[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59929-59930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18699]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment; 60-Day Information Collection:
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments; request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian
Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on the
information collection titled, ``Application for Participation in the
IHS Scholarship Program,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control No. 0917-0006. The IHS is requesting OMB to approve an
extension for this collection, which expires on October 31, 2023.
DATES: Comment Due Date: October 30, 2023. Your comments regarding this
information collection are best assured of having full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments, requests for more information on
the collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument and instructions by one of the following methods:
Mail: CAPT Michael Bartholomew, Branch Chief, Scholarship
Programs, Division of Health Professions Support, Indian Health
Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: OHR 11E53A, Rockville, MD 20857.
Phone: (301) 443-2349.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 301-443-6048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information
collection project was last published in the Federal Register (85 FR
16636), on March 24, 2020 and allowed 30 days for public comment. No
public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose of
this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment. A copy of the
supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID
IHS-2020-01).
Information Collection: Title: ``Application for Participation in
the IHS Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Type of
Information Collection Request: Extension of the currently approved
information collection ``Application for Participation in the IHS
Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Form Number(s): IHS-
856-07 through 856-12; 856-14 through 856-16, IHS-856-21 through 856-
23, IHS-817, and IHS-818 are retained for use by the IHS Scholarship
Program (IHSSP) as part of this current Information Collection Request.
Reporting forms are found on the IHS website at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Forms IHS-856-03, IHS-856-05, and IHS-856-06 have been
moved to the online application process and can be found at
www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this information for
program administration and uses the information to: solicit, process,
and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or Health Professions
Scholarship recipients; monitor the academic performance of recipients;
and to place recipients at payback sites. The IHSSP application is
electronically available on the internet at the IHS website at: http://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/. Affected Public: Individuals, not-
for-profit institutions and State, local or Tribal governments. Type of
Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses Per Respondent,
Annual Number of Responses, Average Burden Hour Per Response, and Total
Annual Burden Hours.
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Number of Responses per Total annual Annual burden
Forms Data collection instrument(s) respondents respondent response Burden hour per response * hours
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Scholarship Online 850 1 850 1.00 (60 min)................ 850
Application.
1........................ Verification of Acceptance or 300 1 300 0.13 ( 8 min)................ 40
Decline of Award (IHS-856-7).
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2........................ Scholarship Program Agreement 60 1 60 0.16 (10 min)................ 10
(IHS-817).
3........................ Health Professions Contract 225 1 225 0.16 (10min)................. 38
(IHS-818).
4........................ Recipient's Initial Program 800 1 800 0.13 ( 8 min)................ 107
Progress Report (IHS-856-8).
5........................ Notification of Academic 20 1 20 0.13 ( 8 min)................ 3
Problem (IHS-856-9).
6........................ Change of Status (IHS-856-10) 50 1 50 .045 (25 min)................ 21
7........................ Request for Approval of 60 1 60 0.13 ( 8 min)................ 8
Deferment (IHS-856-11).
8........................ Preferred Placement (IHS-856- 150 1 150 0.50 (30 min)................ 75
12).
9........................ Notification of Deferment 60 1 60 0.13 (8 min)................. 8
Program (IHS-856-14).
10....................... Placement Update (IHS-856-15) 170 1 170 0.18 (11 min)................ 31
11....................... Annual Status Report (IHS-856- 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min)................ 50
16).
12....................... Summer School Request (IHS- 100 1 100 0.10 ( 6 min)................ 10
856-21).
13....................... Change of Name or Address 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)................. 3
(IHS-856-22).
14....................... Request for Credit Validation 30 1 30 0.10 (6 min)................. 3
(IHS-856-23).
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Total..................... .............. ............... 3,095 3.28......................... 1,257
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours per response are also provided in minutes.
There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost for the Federal Government is $145,223.00 (contractor)
to work on the program with IHS program staff.
There are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance
costs to respondents.
Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points:
(a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to
carry out an agency function;
(b) Whether the agency processes the information collected in a
useful and timely fashion;
(c) The accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information);
(d) Whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical;
(e) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and
(f) Ways to minimize the public burden through the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
P. Benjamin Smith,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18699 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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