[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9486-9487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04054]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-4040-0001 60D]


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

AGENCY: Electronic Government Office, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Electronic Government Office (EGOV), 
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 3-year 
extension for OMB Control Number 4040-0001. The ICR will expire on June 
30, 2016. The ICR also requests categorizing 4040-0001 as a common 
form, meaning HHS will only request approval for its own use of the 
form rather than aggregating the burden estimate across all Federal 
Agencies as was done for previous actions on this OMB control number. 
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 25, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or (202) 690-
7569.

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 OMB control number 4040-0001. Form is 
available http://www.grants.gov or upon request.
    Information Collection Request Title: SF-424 Application for 
Federal Assistance--Research and Related.
    OMB No.: 4040-0001.
    Abstract: The SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance--Research 
and Related is a set of common forms used by Federal research grant-
making agencies for organizations to apply for Federal financial 
assistance.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The SF-424 Application 
for Federal Assistance--Research and Related forms are used by 
organizations to apply for Federal financial assistance in the form of 
research-based grants. These forms are submitted to the Federal grant-
making agencies for evaluation and review.
    Likely Respondents: Organizations and institutions seeking 
research-based grants. 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

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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.
    HHS estimates that the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance 
forms will take 1 hour to complete.
    Once OMB approves the use of this common form, federal agencies may 
request OMB approval to use this common form without having to publish 
notices and request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency 
must account for the burden associated with their use of the common 
form.
    EGOV specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance--              137,407               1               1         137,407
 Research and Related...........................
Research and Related Budget 5 Year..............         121,416               1               1         121,416
Research and Related Budget 10 Year.............           1,118               1               1           1,118
SF-424 Research and Related Multi-Project Cover.           1,570               1               1           1,570
Research & Related Multi-Project 10 Year Budget.           1,570               1               1           1,570
R & R Multi-Project Subaward Budget                        1,570  ..............  ..............           1,570
 Attachment(s) Form 10YR 30ATT..................
R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form........             217  ..............  ..............             217
R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form 5 YR 30         121,088               1               1         121,088
 ATT............................................
R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form 10 YR             1,118               1               1           1,118
 30 ATT.........................................
Research & Related Senior/Key Person Profile....             218               1               1             218
Research and Related Senior/Key Person Profile           136,940               1               1         136,940
 (Expanded).....................................
Research And Related Other Project Information..         137,699               1               1         137,699
SBIR/STTR Information...........................          21,289               1               1          21,289
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    Total.......................................         683,220  ..............  ..............         683,220
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-04054 Filed 2-24-16; 8:45 am]
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