[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78700-78701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27759]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request Special 
Volunteer and Guest Researcher Assignment (Office of Intramural 
Research, Office of the Director)

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 recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: Dr. Arlyn Garcia-Perez, Director of Policy and 
Analysis, Office of Intramural Research, Office of the Director, 
National Institutes of Health, 1 Center Drive MSC 0140, Building 1, 
Room 160, MSC-0140, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 or call non-toll-free 
number (301) 496-1921 or (301) 496-1381 or Email your request, 
including your address to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2022, pages 
60179-60180 (87 FR 60179) 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 Office of Intramural 
Research (OIR), Office of the Director, 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: Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher 
Assignment form--REVISION OMB # 0925-0177, exp., date April 30, 2024, 
Office of Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director (OD), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: Form Number: NIH-590 is a 
single form completed by an NIH official for each Guest Researcher or 
Special Volunteer prior to his/her arrival at NIH. The information on 
the form is necessary for the Special Volunteer to acknowledge and 
agree to the conditions and responsibilities of their volunteer 
services at NIH via the Special Volunteer Agreement as the legal 
instrument. The DHHS Office of General Counsel, in consultation with 
the Department of Justice, now requires that revisions be made to items 
7 and 8 of the Special Volunteer Agreement, NIH Form 590-2. Special 
Volunteers and Guest Researchers both fill the main collection 
instrument, NIH Form 590; and Guest Researchers fill a separate Guest 
Researcher Agreement, NIH Form 590-1. No revisions are proposed for 
these other forms currently. Form NIH-590 is a single form completed by 
an NIH official for each Special Volunteer or Guest Researcher prior to 
her/his arrival at NIH. The information on the form is necessary for 
the approving official to reach a decision on whether to allow a Guest 
researcher to use NIH facilities, or whether to accept volunteer 
services offered by a Special Volunteer. If the original assignment is 
extended, another form notating the extension is completed to update 
the file. In addition, each Special Volunteer and

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Guest Researcher reads and signs an NIH Agreement.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 652.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Type of         Number of       Number of      burden per     Total annual
           Form name               respondents      respondents    responses per   response (in     hour burden
                                                                    respondent        hours)           hours
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Special Volunteer and Guest     Special                    2,300               2            6/60             460
 Researcher Assignment.          Volunteers and
                                 Guest
                                 researchers.
NIH Special Volunteer           Special                    2,100               1            5/60             175
 Agreement.                      Volunteers.
NIH Guest Researcher Agreement  Guest                        200               1            5/60              17
                                 Researchers.
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    Totals....................  ................           2,300           6,900  ..............             652
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    Dated: December 14, 2022.
Tara A. Schwetz,
Acting Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2022-27759 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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