[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 18574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08949]



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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; Voluntary Partner Surveys 
To Implement Executive Order 12862 in the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, OMB No. 0915-0212--Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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. HRSA published the 
60-Day notice on November 13, 2017, FR Doc. 2017-24492. 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 May 29, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collection Request Title: Voluntary Partner Surveys to 
Implement Executive Order 12862 in the Health Resources and Services 
Administration OMB No. 0915-0212--Extension
    Abstract: In response to Executive Order 12862, HRSA proposes to 
conduct voluntary customer surveys of its partners to assess strengths 
and weaknesses in program services and processes. HRSA partners are 
typically state and local governments, health care facilities, health 
care consortia, health care providers and trainees, and researchers. 
HRSA is requesting a generic approval from OMB to conduct the partner 
surveys.
    Partner surveys to be conducted by HRSA might include, for example, 
mail or telephone surveys of grantees to determine satisfaction with 
grant processes or technical assistance provided by a contractor, or 
in-class evaluation forms completed by providers who receive training 
from HRSA grantees, to measure satisfaction with the training 
experience. Results of these surveys will be used to plan and redirect 
resources and efforts as needed to improve services and processes.
    HRSA may also use focus groups to gain partner input into the 
design of mail and telephone surveys. Focus groups, in-class evaluation 
forms, mail surveys, and telephone surveys are expected to be the 
preferred data collection methods.
    A generic approval allows HRSA to conduct a limited number of 
partner surveys without a full-scale OMB review of each survey. If 
continued generic approval is granted, information on each individual 
partner survey will not be published in the Federal Register.
    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 to 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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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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In-class evaluations............          40,000               1          40,000             .05           2,000
Mail/Telephone/Online Surveys...          12,000               1          12,000             .25           3,000
Focus groups....................             250               1             250            1.50             375
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    Total.......................          52,250  ..............          52,250  ..............           5,375
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Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-08949 Filed 4-26-18; 8:45 am]
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