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compensation levels of management 

and/or support staff among companies 

of different sizes. Although financial, 

marketing, legal, and clerical personnel 

may be involved in the information 

collection process, FTC staff has 

assumed that mid-management 

personnel and outside legal counsel will 

handle most of the tasks involved in 

gathering and producing responsive 

information, and has applied an average 

rate of $250/hour for their labor. FTC 

staff anticipates that the labor costs per 

company will range between $55,000 

(220 hours x $250/hour) and $100,000 

(400 hours x $250/hour). Nonetheless, 

as a conservative measure, staff 

estimates that the total labor costs per 

company will be $100,000. 

FTC staff believes that the capital or 

other non-labor costs associated with 

the information requests are minimal. 

Although the information requests may 

require industry members to maintain 

the requested information the 

Commission seeks, they should already 

have in place the means to compile and 

maintain it. 

John D. Graubert, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E6–17790 Filed 10–23–06; 8:45 am] 

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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, HHS. 

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 

eleventh meeting. The meeting will be 

open to the public. Due to unanticipated 

issues during preparation for the 

November meeting of SACHRP, this 

notice will not meet the 15-day 

requirement for publication in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 2, 2006 from 8:30 

a.m. until 3 p.m. and Friday, November 

3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Sheraton National 

Hotel, 900 South Orme Street, 

Arlington, VA, 22204. Phone: (703) 521– 

1900. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernard Schwetz, D.V.M., Ph.D., 

Director, Office for Human Research 

Protections (OHRP), or Catherine 

Slatinshek, Executive Director, 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Human Research Protections; 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 

200, Rockville, MD 20852; (240) 453– 

8139; 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 November 2, 2006, SACHRP will 

receive and discuss updated 

information and a report from the 

Subpart A Subcommittee and issues 

involving 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, 2004 meeting. 

On November 3, 2006, the Committee 

will discuss future topics and issues 

that will be considered by the 

Subcommittee on Research Involving 

Individuals with Impaired DecisionMaking Capacity. This subcommittee 

was established by SACHRP at its July 

31–August 1, 2006 meeting. In addition, 

the Committee will hear presentations 

and invite discussions from several 

representatives on a panel on issues 

related to research involving subjects 

with impaired decision-making 

capacity. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. Individuals 

who plan to attend the meeting and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the designated contact persons. 

Members of the public will have the 

opportunity to provide comments on 

both days of the meeting. Public 

comment will be limited to five minutes 

per speaker. Any members of the public 

who wish to have printed materials 

distributed to SACHRP members for this 

scheduled meeting should submit 

materials to the Executive Director, 

SACHRP, prior to the close of business 

Friday, October 27, 2006. Information 

about SACHRP and the draft meeting 

agenda will be posted on the SACHRP 

Web site at: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/ 

sachrp/index.html. 

Dated: October 18, 2006. 

Catherine Slatinshek, 

Executive Director, Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research Protections. 

[FR Doc. E6–17743 Filed 10–23–06; 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, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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) allow the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Evaluation of the Implementation and 

Impact of Pay-for-Quality Programs.’’ In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ 

invites the public to comment on this 

proposed information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 26, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room # 5036, Rockville, 

MD 20850. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

‘‘Evaluation of the Implementation 

and Impact of Pay-for-Quality (P4Q) 

Programs.’’ 

The P4Q Evaluation is a multi-method 

research project designed to evaluate the 

implementation and impact of P4Q 

programs on physicians across three 

programs operating in health care safety 

net settings. The P4Q programs 

participating in the evaluation are 

offering their health care providers 

financial incentives to achieve 

predefined quality targets. Data 

collected as part of this evaluation will 

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payers and providers regarding the 

value and challenges of P4Q programs 

in safety net settings. The P4Q 

evaluation is designed to assess whether 

P4Q programs in such settings appear to 

improve quality on the measures that 

are the focus of the programs and also 

whether the programs lead to 

unintended consequences. the P4Q 

evaluation will also seek to identify 

design and implementation practices 

that are likely to increase as well as 

decrease the risks of negative outcomes 

resulting from the implementation of 

P4Q programs in safety net settings. 

Data collection in the P4Q evaluation 

will be approved by the Boston 

University’s Medical Campus 

Institutional Review Board. It will be 

conducted in accordance with the 

Health Insurance Protection and 

Portability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule 

and with the Protection of Human 

Subjects regulations, 45 CFR part 46. In 

addition, the identifiable data collected 

in this study about provider 

organizations and individuals will only 

be used for the above-stated purposes 

and will be protected in accordance 

with the AHRQ confidentiality statute, 

section 934(c) of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c–3(c)). 

Methods of Collection 

The evaluation will use several 

methods to examine P4Q programs in 

safety net settings, including a survey 

and key informant interviews. Survey 

data will be obtained from physicians 

participating in P4Q programs using a 

confidential mailed questionnaire. The 

key informant interviews will consist of 

35-minute semi-structured interviews 

with physician organization executives, 

practice leaders, physicians, and other 

senior managers in each study setting 

regarding program design, 

implementation, and impact. The 

research project investigators will 

interview up to six informants at each 

site. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

The table below indicates that total 

time burden required to obtain all of the 

data required to meet the study’s 

objectives. It does not include time 

required to analyze the data and prepare 

it for reporting and publication. 

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Estimated time per 

respondent 

(hours) 

Estimated total 

burden 

(hours) 

Estimated annual cost to the 

government 

Physicians ............................. 216 1 0.25 hours (15 minutes) ....... 54 $5,322.12 to cover costs of 

responding to survey. 

Practice executives and other 

senior managers.

24 1 0.58 hours (35 minutes) ....... 14 $841.35 to cover costs of 

participating in in-person 

interviews. 

Total ............................... ........................ ........................ ............................................... 68 $6,163.47 

Estimated Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The total cost to the government for 

this activity is estimated to be $193,941. 

This funding will be used to support 

survey administration costs, salary and 

fringe benefits for the research team 

relating to the design and 

administration of the survey and 

informant interviews, and costs for two 

members of the research team to travel 

to each site for the informant interviews. 

The project will attempt to minimize 

burden to physician survey respondents 

by distributing surveys at medical staff 

meetings. 

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 health care research and health 

care 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: October 10, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–8831 Filed 10–23–06; 8:45am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–72, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 71 FR 50065, dated 

August 24, 2006) is amended to reflect 

the establishment of the Statistical 

Support Most Efficient Organization 

within the Division of Surveillance, 

Hazard Evaluation, and Field Studies, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Delete in its entirety the functional 

statement for the Division of 

Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation, and 

Field Studies (CCK) and insert the 

following: (1) Develops and maintains a 

surveillance system of the Nation’s work 

force and its environs to make an early 

detection and continuous assessment of 

the magnitude and extent of job-related 

illness, exposures, and hazardous 

agents; (2) conducts the legislatively 

mandated health hazard evaluation and 

industry-wide epidemiological research 

programs through longitudinal record 

studies and clinical/environmental field 

studies and surveys to identify the 

occupational causes of disease in the 

working population and their offspring, 

and to determine the incidence and 

prevalence of acute and chronic effects 

from work-related exposures to toxic 

and hazardous substances; (3) conducts 

epidemiological research for input to 

criteria for standards for the control of 

occupational health hazards; (4) 


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