[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24889-24890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10666]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Cancer Biomedical 
Informatics Grid[supreg] (caBIG[supreg]) Support Service Provider (SSP) 
Program (NCI)

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 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 was previously published in the Federal Register on February 
11, 2011 (76 FR 7867) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public 
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, 
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid 
[supreg] (caBIG [supreg]) Support Service Provider (SSP) Program (NCI). 
Type of Information Collection Request: Existing Collection in Use 
Without an OMB Number. Need and Use of Information Collection: The NCI 
Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) 
launched the enterprise phase of the caBIG [supreg] initiative in early 
2007 with an emphasis on widespread institutional adoption of the 
program and tools. This emphasis on adoption has generated an expanding 
community with diverse needs for support, which are met through the 
resources available through the caBIG [supreg] Enterprise Support 
Network (ESN), including the caBIG [supreg] Support Service Provider 
(SSP) Program. The caBIG [supreg] SSPs provide caBIG [supreg] end-users 
with the freedom to match what caBIG [supreg] has to offer to their 
unique organizational goals and needs, so having this customized 
support option available is critically important to advancing the goals 
of the caBIG [supreg] program. caBIG [supreg] SSP applicants are 
evaluated against well-defined criteria published in the SSP Program 
Announcement and must successfully demonstrate that they have the 
technical capabilities, staffing and scalability, geographic coverage 
(when applicable), and the domain expertise in biomedicine to 
effectively serve caBIG [supreg] users. The information submitted by 
SSP applicants enables NCI to determine whether such applicants are 
qualified to enter into trademark license negotiations with NCI to use 
the caBIG [supreg] trademarks in connection with their services and 
become designated as caBIG [supreg] SSPs. Thus, the collection of 
information from SSP applicants is critical to both ensuring that the 
goals and objectives of the caBIG [supreg] program will be maintained 
and furthered by the

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organizations designated as SSPs and facilitating NCI's ability to 
exercise appropriate stewardship of the caBIG [supreg] trademarks. 
Sections 410 and 411 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 
and 285a) authorize the collection of the information. Frequency of 
Response: once for the applicants. caBIG [supreg] SSP applications are 
accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed several times a year. Affected 
Public: Private sector including Business or other for-profits and not-
for-profit organizations and institutions. Type of Respondents: 
Technical representatives of commercial, academic or not-for-profit 
organizations. The annual reporting burden is estimated at 360 hours.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

                                    A.12-1--Estimates of Annual Burden Hours
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                                           Number of     Frequency of       Average time per       Annual burden
          Type of respondents             respondents      response     response  (minutes/hour)       hours
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Commercial Organizations..............              14               1  1440/60.................             336
                                                                        (24 hours)..............
Nonprofit Organizations...............               1               1  1440/60.................              24
                                                                        (24 hours)..............
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    Totals............................              15  ..............  ........................             360
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, at [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. To 
request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of 
the data collection plans and instruments, contact John Speakman, NCI 
CBIIT Chief Program Officer, Center for Biomedical Informatics and 
Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 2115 E. 
Jefferson Street, Suite 6000, Rockville, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free 
number 301-451-8786 or e-mail your request, including your address to: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: April 26, 2011.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-10666 Filed 5-2-11; 8:45 am]
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