[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 244 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82488-82489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27963]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-N-1072]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Application for 
Participation in Food and Drug Administration Fellowship and 
Traineeship Programs

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit written comments (including recommendations) on the 
collection of information by January 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be submitted to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function. The OMB control number for 
this information collection is 0910-0780. Also include the FDA docket 
number found in brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.

Application for Participation in FDA Fellowship and Traineeship 
Programs

OMB Control Number 0910-0780--Revision

    Sections 1104, 1302, 3301, 3304, 3320, 3361, 3393, and 3394 of 
Title 5 of the United States Code authorize Federal Agencies to rate 
applicants for Federal jobs. The proposed information collection 
involves brief online applications completed by applicants applying to 
FDA's Fellowship and Traineeship programs. These voluntary online 
applications will allow the Agency to easily and efficiently elicit and 
review information from students and healthcare professionals who are 
interested in becoming involved in FDA-wide activities. The process 
will reduce the time and cost of submitting written documentation to 
the Agency and lessen the likelihood of applications being misrouted 
within the Agency mail system. It will assist the Agency in promoting 
and protecting the public health by encouraging outside persons to 
share their expertise with FDA.
    In the Federal Register of October 19, 2018 (83 FR 53065), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. Although one comment was received, it was 
not responsive to the four collection of information topics solicited 
and therefore will not be discussed in this document.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                 Table 1--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden1
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                                                     Number of
            Activity                 Number of     responses per   Total annual   Average burden    Total hours
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response
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Medical Device Fellowship                    250               1             250               1             250
 Program........................
FDA Traineeship Program.........           1,000               1           1,000               1           1,000
Reagan-Udall Fellowship at FDA..              50               1              50               1              50
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,300
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.


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    Because FDA is developing two new training programs, Trainee 
Program and Reagan-Udall Fellowship, our estimated burden for the 
information collection reflects an overall increase of 2 hours. FDA has 
removed the Commissioner's Fellowship Program and Regulatory Science 
Internship Program from this information collection as these programs 
have been discontinued.
    FDA published a 30-day notice for this information collection on 
February 3, 2020 (85 FR 5966). FDA is reopening the 30-day comment 
period in order to satisfy PRA requirements. No changes have been made 
to the information collection.

    Dated: December 14, 2020.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-27963 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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