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(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(ii) evaluate 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; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(iv) minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, GSA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that GSA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for GSA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments. 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by GSA, 

be sure to identify the ICR title on the 

first page of your response. You may 

also provide the Federal Register 

citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Title: Data.gov Information Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 3090–0284. 

Abstract: Data.gov is inspired by the 

President’s program for ‘‘Open 

Government’’ and ‘‘Transparency’’. In 

response to the President’s direction to 

improve the transparency of 

government, the Federal Chief 

Information Officer (CIO) Council has 

created a Web site/portal that improves 

public access to a wide variety of U.S. 

Government data. Data.gov is a publicfriendly Web site that provides 

descriptions of the federal datasets, 

information on how to access the 

datasets, points of contact information, 

metadata information, and links to 

publicly accessible applications that 

leverage the datasets. This information 

collection request for a generic 

clearance is a replacement of the 

emergency ICR approved by OMB. It is 

being submitted in order to fulfill the 

public feedback aspects of this 

important initiative. Data.gov visitors 

will be provided opportunities to 

provide feedback and ratings in the 

spirit of the President’s open 

government and transparency initiative. 

Examples of feedback mechanisms are: 

(1) A five-star rating and text 

‘‘Comment on this Data’’ field to give 

visitors information about which 

datasets other visitors found most useful 

and interesting on the Data.gov 

webpage, 

(2) A ‘‘Suggest Other Datasets’’ entry 

page for the public to submit ideas for 

datasets with an optional contact e-mail 

address provided for those visitors 

wishing to identify themselves, 

(3) A field for visitors to rank datasets 

suggested by other visitors at an 

estimated annual burden of 17 hours, 

(4) A ‘‘Contact Us’’ entry page with an 

optional contact e-mail address for those 

visitors wishing to identify themselves, 

(5) A Collaborative Work 

Environment using wiki web pages and 

e-mail discussion forum, 

(6) Pages for visitors to advise how 

they leverage the datasets in new and 

different ways to build applications, 

conduct analysis, and perform research, 

(7) Pages for visitors to rate the benefit 

of the reported new solutions, etc. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average up to 400 hours per 

year. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The estimated annual burden request 

is summarized here: 

Affected entities: Visitors to Data.gov. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 16,200. 

Estimated total number of potential 

responses: 16,200. 

Frequency of response: Occasionally. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

400 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: No cost 

to the public; no additional government 

resources. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

GSA did not receive comments to its 

first Federal Register notice 74 FR 

29211–29212, June 19, 2009. The final 

ICR package is being submitted to OMB 

for review and approval pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv). The purpose of 

this Federal Register notice is to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and to provide the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. If 

you have any questions about this ICR 

or the approval process, please contact 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite Data.gov, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: October 5, 2009. 

Casey Colemen, 

Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0326] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 60–Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

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 a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 


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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. To obtain copies of 

the supporting statement and any 

related forms for the proposed 

paperwork collections referenced above, 

e-mail your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and OS document identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: The Hospital 

Preparedness Program—Revision-OMB 

No. 0990–0326–OS—Assistant Secretary 

for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). 

Abstract: The Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response (ASPR), Division of 

Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) 

and the State and Local Initiative— 

Program Evaluation Section (SLI-PES), 

is proposing a Web-based reporting 

system to gather critical information and 

data from the 62 Awardees participating 

in the National Bioterrorism Hospital 

Preparedness Program (NBHPP). The 

reporting system will capture 

information related on performance 

measures, critical benchmarks, minimal 

levels of readiness, program statistics, 

policies and procedures, surge capacity 

elements, surge capacity as measured by 

exercises, and other pertinent 

information for programmatic fiscal 

management, improvement and tracking 

performance. The data submitted to HPP 

will be gathered for mid-year reports 

and end of year reports on annual 

activities and progress. 

Awardees will indicate the progress 

made toward each of the financial and 

programmatic objectives noted on their 

cooperative agreement application 

(CAA) on the mid-year progress report. 

The end of year report on annual 

activities will require Awardees to 

provide additional details on objective 

achievement and budget/fiscal 

management. The end of year report 

will also require Awardees to present 

improvements made toward achieving 

the program’s critical benchmarks. 

In addition, the reporting will 

increase ASPR’s ability to quickly and 

efficiently analyze data, identify trends, 

make timely program decisions, and 

provide the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Congress, and 

other Operating Divisions with data and 

information. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms 

(if necessary) 

Type of 

respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Form is Web-based interface .............................................. Mid-Year 

Report 

62 1 2 124 

Form is Web-based interface .............................................. Final Report 62 1 16 992 

Total .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,116 

Seleda Perryman, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Human Research Protections 

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and 

Science, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

U.S.C. Appendix 2, notice is hereby 

given that the Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research 

Protections (SACHRP) will hold its 

twenty-first meeting. The meeting will 

be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 from 8:30 

a.m. until 5 p.m. and Wednesday, 

October 28, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. until 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Sheraton National 

Hotel, 900 South Orme Street, 

Arlington, Virginia 22204. Phone: 703– 

521–1900. 

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Menikoff, M.D., J.D., Director, Office for 

Human Research Protections (OHRP), or 

Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive Director, 

SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852; 240–453–8141; fax: 

240–453–6909; e-mail address: 

sachrp@osophs.dhhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 

of the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended, SACHRP was established to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Assistant Secretary for Health on issues 

and topics pertaining to or associated 

with the protection of human research 

subjects. 

On October 27, 2009, the Committee 

will be briefed on harmonization efforts 

undertaken by the National Institutes of 

Health and discuss possible 

implications for future SACHRP 

committee work. Following this, Dr. 

Marjorie Speers will present and discuss 

the Association for the Accreditation of 

Human Research Protection Programs’ 

recently revised standards for 

accreditation. The day will conclude 

with a report from the Subpart A 

Subcommittee focusing on issues 

surrounding consent for future use of 

specimens or data; this subcommittee is 

charged with developing 

recommendations for consideration by 

SACHRP about the application of 

subpart A of 45 CFR part 46 in the 

current research environment. This 

subcommittee was established by 

SACHRP at its October 4–5, 2006 

meeting. 

On October 28, 2009, SACHRP will 

hear remarks from the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Dr. Howard Koh. 

This will be followed by a panel 

presentation focusing on types of 

informed consent tools and mechanisms 


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