[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44134-44135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17642]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; 30-day Comment Request: Financial
Sustainability of Human Tissue Biobanking (NCI)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve the information collection listed below. This
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal
Register on May 7, 2013, Vol. 78, p. 26639 and allowed 60-days for
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to,
an information collection that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974,
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days
of the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the
proposed project contact: Jim Vaught, Chief, Biorepositories and
Biospecimen Research Branch, Cancer Diagnosis Program, 9609 Medical
Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free number 240-276-
5716 or Email your request, including your address to:
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in writing.
Proposed Collection: Financial Sustainability of Human Tissue
Biobanking, 0925-NEW, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this web-
based survey is to collect information regarding the challenges that
human tissue biobanks encounter in achieving financially sustainable
operations. The information will be used to assist the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) in strategizing program plans to provide increased and
tailored support for national and international biobanks. The survey
will collect a combination of structured, quantitative, and free-text
descriptive data that characterize the type and maturity of respondent
biobanks, their sources of funding, and their usage of funding in
conducting operations. The survey will also collect information
describing the difficulties in maintaining funding sources and
establishing new ones. Finally, the survey will elicit descriptions of
techniques used to overcome the difficulties.
It is expected that the information generated by this survey will
be used to inform published guidance to biobanks regarding the
financial hazards to sustained operations and the means by which these
hazards can be avoided or overcome.
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OMB approval is requested for 1 year. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 822.
Estimates of 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 hours
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Biobanks (Private Sector)................... 548 1 90/60 822
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Dated: July 17, 2013.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2013-17642 Filed 7-22-13; 8:45 am]
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