[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50641-50642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Identifying 
Experts in Prevention Science Methods To Include on NIH Review Panels 
(OD)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office 
of Disease Prevention (ODP) has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information 
collection listed below. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2015, page 
18641 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were 
received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days 
for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct 
or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented 
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Direct Comments To OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, Attn: 
NIH Desk Officer.

DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, or request more information on the 
proposed project, contact: Paris Watson, Senior Advisor, NIH Office of 
Disease Prevention, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 2B03, Bethesda, MD 20892 
or call (301) 496-1508 or email your request, including your address to 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Identifying Experts in Prevention Science 
Methods to Include on NIH Review Panels, 0925--New, Office of Disease 
Prevention (ODP), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Office of Disease 
Prevention (ODP) is the lead Office at the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH) responsible for assessing, facilitating, and stimulating 
research in disease prevention and health promotion, and disseminating 
the results of this research to improve public health. Prevention is 
preferable to treatment, and research on disease prevention is an 
important part of the NIH's mission. The knowledge gained from this 
research leads to stronger clinical practice, health policy, and 
community health programs. ODP collaborates with NIH, other Department 
of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies, and other public and 
private partners to achieve the Office's mission and goals. One of our 
priorities is to promote the use of the best available methods in 
prevention research and support the development of better methods. One 
of our strategies is to help NIH Scientific Review Officers (SROs) 
identify experts in prevention science methods to include on their 
review panels. This will strengthen the panels and improve the quality 
of the prevention research supported by NIH. To identify experts in 
prevention science methods, we worked with our contractor, IQ 
Solutions, Inc., to develop online software which will allow us to 
collect researchers' names, contact information, and resumes, as well 
as to have those researchers identify their level of expertise in a 
variety of prevention science methods and content areas. The data 
collected with this software will be used to support a web-based 
Electronic Directory that SROs can use to identify researchers with 
expertise in specific prevention science methods and content areas for 
invitation to serve on one of the NIH review panels. If the initial 
rollout with the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is successful, this 
system will also be shared with review staff in the other Institutes 
and Centers at NIH, as well as other DHHS agencies, to use in a similar 
same way. Given our plans to create an automated system for reviewer 
information collection, we are now seeking OMB approval. This PRA 
clearance request is for the deployment of this new online software and 
the collection of data.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 1,040.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                  Number of       Average time
             Type of respondents                 Number of      responses per     per response     Total annual
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)      burden hour
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Investigators...............................           3,120                1            20/60             1040
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    Dated: August 13, 2015.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-20591 Filed 8-19-15; 8:45 am]
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