[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16378-16379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07859]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Generic 
Clearance for the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Initiative (National 
Institute of Mental Health)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the 
information collection listed below.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of 
this publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public 
burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: Office 
of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on January 29, 2018, pages 
4062-4063 (83 FR 4062) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No 
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow 
an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institute of 
Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented 
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and 
approval of the information collection listed below.
    Proposed Collection: Generic Clearance for the Research Domain 
Criteria (RDoC) Initiative, 0925-NEW, National Institute of Mental 
Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This request serves as 
notice that the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is seeking 
OMB approval of a generic plan to conduct information collections to 
interface with the scientific community and promote the RDoC 
Initiative. As the lead Federal agency for research on mental 
illnesses, NIMH's mission is to transform the understanding and 
treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, 
paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. To this end, NIMH 
launched the RDoC Initiative in 2009 to implement Strategy 1.4 of the 
2008 NIMH Strategic Plan: ``Develop new ways of classifying disorders 
based on dimensions of observable behaviors and brain functions.'' The 
aim of RDoC is to

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guide research that begins with disruptions in neurobiological and 
behavioral mechanisms, and then works across systems to clarify 
connections among such disruptions and clinical symptoms. The 
information collected as part of this generic clearance will allow NIMH 
to determine success of the RDoC Initiative, develop future directions 
and endeavors, and to help guide programmatic priorities for RDoC and 
the agency.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents' other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 490.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                 Instrument type                     Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Workshops.......................................              50               1               8             400
Interviews......................................              10               1           30/60               5
Surveys.........................................             100               1           30/60              50
Focus Groups....................................              10               1               1              10
Evaluation Forms................................             100               1           15/60              25
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    Total.......................................             270             270  ..............             490
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    Dated: April 4, 2018.
Melba O. Rojas,
Project Clearance Liaison, NIMH, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2018-07859 Filed 4-13-18; 8:45 am]
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