[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11656-11657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03624]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps Site Retention
Assessment Questionnaire (OMB )--New
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) provides health
professionals with loan repayment and scholarships in return for their
service to underserved areas. The NHSC's mission is to improve access
to primary care, which is supported by clinicians who remain in their
sites well beyond their contracted periods of service. However, many
sites are unaware of their influence and impact on clinician retention
levels. The purpose of this project is to gather survey information
from administrative officials at NHSC-approved sites that will guide
NHSC initiatives and assist sites in improving their retention
outcomes. The survey will ask site administrators to rate: (1) How
difficult it is to retain clinicians; (2) their general attitudes about
the feasibility of good retention and awareness of its principles; (3)
their practices' current approaches to promoting retention; (4) various
aspects of their practices' organizational culture and administrative
style; and (5) their sites' interest in and preferred ways of learning
how to bolster retention. Survey data will be gathered anonymously and
presented in-aggregate, to promote administrators' participation and
full disclosure.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent Total responses response hours
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NHSC Site Retention Assessment Questionnaire....................... 7,000 1 7,000 0.507 3,549
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Email comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Dated: February 8, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-03624 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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