Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: July 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 137)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; CareerTrac

Summary: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2009, page 22172, and allowed 60-days for public comment. No comments were received from this notification regarding the cost and hour burden estimates. The purpose of this announcement is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

The 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.

Proposed Collection: Title: CareerTrac. Type of Information

Collection Request: Revision (OMB No.: 0925-0568 Expiration: Aug. 31, 2009). Need and Use of Information Collection: This data collection system is being developed to track, evaluate and report short and long- term outputs, outcomes and impacts of international trainees involved in health research training programs--specifically tracking this for at least ten years following training by having Principal Investigators enter data after trainees have completed the program. The data collection system provides a streamlined, Web-based application permitting principal investigators to record career achievement progress by trainee on a voluntary basis. FIC and NIEHS management will use this data to monitor, evaluate and adjust grants to ensure desired outcomes are achieved, comply with OMB part requirements, respond to congressional inquiries, and as a guide to inform future strategic and management decisions regarding the grant program.

Frequency of Response: Annual and periodic Affected Public: none

Type of Respondents: Principal Investigators and/or their administrators funded by FIC and NIEHS. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 275; Estimated Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours per Response 7.5 and

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2063. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $82,500. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected agencies are invited on 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 the 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.

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Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory

Affairs, OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-6974,

Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact Dr. Linda Kupfer, Fogarty International Center,

National Institutes of Health, 16 Center Drive, Building 16, Bethesda,

MD 20892-6705 or call non-toll-free number 301-496-3288 or e-mail your request, including your address to kupferl@mail.nih.gov.

Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this publication.

Dated: July 13, 2009.

Timothy J. Tosten,

Executive Officer, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of

Health.

FR Doc. E9-17214 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am

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