Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: July 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 127)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Request for Public Comment: 30-Day; Proposed Collection: IHS Registered Nurses Recruitment and Retention Survey

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian Health Service (IHS) provided an opportunity for public comment on the proposed agency information collection project. A notice was previously published in the Federal Register on December 24, 1998 (63 FR 71297), and 60 days were allowed for public comment. No public comment was received in response to the notice. As required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the proposed information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment to be submitted directly to the OMB.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 09-17-0000, ``IHS Registered Nurses Recruitment and Retention Survey.'' Type of Information Collection Request: New collection. Form Number: No reporting forms required. Need and Use of Information Collection: The information collected in the proposed survey will be used to determine which improvements made since 1984 have worked and what additional changes need to be made to continue to attract and retain registered nurses in the IHS, tribal, and urban (I/T/U) programs. The information collected in the survey will help to determine (1) the factors that lead to the initial decision to work in the Indian health program; (2) what aspects of the job do/did these employees like or dislike and why; (3) how environmental and personal factors, such as living on or near reservations, local or government housing, distance to shopping, schools (pre-school, elementary, and high school), social activities, child care facilities, location and size of non-Indian community, sex and race differences, etc., affect their decision to continue with or terminate IHS employment; and (4) how work-related issues and current changes, such as Indian preference, quality of other health care staff, local health care management practices, managed care, tribal self- governance and self-determination, etc., affect their decision to stay with or leave IHS employment. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Current I/T/U registered nurses.

Table 1 below provides the following information: types of data collection instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of responses per respondent, average burden hour per response, and total annual burden hour.

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Table 1

Estimated

Average burden Data collection instrument

number of Responses per Annual number hour per Total annual respondents respondent of responses response* burden hours

Nursing Survey.....................................................

600

1

600 1.00 (60 min)

600

* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

There are no capital costs, operating costs, or maintenance costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (2) whether the agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion; (3) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested information); (4) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (5) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (6) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.

To request information on the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s), contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938 or send via fax to (301) 443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to: ihodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before August 2, 1999.

Dated: June 22, 1999. Michel E. Lincoln, Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 99-16838Filed7-1-99; 8:45 am]

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