats are contained in the UDS 
Instruction Manual. Need and Use of Information Collection: The 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 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, Responses per respondent, Total annual 
responses, Average burden hours per response, and Total annual burden 
hours.

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                                                                                                                        Average  burden
                   Data collection instrument(s)                        Number of      Responses per     Total annual      hours per       Total annual
                                                                       respondents       respondent       responses        response*       burden hours
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Universal Report...................................................              34                1               34             8.00              272
                                                                                                                             (480 min)
American Indian/Alaska Native Report...............................              34                1               34             8.00              272
                                                                                                                             (480 min)
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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.
    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: 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: Mr. Hershel Gorham, Reports 
Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852; call non-toll free (301) 443-4792; 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 30 
days of the date of this publication.


    Dated: October 7, 2010.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-26429 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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