[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30178-30179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12722]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB review; Comment Request; Process Evaluation of 
the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 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 in Vol. 76, 
No. 49, pages 13648-13649 on March 14, 2011, and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. No public comments were received on the planned study 
or any of the specific topics outlined in the 60-day notice. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. 5 CFR 1320.5 (General requirements) Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements: Final Rule requires that the agency inform 
the potential persons who are to respond to the collection of 
information that such persons are not required to respond to the 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Process Evaluation of the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The proposed information 
collection is essential to the process evaluation of the NIH Roadmap 
Epigenomics Program. The process evaluation is a requirement of each of 
the relevant RFAs funded under the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program 
which require participating in evaluation research activities.
    This evaluation study, a mixed-methods study which uses secondary 
source documentation and information from tracking and monitoring 
systems along with primary data to assess program process and progress, 
is non-experimental. The assessment is based on secondary source 
information, with primary source information collection added to 
augment the reliability and internal validity. The primary data 
collection uses information categories that genuinely tap added 
distinctions and opinions that relate to it to build the weight of 
evidence from first-hand sources that substantiate the initial 
hypotheses about the program phenomenon and its differences from a 
typical research portfolio of individual and insular projects.
    The synthesized results across primary and secondary data sources 
will provide critical insights on transformativeness of high-impact, 
trans-NIH programs and contribute important information about the 
synergies and collaborations in multi-component scientific research. It 
will also identify areas for program improvement and lessons learned 
that might be useful to other research programs of the Agency.
    To reduce response bias and to make the survey as accessible as 
possible to busy principal investigators, the survey will be web-based.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Affected Public: Principal Investigators of the program at not-for-
profit institutions.
    Type of Respondents: Principle Investigators.
    The annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: .33.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 17.49.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $891.99.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

                                                       Estimated Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                             Number of                      Avg. burden    Annual burden                   Total annual
           Type of respondent                Number of     responses per   Total number      hours per         hours        Avg. hourly     respondent
                                            respondents     respondent     of responses      response        requested       wage rate         cost
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Principal Investigators.................              53               1               1             133           17.49              51          891.99
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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) 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) 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) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Genevieve deAlmeida-Morris, PhD, M.P.H., Project 
Officer, Office of Science Policy and

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Communications, NIH/NIDA, NSC--Neuroscience Center, 5229, 6001 
Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20852, or call non-toll-free number 
301-594-6802 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: May 18, 2011.
Mary Affeldt,
Executive Officer, (OM Director, NIDA).
[FR Doc. 2011-12722 Filed 5-23-11; 8:45 am]
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