[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17154-17155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06765]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 201403-0990-004-30D]


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 a new generic clearance 
for information collection. 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 28, 
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 Information Collection Request Title 
and document identifier 201403-0990-004-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: ASPE Generic Clearance for 
the Collection of Qualitative Research and Assessment.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is 
requesting a generic clearance for purposes of conducting qualitative 
research.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected 
will be used to gain a better understanding of emerging health policy 
issues, develop future intramural and extramural research projects, and 
to ensure HHS leadership, agencies and offices have recent data and 
information to inform program and policy decision-making.
    Likely Respondents: Policy experts, national, state, and local 
health representatives, healthcare providers, and representatives of 
other health organizations.
    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.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
             Type of  respondent                 Number of      responses per    per  response     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)         hours
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Health Policy Stakeholder...................             747                1                1              747
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-06765 Filed 3-26-14; 8:45 am]
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