[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11656-11657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03624]


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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) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (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: The National Health Service Corps Site Retention 
Assessment Questionnaire (OMB )--New

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) provides health 
professionals with loan repayment and scholarships in return for their 
service to underserved areas. The NHSC's mission is to improve access 
to primary care, which is supported by clinicians who remain in their 
sites well beyond their contracted periods of service. However, many 
sites are unaware of their influence and impact on clinician retention 
levels. The purpose of this project is to gather survey information 
from administrative officials at NHSC-approved sites that will guide 
NHSC initiatives and assist sites in improving their retention 
outcomes. The survey will ask site administrators to rate: (1) How 
difficult it is to retain clinicians; (2) their general attitudes about 
the feasibility of good retention and awareness of its principles; (3) 
their practices' current approaches to promoting retention; (4) various 
aspects of their practices' organizational culture and administrative 
style; and (5) their sites' interest in and preferred ways of learning 
how to bolster retention. Survey data will be gathered anonymously and 
presented in-aggregate, to promote administrators' participation and 
full disclosure.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per                       Hours per       Total burden
                             Instrument                                respondents       respondent    Total responses      response          hours
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NHSC Site Retention Assessment Questionnaire.......................           7,000                1            7,000            0.507            3,549
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    Email comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: February 8, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-03624 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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