[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1633-1634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00458]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Cancer Genomics 
Cloud Pilots Survey (NCI)

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 Cancer Institute, 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries 
of proposed projects to be submitted 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 to address one or more of the following points: 
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; 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; The 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
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.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of 
this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or 
request more information on the proposed project, contact: Anthony 
Kerlavage, NCI CBIIT, Program Manager, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 
1W-436, Rockville, MD 20850 or call non-toll-free number 240-276-5190 
or email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Proposed Collection: Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilots Survey, 0925-NEW, 
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Center for Biomedical 
Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), in collaboration with 
the Center for Cancer Genomics at the National Cancer Instititues (NCI) 
in the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is coordinating a program 
to develop three Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilots to help meet the research 
community's needs to access and analyze high quality, large-scale 
cancer genomic data and associated clinical information. The goal of 
this effort is to develop an innovative, cost-effective model for 
computational analysis of biological data and provide broader yet 
secure access to genomic data that NCI generates. Cloud computing will 
be a valuable tool to support studies related to the mechanisms of 
cancer. This capability will be equally valuable to other NCI 
scientific areas, including clinical trials and other types of patient-
focused research. In order to understand the utility and value of the 
tools being developed, the NCI has developed a survey instrument to 
capture feedback from the cancer research community. The information 
collected as part of this survey process will be used exclusively by 
the NCI to determine future funding of cloud technology projects.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 375.

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                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                          Number of      Average burden
                    Form name                             Type of respondent             Number of      responses per     per response     Total annual
                                                                                        respondents       respondent       (in hours)      burden hour
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Cloud Pilot Survey..............................  Principal Investigator............            1500                1            15/60              375
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    Dated: January 6, 2016.
Karla Bailey,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-00458 Filed 1-12-16; 8:45 am]
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