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[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 77249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28120]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection, Regular;
    Title of Information Collection: Prevention Communication Formative 
Research;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-New;
    Use: This information will be used as formative research to develop 
messages and materials in support of the development of disease 
prevention and health promotion information, including the 2005 Dietary 
Guidelines. It is necessary to obtain consumer input to better 
understand the information needs, attitudes and beliefs of the audience 
in order to tailor messages, as well as to assist with clarity, 
understandability and acceptance of prototyped messages and materials. 
This generic clearance request describes data collection activities 
involving a limited set of consumer interviews, focus groups, Web 
concept testing, and usability and effects testing of prevention 
content.
    Frequency: Reporting and on occasion;
    Affected Public: Individuals or households;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 871;
    Total Annual Responses: 871;
    Average Burden Per Response: 2.4;
    Total Annual Hours: 2,100;
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 60 days of this notice directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: Department of Health and 
Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 
Budget, Technology, and Finance, Office of Information and Resource 
Management, Attention: Naomi Cook (0990-New), Room 531-H, 200 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.

    Dated: December 15, 2004.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-28120 Filed 12-23-04; 8:45 am]
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