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its 42 topic areas. Healthy People 2020 

reflects assessments of major risks to 

health and wellness, changing public 

health priorities, and emerging issues 

related to our nation’s health, 

preparedness, and prevention. 

Public Participation at Meeting: 

Members of the public are invited to 

listen to the online Committee meeting. 

There will be no opportunity for oral 

public comments during the online 

Committee meeting. Written comments, 

however, can be e-mailed to 

healthypeople@nhic.org. 

To listen to the Committee meeting, 

individuals must pre-register to attend 

at the Healthy People Web site located 

at http://www.healthypeople.gov. 

Participation in the meeting is limited. 

Registrations will be accepted until 

maximum WebEx capacity is reached 

and must be completed by 9 a.m. EDT 

on April 12, 2011. A waiting list will be 

maintained should registrations exceed 

WebEx capacity. Individuals on the 

waiting list will be contacted as 

additional space for the meeting 

becomes available. 

Registration questions may be 

directed to Hilary Scherer at 

HP2020@norc.org (e-mail), (301) 634– 

9374 (phone) or (301) 634–9301 (fax). 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

Carter Blakey, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7074 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on January 12th, 2011 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. 

One comment was received. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) re-approve generic pre-testing 

clearance 0935–0124 for three years to 

facilitate AHRQ’s efforts to (1) Employ 

evaluation-type methods and techniques 

to improve AHRQ’s current data 

collection and estimation procedures, 

(2) develop new collections and 

procedures, including toolkits, and (3) 

revise existing collections and 

procedures. AHRQ uses techniques to 

simplify data collection and estimation 

procedures, reduce respondent burden, 

and improve efficiencies to meet the 

needs of individuals and small business 

respondents who may have reduced 

budgets and staff. AHRQ believes that 

developing, testing, and evaluating data 

collection and estimation procedures 

using survey methods and other 

techniques in anticipation of agencysponsored studies can improve its 

information collection efforts and the 

products it develops and allow AHRQ to 

be more responsive to fast-changing 

developments in the healthcare research 

field. 

This clearance request is limited to 

research on data collection, toolkit 

development, and estimation 

procedures and reports and does not 

extend to the collection of data for 

public release or policy formation. The 

current clearance was granted on April 

3rd, 2008 and expires on April 30th, 

2011. 

This generic clearance will allow 

AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey 

instruments and other data collection 

and estimation procedures more quickly 

and with greater lead time, thereby 

managing project time more efficiently 

and improving the quality of the data 

AHRQ collects. In some instances, the 

ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data 

collection and estimation procedures in 

anticipation of work or early in a project 

may result in the decision not to 

proceed with additional activities, 

thereby saving both public and private 

resources and effectively eliminating 

respondent burden. 

Many of the tools AHRQ develops are 

made available to the private sector to 

assist in improving health care quality. 

The health and health care environment 

changes rapidly and requires a quick 

response from AHRQ to provide refined 

tools. This generic clearance will 

facilitate AHRQ’s response to this 

changing environment. 

These preliminary research activities 

will not be used by AHRQ to regulate 

or sanction its customers. They will be 

entirely voluntary and the 

confidentiality of respondents and their 

responses will be preserved. Proposed 

information collections submitted under 

this generic clearance will be reviewed 

and acted upon by OMB within 14 days 

of submission to OMB. 

Method of Collection 

The information collected through 

preliminary research activities will be 

used by AHRQ to employ techniques to 

(1) Improve AHRQ’ s current data 

collection and estimation procedures, 

(2) develop new collections and 

procedures, including toolkits, and (3) 

revise existing collections and 

procedures in anticipation or in 

response to changes in the health or 

health care field. The end result will be 

improvement in AHRQ’s data 

collections and procedures and the 

quality of data collected, a reduction or 

minimization of respondent burden, 

increased agency efficiency, and 

improved responsiveness to the public. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden 

hours, over the full 3 years of this 

clearance, for the respondents’ time to 

participate in the research activities that 

may be conducted under this generic 

clearance. Mail surveys will be 

conducted with about 6,000 persons 

(2,000 per year for 3 years) and are 

estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail 

surveys may also be sent to respondents 


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via e-mail, and may include a telephone 

non-response follow-up. Telephone 

non-response follow-up for mailed 

surveys is not counted as a telephone 

survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600 

persons, over 3 years, will participate in 

telephone surveys that will take about 

40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be 

conducted with no more than 3,000 

persons and will require no more than 

10 minutes to complete. About 1,500 

persons will participate in focus groups 

which may last up to two hours, while 

in-person interviews will be conducted 

with 600 persons and will take about 1 

hour. Automated data collection will be 

conducted for about 1,500 persons and 

could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive 

testing will be conducted with about 

600 persons and is estimated to take 1⁄2; 

hours to complete. The total burden 

over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900 

hours (about 2,967 hours per year). 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost 

burden over 3 years, based on the 

respondent’s time to participate in these 

research activities. The total cost burden 

is estimated to be $298,239. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS

Type of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Mail/e-mail * .............................................................................................. 6,000 1 20/60 2,000 

Telephone ................................................................................................ 600 1 40/60 400 

Web-based ............................................................................................... 3,000 1 10/60 500 

Focus Groups .......................................................................................... 1,500 1 2.0 3,000 

In-person .................................................................................................. 600 1 1.0 600 

Automated ** ............................................................................................ 1,500 1 1.0 1,500 

Cognitive Testing *** ................................................................................ 600 1 1.5 900 

Totals ................................................................................................ 13,800 na na 8,900 

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change. 

** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies. 

*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites. 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS

Type of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average wage 

rate * 

Total cost 

burden 

Mail/e-mail ................................................................................................ 6,000 2,000 $33.51 $67,020 

Telephone ................................................................................................ 600 400 33.51 13,404 

Web-based ............................................................................................... 3,000 500 33.51 16,755 

Focus Groups .......................................................................................... 1,500 3,000 33.51 100,530

In-person .................................................................................................. 600 600 33.51 20,106

Automated ................................................................................................ 1,500 1,500 33.51 50,265 

Cognitive Testing ..................................................................................... 600 900 33.51 30,159 

Totals ................................................................................................ 13,800 8,900 na 298,239 

* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

Information collections conducted 

under this generic clearance will in 

some cases be carried out under 

contract. Assuming four data collections 

per year (either mail/e-mail, telephone, 

Web-based or in-person) at an average 

cost of $150,000 each, and two focus 

groups, automated data collections or 

lab experiments at an average cost of 

$20,000 each, total contract costs could 

be $640,000 per year. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ healthcare research and 

healthcare information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6855 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 


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