[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34759-34760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16884]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. Voluntary Customer Surveys to Implement Executive Order 12862 in 
the Public Health Service--Extension--0937-0201--The Public Health 
Service is conducting numerous customer-related surveys under this 
approved collection of information. Activities for which an extension 
of OMB approval will be requested are as follows:
    (A) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will survey physicians 
and allied health professionals on their satisfaction with the FDA 
Medical Bulletin. An estimated 1,200 annual respondents will spend ten 
minutes per response for a total annual burden of 200 hours.
    (B) The Center for Disease Control (CDC) will survey users of the 
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Internet Homepage to 
assess user satisfaction with the Internet site. An estimated 5,400 
annual respondents will spend seven minutes per response for a total 
annual burden of 630 hours.
    (C) The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) is 
conducting a customer satisfaction survey of the recipients of AHCPR 
publications. On average, there will be 12,300 annual respondents at 
ten minutes per response for a total annual burden of 2,050 hours.
    (D) AHCPR is conducting surveys of customer opinions on the 
information offered through the AHCPR Web Site. An estimated 600 annual 
respondents will spend eight minutes per response for a total annual 
burden of 80 hours.
    (E) AHCPR will conduct surveys of the customers of the HCPR 
Publications Clearinghouse to measure customer perception of service 
quality. An estimated 8,000 annual respondents will spend two minutes 
per response for a total annual burden of 267 hours.
    (F) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will conduct an online 
survey of its World Wide Web site customers to determine user 
satisfaction with the content and format of the site. 500 respondents 
will spend three minutes per response for a total burden of 25 hours.
    (G) NLM will conduct a survey of the users of its Reference and 
MEDLARS telephone service desks to assess customer satisfaction with 
the individual interactions they have had with the customer service 
desk staff. Roughly 413 respondents will spend three minutes per 
response for a total burden of 21 hours.
    (H) The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) International Cancer 
Information Center is surveying Information Associates Program members 
to determine user satisfaction with NCI's cancer information products. 
1,000 respondents will spend 18 minutes per response for a total burden 
of 300 hours.
    (I) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is conducting a survey 
of research grant applicants to determine their satisfaction with the 
grant application and review process. Approximately 2,215 respondents 
will spend 30 minutes per response for a total burden of 1,108 hours.
    (J) The Smoke Free Kids Campaign in the Office of Public Health and 
Science (OPHS) is conducting an on-line customer feedback survey 
pertaining to products and information offered by the Web site. An 
estimated 5,000 annual respondents (Web site visitors who order a 
product) will spend 1.5 minutes per response for a total annual burden 
of 125 hours. The total estimated burden for all projects is 4,805 
hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained

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by calling the OS Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6207. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated above at the 
following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 
17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue S.W., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: June 19, 1997.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 97-16884 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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