Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NLM PEOPLE LOCATOR® System
Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)
Notices
Pages 22289-22290
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2016-08659
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NLM PEOPLE LOCATORsupreg System
Summary: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
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.
To Submit Comments and For Further Information: To obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or request more information on the proposed project, contact: David Sharlip, NLM Project Clearance Liaison, Office of Administrative and Management Analysis Services, OAMAS, NLM, NIH, Building 38A, Room B2N12, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-5441, or Email your request, including your address to: sharlipd@mail.nih.gov. Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of this publication.
Proposed Collection: NLM People Locator System 0925-0612, Expiration Date: 07/31/2016, EXTENSION, National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: This collection of data is intended to assist in the reunification of family members and friends who are separated during a disaster. Experience in operational drills and during real-world disasters such as the January 2010 earthquakes in Haiti demonstrates that family members and loved ones are often separated during disasters and have significant difficulty determining each other's safety, condition, and location. Reunification can not only improve their emotional well-being during the recovery period, but also improve the chances that injured victims will be cared for once they are
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released from urgent medical care. Family and friends are also a valuable source of medical information that may be important to the care of injured victims (e.g., by providing family or personal medical history, information about allergies). The National Library of Medicine (NLM) aims to assist Federal, State and Local agencies in disaster relief efforts and to serve its mission of supporting national efforts to the response to disasters via the PEOPLE LOCATORsupreg system and related mobile app (ReUniteTM) developed as part of the intramural Lost Person Finder (LPF) R&D project. The information collection would support efforts to reunite family and friends who are separated during a disaster. Information about missing (``lost'') people would be collected from family members or loved ones who are searching for them. Information about recovered (``found'') people could be provided by medical personnel, volunteers and other relief workers assisting in the disaster recovery effort. Information collected about missing and recovered persons would vary including any one of the following and possibly all: A photograph, name (if available for a found person), age group (child, adult) and/or range, gender, status (alive and well, injured, deceased, unknown), and location. The information collection would be voluntary. It would be activated only during times of declared emergencies, training and demonstration support activities, and would operate in declared emergencies until relief efforts have ceased in response to a particular disaster. This data collection is authorized pursuant to sections 301, 307, 465 and 478A of the Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. 241, 242l, 286 and 286d. NLM has in its mission the development and coordination of communication technology to improve the delivery of health services.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 7,500.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average time
Types of respondent Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondent (in hours) burden hours
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Emergency Care First-Responders, Physicians, 500 100 3/60 2,500
Other Health Care Providers....................
Family members seeking a missing person......... 50,000 2 3/60 5,000
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Total....................................... 50,500 150,000 .............. 7,500
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Dated: April 7, 2016.
David Sharlip,
Project Clearance Liaison, NLM, NIH.
FR Doc. 2016-08659 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am
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