[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 15747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-21329-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for revision of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0937-0198, scheduled 
to expire on June 30, 2015. Comments submitted during the first public 
review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further 
comments from the public on this ICR during the review and approval 
period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 21, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-21329-30D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Public Health Service 
Policies on Research Misconduct (42 CFR part 93).
    OMB No.: 0937-0198.
    Abstract: This is a revision to a currently approved collection, 
Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct. The revision 
will include an additional form, called the Assurance of Compliance by 
Sub-Award Recipients form PHS-6315. The purpose of this form is to 
establish an assurance of compliance for a sub-award institution. The 
sub-awardee is also required to provide data from on the amount of 
research misconduct activity occurring in institutions conducting PHS 
supported research. Therefore, in addition this provides an annual 
assurance that the sub-award institution has established and will 
follow administrative policies and procedures for responding to 
allegations of research misconduct that comply with the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Policies on Research Misconduct (42 CFR part 93). 
Research misconduct is defined as receipt of an allegation of research 
misconduct and/or the conduct of an inquiry and/or investigation into 
such allegations. These data enable the ORI to monitor institutional 
sub-awardee's compliance with the PHS regulation.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Public Health Service 
Polices on Research Misconduct (42 CFR part 93)--OMB No 0937-0198-
Revision--Office of Research Integrity. An additional form (6315 PHS 
Sub-ward recipient) has been added. Likely Respondents: Public Health 
Service (PHS) research sub-award recipient. Burden Statement: Burden in 
this context means the time expended by persons to generate, maintain, 
retain, disclose or provide the information requested. This includes 
the time needed to review instructions, to develop, acquire, install 
and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, 
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information, and disclosing and providing information, to train 
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information, and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The 
total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the 
table below.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of        Average
     Forms (if necessary)            Type of         Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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PHS-6349......................  Awardee                    6,096               1           10/60           1,016
                                 Institutions.
PHS-6315......................  Sub-award                    200               1            5/60              17
                                 Institution's.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,033
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Darius Taylor,
Deputy Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-06145 Filed 3-20-14; 8:45 am]
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