[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49532-49533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19639]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship 
Program

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 30 days for public comment on 
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service 
(IHS) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for a revision of an approved collection of information titled, 
``Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program (OMB 
Control Number 0917-0006),'' with an expiration date of August 31, 
2013. This proposed information collection project was previously 
published in the Federal Register (78 FR 36197) on June 17, 2013, and 
allowed 60 days for public comment, as required by 3506(c)(2)(A). The 
IHS received no comments regarding this collection. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted directly 
to OMB.
    Proposed Collection: Title: ``Application for Participation in the 
IHS Scholarship Program (OMB Control Number 0917-0006).'' Type of 
Information Collection Request: Revision of the currently approved 
information collection, ``Application for Participation in the IHS 
Scholarship Program, (OMB Control No. 0917-0006).'' Form Number(s): 
IHS-856-3, IHS-856-5 through 856-19, IHS-856-21 through 856-24, IHS-
817, and IHS-818 are retained for use by the IHS Scholarship Program 
(IHSSP) as part of this current Information Collection Request. 
Reporting forms are found on the IHS Web site at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Form Numbers: IHS-856, IHS-856-2, IHS-856-4, IHS-856-20, 
IHS-815, and IHS-816 have been deleted from the previous Information 
Collection Request in an effort to comply with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Need and Use of Information Collection: 
The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this information for program 
administration and uses the information to: solicit, process, and award 
IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or Health Professions Scholarship 
recipients; monitor the academic performance of recipients; and to 
place recipients at payback sites. The IHS Scholarship Program 
streamlined the application process by converting the IHS-856 to an 
electronic tool and reduced the number of required supplemental 
application and reporting forms to minimize the time needed by 
applicants and recipients to complete the application process and 
provide required information after receiving a scholarship from the 
IHSSP. The IHSSP application is electronically available on the 
internet at the IHS Web site at: http://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/apply_now.cfm.
    Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and 
State, local or Tribal Governments. Type of Respondents: Students 
pursuing health care professions.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total 
annual burden hours.

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                                                    Number of     Responses per   Total annual                                             Annual burden
         Data collection instrument(s)             respondents     respondent       response            Burden hour per response*              hours
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Faculty/Employer Evaluation (IHS-856-3)........            1500               2            3000  0.42 (25 min)..........................            1250
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS-856-5)............            1500               1            1500  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................             200
Course Curriculum Verification (IHS-856-6).....            1500               1            1500  0.70 (42 min)..........................            1050
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of Award              500               1             500  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................              67
 (IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program Progress Report                1200               1            1200  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................             160
 (IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS-856-9)...              50               1              50  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................               7
Change of Status (IHS-856-10)..................              50               1              50  .045 (25 min)..........................              21
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-11).              20               1              20  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................               3
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12)...............             150               1             150  0.50 (30 min)..........................              75
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13)....             170               1             170  0.17 (10 min)..........................              28
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856-14).              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)...........................               3
Placement Update (IHS-856-15)..................             170               1             170  0.18 (11 min)..........................              31
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16)..............             200               1             200  0.25 (15 min)..........................              50
Extern Site Preference Request (IHS-856-17)....             300               1             300  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................              40
Request for Extern Travel Reimbursement (IHS-               150               1             150  0.10 ( 6 min)..........................              15
 856-18).
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19)..............              50               1              50  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................               7
Summer School Request (IHS-856-21).............             100               1             100  0.10 ( 6 min)..........................              10
Change of Name or Address (IHS-856-22).........              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)...........................               3
Request for Credit Validation (IHS-856-23).....              30               1              30  0.10 (6 min)...........................               3
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation (IHS-856-24)........            1500               2            3000  0.42 (25 min)..........................            1250
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS-817)........             175               1             175  0.16 (10 min)..........................              29

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Health Professions Contract (IHS-818)..........             225               1             225  0.16 (10 min)..........................              38
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    Total......................................  ..............  ..............           12580  .......................................            4340
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to 
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The 
estimated cost in time to respondents, as a group, is $45,396 [4340 
burden hours x $10.46 per hour (2013 GS-3 hourly base pay rate)]. This 
total dollar amount is based upon the number of burden hours per data 
collection instrument, rounded to the nearest dollar. 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.
    Send Requests for Further Information: Send your requests for more 
information on the proposed collection or requests to obtain a copy of 
the data collection instrument(s) and instructions to: Dr. Dawn Kelly, 
Chief, Scholarship Program, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450A, 
Rockville, MD, 20852, call non-toll free (301) 443-6622, send via 
facsimile to (301)--443-6048, or send your email requests, and return 
address to: [email protected].
    Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your 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, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 5, 2013.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Acting Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-19639 Filed 8-13-13; 8:45 am]
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