[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15111-15112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6135]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Voluntary Partner Surveys To Implement Executive 
Order 12862 in the Health Resources and Services Administration--(OMB 
No. 0915-0212)--[Revision]

    In response to Executive Order 12862, the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA) is proposing to conduct voluntary 
customer surveys of its partners to assess strengths and weaknesses in 
program services and processes. HRSA partners are typically State or 
local governments, health care facilities, health care consortia, 
health care providers, and researchers. HRSA is requesting a generic 
approval from OMB to conduct the partner surveys.

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    Partner surveys to be conducted by HRSA might include, for example, 
mail or telephone surveys of grantees to determine satisfaction with 
grant processes or technical assistance provided by a contractor, or 
in-class evaluation forms completed by providers who receive training 
from HRSA grantees, to measure satisfaction with the training 
experience. Results of these surveys will be used to plan and redirect 
resources and efforts as needed to improve services and processes. 
Focus groups may also be used to gain partner input into the design of 
mail and telephone surveys. Focus groups, in-class evaluation forms, 
mail surveys, and telephone surveys are expected to be the preferred 
data collection methods.
    A generic approval will permit HRSA to conduct a limited number of 
partner surveys without a full-scale OMB review of each survey. If 
generic approval is granted, information on each individual partner 
survey will not be published in the Federal Register.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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In-class evaluations............          40,000               1          40,000             .05           2,000
Mail/Telephone surveys..........          12,000               1          12,000             .25           3,000
Focus groups....................             250               1             250             1.5             375
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    Total.......................          52,250  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,375
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    Email comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: March 7, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-6135 Filed 3-13-12; 8:45 am]
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