[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60368-60370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21048]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

[OMB Control Number 0917-0006]


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship 
Program

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 30 days for public comment on 
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service 
(IHS) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for an extension for this collection, titled, ``Application for 
Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program (OMB Control Number 0917-
0006),'' with an expiration date of September 30, 2016. This proposed 
information collection project was previously published in the Federal 
Register (81 FR 44030) on July 6, 2016, and allowed 60 days for public 
comment, as required by 3506(c)(2)(A). The IHS received no comments 
regarding this collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 
days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
    Proposed 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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                                                    Number of     Responses per   Total annual                                             Annual burden
         Data collection instrument(s)             respondents     respondent       response            Burden hour per response *             hours
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Faculty/Employer Evaluation (IHS-856-3)........           1,500               2           3,000  0.42 (25 min)..........................            1250
Delinquent Federal Debt (IHS-856-5)............           1,500               1           1,500  0.13 (8 min)...........................             200
Course Curriculum Verification (IHS-856-6).....           1,500               1           1,500  0.70 (42 min)..........................           1,050
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of Award              500               1             500  0.13 (8 min)...........................              67
 (IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program Progress Report               1,200               1           1,200  0.13 (8 min)...........................             160
 (IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS-856-9)...              50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)...........................               7
Change of Status (IHS-856-10)..................              50               1              50  .045 (25 min)..........................              21
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-11).              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)...........................               3
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12)...............             150               1             150  0.50 (30 min)..........................              75
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13)....             170               1             170  0.17 (10 min)..........................              28
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856-14).              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)...........................               3
Placement Update (IHS-856-15)..................             170               1             170  0.18 (11 min)..........................              31
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16)..............             200               1             200  0.25 (15 min)..........................              50
Extern Site Preference Request (IHS-856-17)....             300               1             300  0.13 (8 min)...........................              40
Request for Extern Travel Reimbursement (IHS-               150               1             150  0.10 (6 min)...........................              15
 856-18).
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19)..............              50               1              50  0.13 (8 min)...........................               7
Summer School Request (IHS-856-21).............             100               1             100  0.10 (6 min)...........................              10
Change of Name or Address (IHS-856-22).........              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)...........................               3
Request for Credit Validation (IHS-856-23).....              30               1              30  0.10 (6 min)...........................               3
Faculty/Advisor Evaluation (IHS-856-24)........           1,500               2           3,000  0.42 (25 min)..........................           1,250
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS-817)........             175               1             175  0.16 (10 min)..........................              29
Health Professions Contract (IHS-818)..........             225               1             225  0.16 (10 min)..........................              38
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    Total......................................  ..............  ..............          12,580  .......................................           4,340
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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.
    Request 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 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 estimate 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.
    Send Requests for Further Information: For the proposed collection, 
or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and 
instructions, send to: 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. Rockville, MD 20852, Call non-toll free (301) 443-
6622, send via

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facsimile to (301) 443-6622, send via facsimile to (301) 443-6048, or 
send your email requests, and return address to: 
[email protected].
    Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 24, 2016.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-21048 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am]
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