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Proposed Project 

Pilot Study of Proposed Medical Office 

Surveys on Patient Safety 

This activity is an expansion and 

refinement of AHRQ’s Hospital Survey 

on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) 

which was developed and released to 

the public for use in November 2004. 

Two new surveys are proposed to assess 

patient safety culture in outpatient 

medical office settings: One for 

clinicians (physicians, physician 

assistants, and nurse practitioners who 

diagnose, prescribe for, and treat 

patients) and one for medical office staff 

(all other non-clinician staff). The 

proposed new surveys will be based on 

the HSOPSC but also contain new and 

revised items as well as dimensions that 

are more applicable to the outpatient 

medical office setting. The two 

proposed surveys will contain some 

items that are the same and some item 

that are unique to each survey. 

The instruments will be pilot tested 

with clinicians and staff working in 97 

outpatient medical offices. The data 

collected will be analyzed to determine 

the psychometric properties of each 

survey’s items and dimensions and 

provide information for the revision and 

shortening of the final surveys based on 

an assessment of their reliability and 

construct validity. The final surveys 

will be made publicly available to 

enable outpatient medical offices to 

assess patient safety culture from the 

perspectives of their clinicians and staff. 

The surveys can be used by outpatient 

medical offices to identify areas for 

patient safety culture improvement. 

Methods of Collection 

A purposive sample of 97 outpatient 

medical offices will be recruited and 

selected. These medical offices will 

represent a distribution of singlespecialty offices (of various types) and 

multi-specialty offices, and will vary by 

office size (based on number of 

physicians in the office), as well as 

geographic region of the United States. 

Recruited medical offices will be 

allocated to each category in numbers 

roughly proportionate to the national 

distribution of offices in each category. 

All clinicians in each medical office 

will be asked to respond to the clinician 

survey and all other non-clinician staff 

will be asked to complete the medical 

office staff survey. Since not all medical 

office staff have access to email or the 

internet, paper surveys will be 

administered. Standard non-response 

follow-up techniques such as reminder 

postcards and distribution of a second 

survey will be used. Individuals and 

organizations contacted will be assured 

of the confidentiality of their replies 

under Section 924(c) of the Healthcare 

Research and Quality Act of 1999. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Paper surveys will be distributed to a 

total of approximately 2,340 individuals 

from 97 medical offices (about 592 

clinicians and 1,748 medical office 

staff), with a target response rate of 

70%, or 1,638 completed surveys (414 

completed clinician surveys and 1,224 

medical office staff surveys). 

Respondents should take approximately 

15 minutes to complete either survey. 

Therefore, we estimate that the total 

respondent burden for completing the 

survey will be 410 hours (414 

completed clinician surveys multiplied 

by 0.25 hours per survey or 104 hours; 

and 1,224 completed medical office staff 

surveys multiplied by 0.25 hours per 

survey or 306 hours). 

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Estimated time 

per respondent (hours) 

Estimated total 

respondent 

burden hours 

Clinicians .......................................................................................................... 414 1 0.25 104 

Medical office staff ........................................................................................... 1,224 1 0.25 306

Total .......................................................................................................... 1,638 ........................ ........................ 410 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The total cost to the Government for 

developing the clinician survey is 

approximately $257,000, and for the 

medical office staff survey is 

approximately $268,000. These 

estimates include the costs of 

background literature reviews, survey 

development, cognitive testing, pilot 

data collection, data analysis, and 

preparation of final deliverables and 

reports. 

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: November 21, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–9548 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: National Directory of New 

Hires. 

OMB No.: 0970–0166. 

Description: Public Law 104–193, the 

‘‘Personal Responsibility and Work 

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

1996,’’ requires the Office of Child 

Support Enforcement (OCSE) to operate 

a National Directory of New Hires 

(NDNH) to improve the ability of State 

child support enforcement agencies to 

locate noncustodial parents and collect 

child support across State lines. The law 

requires employers to report newly 

hired employees to States. States are 

then required to periodically transmit 

new hire data received from employers 

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unemployment compensation claims 

data to the NDNH on a quarterly basis. 

Federal agencies are required to report 

new hires and quarterly wage data 

directly to the NDNH. All data is 

transmitted to the NDNH electronically. 

Respondents: Employers, State Child 

Support Enforcement Agencies, State 

Workforce Agencies, Federal Agencies. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of responses per respondent Average burden 

hours per response 

Total burden 

hours 

New Hire: Employers Reporting Manually ................................................... 5,166,000 3 .484 .025 449,959 

New Hire: Employers Reporting Electronically ............................................ 1,134,000 33 .272 .00028 10,565 

New Hire: States .......................................................................................... 54 83 .333 66 .7 300,150 

Quarterly Wage & Unemployment Compensation ...................................... 54 8 .033 14 

Multistate Employers’ Notification Form ...................................................... 2,808 1 .050 140 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ................................................ ........................ .......................... .......................... 760,828 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9539 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

President’s Committee for People With 

Intellectual Disabilities: Notice of 

Quarterly Meeting 

AGENCY: President’s Committee for 

People With Intellectual Disabilities 

(PCPID), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of quarterly meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, December 7, 2006, from 3 

p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

The full committee meeting of the 

President’s Committee for People with 

Intellectual Disabilities will be 

conducted by telephone conference call 

and will be open to the public. Anyone 

interested in participating in the 

conference call should advise Ericka 

Alston at 202–619–0634, no later than 

December 6, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The conference call may be 

accessed by dialing, U.S. toll free, 888–

795–2173, passcode DECEMBER2006 on 

the date and time indicated. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice 

is hereby given that the President’s 

Committee for People with Intellectual 

Disabilities will hold its quarterly 

meeting by telephone conference call. 

The conference call will be open to the 

public to listen, with call-ins limited to 

the number of telephone lines available. 

Individuals who plan to call in and 

need special assistance, such as TTY, 

assistive listening devices, or materials 

in alternative format, should inform 

Ericka Alston, Executive Assistant, 

President’s Committee for People with 

Intellectual Disabilities, Telephone—

202–619–0634, Fax—202–205–9519, Email: ealston@acf.hhs.gov, no later than 

December 6, 2006. Efforts will be made 

to meet special requests received after 

that date, but availability of special 

needs accommodations to respond to 

these requests cannot be guaranteed. 

Agenda: Committee members will 

hear from Ms. Madeleine Will, Vice 

President of Public Policy and Director 

of the National Policy Center at the 

National Down Syndrome Society. Ms. 

Will will speak about her personal and 

professional perspective on the barriers 

facing people with intellectual 

disabilities throughout the lifespan, and 

how the Committee can work in 

conjunction with President Bush’s New 

Freedom Initiative to tear down those 

barriers. The Committee will also hear 

from Mr. Mark Gross, designated 

representative of the Ex officio member 

from the U.S. Department of Justice, 

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. 

Mr. Gross will brief the Committee on 

the programs and services in the Justice 

Department for people with intellectual 

disabilities. The Committee will then 

hear reports from the various 

subcommittees regarding their current 

projects and goals. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Sally Atwater, Executive 

Director, President’s Committee for 

People with Intellectual Disabilities, 

Aerospace Center Office Building, Suite 

701, 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Telephone—(202) 619–0634, 

Fax—(202) 205–9519, E-mail: 

satwater@acf.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

PCPID acts in an advisory capacity to 

the President and the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services on a broad 

range of topics relating to programs, 

services and supports for persons with 

intellectual disabilities. The Committee, 

by Executive Order, is responsible for 

evaluating the adequacy of current 

practices in programs, services and 

supports for persons with intellectual 

disabilities, and for reviewing legislative 

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