[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19884]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request Generic Clearance for
Satisfaction Surveys of Customers (CSR)
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 Center for
Scientific Review (CSR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget 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, contact Dr. Mary Ann
Guadagno, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Room 3182, 6701 Rockledge
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number 301-435-1251 or
email your request, including your address to: [email protected].
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested
in writing.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days
of the date of publication of the notice.
Proposed Collection: Generic Clearance for Satisfaction Surveys of
Customers (CSR), Extension--0925-0474--expiration date 10/31/2014,
Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: We will continue to collect
information in surveys for use by the Center for Scientific Review
management and personnel: (1) To assess the quality of the modified
operations and processes now used by CSR to review grant applications;
(2) To assess the quality of service provided by CSR to our customers;
(3) To enable identification of the most promising biomedical research
that will have the greatest impact on improving public health by using
a peer review process that is fair, unbiased from outside influence,
timely, and (4) To develop new modes of operation based on customer
need and customer feedback about the efficacy of implemented
modifications. These surveys, which will be both quantitative and
qualitative, are designed to assess the quality of services we provide
to our major external customers. Customers include the research
scientists who submit applications for grant funding to NIH. Those
grant applications are reviewed and ranked by the grant scientific peer
review study groups' members and chairs. These surveys will almost
certainly lead to quality improvement activities that will enhance and/
or streamline CSR's operations. Our voluntary partners include current
grant scientific peer review study groups' members and chairs.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 4,263.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondent (in hours) burden hour
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Adult scientific professionals (via Mail/ 7,925 1 30/60 3,963
Telephone/Internet)............................
Adult scientific professional (via focus groups) 200 1 90/60 300
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Dated: August 15, 2014.
Mary Ann Guadagno,
Project Clearance Liaison, Center for Scientific Review, National
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-19884 Filed 8-20-14; 8:45 am]
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