[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21380]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service 
(IHS) Sharing What Works--Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local 
Effort (BPPPLE) Form; Request For Public Comment

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on 
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service 
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information 
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917- 0034, ``Indian Health Service 
(IHS) Sharing What Works--Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local 
Effort (BPPPLE) Form.'' Type of Information Collection Request: 
Extension without revision of the currently approved information 
collection, 0917-0034, ``IHS Sharing What Works--BPPPLE Form,'' which 
was previously approved under the title ``Director's 3 Initiative Best 
Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Efforts Form.'' Although the 
name of the form has changed, the contents of the form remain the same. 
Forms: IHS Sharing What Works--BPPPLE Form (OMB Form No. 0917-0034). 
Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS goal is to raise the 
health status of the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people 
to the highest possible level by providing comprehensive health care 
and preventive health services. To support the IHS mission and to 
provide the product/service to IHS, Tribal, and Urban (I/T/U) programs, 
the Office of Preventive and Clinical Services' (OCPS) program 
divisions (i.e., Behavioral Health (BH), Health Promotion/Disease 
Prevention (HP/DP), Nursing, and Dental) have developed a centralized 
program database of Best/Promising Practices and Local Efforts (BPPPLE) 
and resources. The purpose of this collection is to develop a database 
of BPPPLE and resources to be published on the IHS.gov Web site which 
will be a resource for program evaluation and for modeling examples of 
various health care projects occurring in AI/AN communities.
    All information submitted is on a voluntary basis; no legal 
requirement exists for collection of this information. The information 
collected will enable the Director's Three Initiative program to: (a) 
Identify evidence based approaches to prevention programs among the I/
T/Us when no system is currently in place, and (b) Allow the program 
managers to review BPPPLE occurring among the I/T/Us when considering 
program planning for their communities.
    Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: I/T/U programs' 
staff. The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Number of respondents, Responses per respondent, Average burden hour 
per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).

                                             Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
          Data collection instrument(s)              Number of    Responses  per    burden hour    Total annual
                                                    respondents      respondent    per response    burden hours
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IHS Sharing What Works--BPPPLE Form (OMB Form                100               1           20/60            33.3
 No. 0917-0034).................................
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    Total.......................................             100  ..............  ..............            33.3
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request 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.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed 
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Tamara Clay, IHS Reports Clearance 
Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1627; 
call non-toll free (301) 443-4750; send via facsimile to (301) 443-
9879; or send your email requests, comments, and return address to: 
[email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 24, 2012.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-21380 Filed 8-29-12; 8:45 a.m.]
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