[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13306-13307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06572]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Scientific 
Information Reporting System (SIRS) (National Institute of General 
Medical Sciences)

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 Institute of General Medical Sciences 
(NIGMS), 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: Dr. Ming 
Lei, Director, Division for Research Capacity Building NIGMS, NIH, 45 
Center Drive, Room 2AS44C, MSC-6200, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 or call 
non-toll-free number (301) 827-5323 or Email your request, including 
your address to: [email protected]. Formal requests for additional 
plans and 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 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: Scientific Information Reporting System 
(SIRS), 0925-0735, Expiration Date 3/31/2019, REINSTATEMENT WITHOUT 
CHANGE, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The SIRS is an online data 
collection system whose purpose is to obtain supplemental information 
to the annual Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) submitted by 
grantees of the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program and the 
Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Program. The SIRS 
will collect program-specific data not requested in the RPPR data 
collection system. The IDeA Program is a congressionally mandated, 
long-term interventional program administered by NIGMS aimed at 
developing and/or enhancing the biomedical research competitiveness of 
States and Jurisdictions that lag in NIH funding. The NARCH Program is 
an interagency initiative that provides support to American Indian and 
Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and organizations for conducting research 
in their communities in order to address health disparities, and to 
develop a cadre of competitive AI/AN scientists and health 
professionals. The data collected by SIRS will provide valuable 
information for the following purposes: (1) Evaluation of progress by 
individual grantees towards achieving grantee-designated and program-
specified goals and objectives, (2) evaluation of the overall program 
for effectiveness, efficiency, and impact in building biomedical 
research capacity and capability, and (3) analysis of outcome measures 
to determine need for refinements and/or adjustments of different 
program features including but not limited to initiatives and 
eligibility criteria. Data collected from SIRS will be used for various 
regular or ad hoc reporting requests from interested stakeholders that 
include members of Congress, state and local officials, other federal 
agencies, professional societies, media, and other parties.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 744.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
         Form name           Type of respondent      Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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SIRS......................  Principal                         54               1             3.5             189
                             Investigators,
                             COBRE Phase I.
SIRS......................  Principal                         34               1             3.5             119
                             Investigators,
                             COBRE Phase II.
SIRS......................  Principal                         54               1             3.5             189
                             Investigators,
                             COBRE Phase III.
SIRS......................  Principal                         24               1             5.5             132
                             Investigators,
                             INBRE.
SIRS......................  Principal                         11               1             3.5            38.5
                             Investigators, IDeA-
                             CTR.
SIRS......................  Principal                         17               1             4.5            76.5
                             Investigators,
                             NARCH.
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    Total.................  ....................             194             194  ..............             744
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Rusinel Amarante,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute of General Medical 
Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-06572 Filed 4-3-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4140-01-P