[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44030-44032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16008]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Information Collection:
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian
Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on the
information collection titled, ``Application for Participation in the
IHS Scholarship Program,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control No. 0917-0006. IHS is requesting OMB to approve an extension
for this collection, which expires on September 30, 2016.
DATES: Comment Due Date: September 6, 2016. Your comments regarding
this information collection are best assured
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of having full effect if received within 60 days of the date of this
publication.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments, requests for more information on
the collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument and instructions to Mr. Robert Pittman by one of the
following methods:
Mail: Robert E. Pittman, BPharm, MPH, Acting Chief,
Scholarship Branch Director, Division of Health Professions Support,
Indian Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: OHR 11E53A,
Rockville, MD 20857.
Phone: (301) 443-6197.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 301-443-6048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information
collection project was last published in the Federal Register (78 FR
49532) on August 14, 2013 and allowed 30 days for public comment. No
public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose of
this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment. A copy of the
supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID
IHS-2016-0005).
Information Collection: Title: ``Application for Participation in
the IHS Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Type of
Information Collection Request: Extension of the currently approved
information collection ``Application for Participation in the IHS
Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Form Number(s): IHS-
856-3, IHS-856-5 through 856-19, IHS-856-21 through 856-24, IHS-817,
and IHS-818 are retained for use by the IHS Scholarship Program (IHSSP)
as part of this current information collection request. Reporting forms
are found on the IHS Web site at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Need and Use
of Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this
information for program administration and uses the information to:
solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or
Health Professions Scholarship recipients; monitor the academic
performance of recipients; and to place recipients at payback sites.
The IHSSP application is electronically available on the internet at
the IHS Web site at: https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/.
Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and State,
local or Tribal Governments. Type of Respondents: Students pursuing
health care professions.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hours.
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Responses Total Annual
Data collection instrument(s) Number of per annual Burden hour per response burden
respondents respondent response * hours
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Faculty/Employer Evaluation (IHS- 1,500 2 3,000 0.42 (25 min)........... 1,250
856-3).
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS-856- 1,500 1 1,500 0.13 (8 min)............ 200
5).
Course Curriculum Verification 1,500 1 1,500 0.70 (42 min)........... 1,050
(IHS-856-6).
Verification of Acceptance or 350 1 350 0.13 (8 min)............ 47
Decline of Award (IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program 1,200 1 1,200 0.13 (8 min)............ 160
Progress Report (IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min)............ 7
(IHS-856-9).
Change of Status (IHS-856-10).... 50 1 50 .045 (25 min)........... 21
Request for Approval of Deferment 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)............ 3
(IHS-856-11).
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12). 150 1 150 0.50 (30 min)........... 75
Notice of Impending Graduation 120 1 120 0.17 (10 min)........... 20
(IHS-856-13).
Notification of Deferment Program 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)............ 3
(IHS-856-14).
Placement Update (IHS-856-15).... 120 1 120 0.18 (11 min)........... 22
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16) 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min)........... 50
Extern Site Preference Request 300 1 300 0.13 (8 min)............ 40
(IHS-856-17).
Request for Extern Travel 150 1 150 0.10 (6 min)............ 15
Reimbursement (IHS-856-18).
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19) 50 1 50 0.13 (8 min)............ 7
Summer School Request (IHS-856- 100 1 100 0.10 (6 min)............ 10
21).
Change of Name or Address (IHS- 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)............ 3
856-22).
Request for Credit Validation 30 1 30 0.10 (6 min)............ 3
(IHS-856-23).
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation (IHS- 1,500 2 3,000 0.42 (25 min)........... 1,250
856-24).
Scholarship Program Agreement 175 1 175 0.16 (10 min)........... 29
(IHS-817).
Health Professions Contract (IHS- 225 1 225 0.16 (10 min)........... 38
818).
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Total........................ ............ ........... 12,580 ........................ 4,303
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost in time to respondents, as a group, is $46,386 [4,303
burden hours x $10.78 per hour (2016 GS-3 hourly base pay rate)]. This
total dollar amount is based upon the number of burden hours per data
collection instrument, rounded to the nearest dollar.
Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points:
(a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to
carry out an agency function;
(b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a
useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information);
(d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical;
(e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 days of
the date of this publication.
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Dated: June 24, 2016.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-16008 Filed 7-5-16; 8:45 am]
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