[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 4291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01421]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60 Day Comment Request; Evaluation of the 
NHLBI Proteomics Centers Program: Qualitative Interviews (NHLBI)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    To Submit Comments and for Further Information: To obtain a copy of 
the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, 
or request more information on the proposed project, contact: Pothur 
Srinivas, Ph.D., Project Officer/ICD Contact, Two Rockledge Center, 
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 10188, MSC 10193, Bethesda, MD 20892, or 
call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0550, or Email your request to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days 
of the date of this publication.
    Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the NHLBI Proteomics Centers 
Program: Qualitative Interviews 0925-New, National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Proteomics Centers 
Program was established in 2010 with the goal of applying proteomic 
approaches to gain a better mechanistic understanding of the 
physiologic pathways underlying defined clinical conditions related to 
heart, lung, and blood diseases. The primary goal of the program is to 
help facilitate a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms in 
heart, lung, and blood diseases which could contribute to more 
effective diagnoses, risk stratification, intervention, and prevention. 
Given the rapid developments in proteomic technologies and approaches 
in the last five years, it is important to determine the extent to 
which the efforts of the centers have matured, leading to discovery of 
new targets for intervention and clinically actionable tool sets. An 
eighteen-month outcome evaluation will coincide with the completion of 
funding for the program. This information collection request is being 
made for one component of this evaluation: Semi-structured interviews 
with key informants across four targeted groups, internal and external 
to the program. The results of the evaluation will help determine the 
extent to which these desired outcomes were achieved as well as to 
inform future of proteomics research funding and commitments by the 
NHLBI. The key informant interviews are necessary to understand the 
perspectives of internal and external program stakeholders as it 
relates to the success, limitations, and opportunities that can shape 
future research funding.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 48.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total annual
               Type of  respondent                  respondents    responses per   response (in    burden hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Principal investigators and key personnel.......              27               1           50/60              23
External Proteomics investigators...............               9               1           50/60               8
Trainees and junior investigators...............              20               1           50/60              17
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    Dated: January 14, 2015.
Lynn Susulske,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-01421 Filed 1-26-15; 8:45 am]
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