[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86722-86723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28835]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The Division of 
Independent Review Grant Reviewer Recruitment Form

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this 
ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the 
public during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than January 3, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: The Division of Independent 
Review Grant Reviewer Recruitment Form
    OMB No. 0915-0295--Extension.
    Abstract: HRSA's Division of Independent Review (DIR) is 
responsible for administering the review of eligible grant applications 
submitted to HRSA. DIR ensures that the objective review process is 
independent, efficient, effective, economical, and complies with the 
applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. Applications are 
reviewed by subject experts knowledgeable in health and public health 
disciplines for which support is requested. Review findings are 
advisory to HRSA programs responsible for making award decisions.
    This request continues a web-based data collection system, the 
Reviewer Recruitment Module (RRM), used to gather critical review 
participant information. The RRM uses standardized categories of 
information in drop down menu format for data such as the following: 
degree, specialty, occupation, work setting, and, in select instances, 
affiliations with organizations and institutions that serve special 
populations. Other demographic data may be voluntarily provided by a 
potential review participant. HRSA maintains a roster of approximately 
6,000 qualified individuals who are willing to serve on HRSA objective 
review committees.
    Review participants may also update their information 
electronically. The RRM is 508 compliant and accessible to the general 
public using any of the commonly used internet browsers via a link on 
the HRSA ``Grants'' internet site or by keying the RRM URL into their 
browser.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses the RRM to 
collect information from individuals who are willing to volunteer as 
objective review committee participants for the Agency's competitive 
grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities. The RRM provides 
HRSA with an effective search and communication functionality to 
identify and contact qualified potential grant review participants. 
Expertise is always the primary determinant in selecting potential 
review participants for any grant review. No participant is required to 
provide demographic information to RRM or obligated to participate if 
invited to serve on an objective review committee.
    Likely Respondents: Potential reviewers with expertise and 
experience consistent with the HRSA mission.
    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 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and 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.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                  Average burden
            Form name                Number of     Responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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New review participants.........             250               1             250            .166              42
Updating review participants               5,000               1           5,000            .333           1,665
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    Total.......................           5,250  ..............           5,250  ..............           1,707
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-28835 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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