[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32005-32006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14451]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; The National 
Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (NDA), (NIMH)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects, 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.

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: Melba Rojas, 
NIMH Project Clearance Liaison, Science Policy and Evaluation Branch, 
Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communications, NIMH, 
Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9667, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892, call 301-443-4335, or email your request, including 
your mailing address, to [email protected]. Formal 
requests for additional plans and

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instruments must be requested in writing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 requires: written comments and/or suggestions 
from the public and affected agencies are invited to address one or 
more of the following points: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways 
to 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.
    Proposed Collection Title: The National Institute of Mental Health 
Data Archive (NDA), REVISION, OMB Control Number 0925-0667, National 
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This REVISION request seeks 
approval of updates to the previously approved National Database for 
Autism Research Data Access Request and Data Use Certification 
documents. The NIMH Data Archive (NDA), formerly known as the National 
Database for Autism Research (NDAR), is an infrastructure that allows 
for the submission and storage of human subjects data from researchers 
conducting studies related to many scientific domains, regardless of 
the source of funding. The NIH and NIMH developed this resource to 
allow for the public collection of information from: (1) Individuals 
who seek permission to access data from the NDA for the purpose of 
scientific investigation, scholarship or teaching, or other forms of 
research and research development, via the Data Use Certification 
(DUC), and (2) individuals who request permission to submit data to the 
NDA for the purpose of scientific investigation, scholarship or 
teaching, or other forms of research and research development, via the 
Data Submission Agreement (DSA). The extensive information stored in 
the NDA continues to provide a rare and valuable scientific resource to 
the field, and plays an integral part in fulfilling research objectives 
in multiple scientific domains. The NIH and the NIMH seek to encourage 
use of the NDA by investigators in the field of multiple scientific 
research domains to achieve rapid scientific progress. In order to take 
full advantage of this resource and maximize its research value, it is 
important that data are made broadly available, on appropriate terms 
and conditions, to the largest possible number of investigators.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 1000.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                    Number of     Average burden
          Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per    per response    Total annual
                                  respondents      respondents     respondent       (in hours)     burden hours
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NDA Data Submission Agreement  Researchers                  250               1  1 hour.........             250
 (DSA).                         submitting data.
NDA Data Use Certification     Researchers                  750               1  1 hour.........             750
 (DUC).                         requesting
                                access to data.
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    Total....................  ................            1000            1000  ...............            1000
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Melba Rojas,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute of Mental Health, 
National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-14451 Filed 7-10-17; 8:45 am]
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