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monitoring. An important purpose of 

the survey is to help the federal 

government implement a blood safety 

public health monitoring system. The 

survey will be mailed to approximately 

3000 institutions that include hospitals, 

blood collection facilities, and cord 

blood banks selected from the American 

Hospital Association annual survey 

database and AABB member list of 

blood collection facilities, respectively. 

The maximum length of the instrument 

will be approximately 20–21 pages and 

the estimated number of data elements 

will be 200 to 300. The survey will 

include general questions about the 

institution, questions about blood 

collection, processing, and testing, 

blood transfusion, special procedures 

and product disposition, cellular 

therapy products, and human tissue. 

The 2007 NBCUS will also include 

additional questions on issues of 

biovigilance patient safety monitoring. 

Facilities will be surveyed regarding 

their 2006 calendar year activities. A 

toll-free hotline service for survey 

inquiries will be made available. 

Follow-up procedures will be in place 

to address survey non-responders. 

Following data collection, statistical 

tabulations of results for each question 

will be performed. The survey data will 

be analyzed by institution type, services 

provided, USPHS region, etc. A final 

comprehensive report on blood 

collection and transfusion-related 

activities in the United States will be 

issued for publication by HHS. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

3000. 

Total Annual Responses: 3000. 

Average Burden Per Response: 3 

hours. 

Total Annual Hours: 9000. 

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 

received within 30 days of this notice 

directly to the Desk Officer at the 

address below: 

OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, 

OMB Human Resources and Housing 

Branch, Attention: (OMB #0990–New), 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: March 29, 2007. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0220] 

Thirty-Day Notice 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary. 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

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 collection 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: Extension. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Voluntary Academic and Industry 

Partner Surveys to Implement Executive 

Order 12862 and 5 U.S.C 305 for the 

Dept. of Health and Human Services. 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–0220. 

Use: The Office of Acquisition 

Management Policy (OAMP) under the 

Assistant Secretary for Administration 

and Management (ASAM) and the 

Office of Grants (OG) under the 

Assistant Secretary for Resources and 

Technology (ASRT), Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) request that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) extend its existing approval 

under Clearance No. 0990–0220 for HHS 

to undertake voluntary surveys of HHS 

partners in academia and industry (e.g., 

Principal Investigators, business offices, 

and vendors) through January 31, 2010. 

To comply with Executive Order 12862, 

Setting Customer Service Standards (the 

EO), HHS again plans to systematically 

survey its grant recipients and 

contractors to compile their evaluations 

of the Department’s grants and 

procurement processes, and to improve 

the way we conduct business with 

them. 

These voluntary surveys will continue 

to be a collaborative effort, with OAMP 

and OG providing leadership, oversight, 

and a methodology; and the HHS 

Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) 

conducting the surveys for their own 

operations. Each OPDIV will conduct 

web-based surveys of its partners to 

obtain feedback for improving business 

processes. The grant recipients and 

contractors to be surveyed are 

sufficiently familiar with the 

Department and its OPDIVs to make this 

feedback extremely useful. These 

surveys will give OAMP, OG, and each 

of the OPDIVs an opportunity to 

understand and evaluate grant and 

procurement quality standards, as well 

as to incorporate best industry or public 

sector standards into OPDIV practices. 

Frequency: Reporting every 3 years. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal 

Government. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

2133. 

Total Annual Responses: 2133. 

Average Burden Per Response: 10.75 

minutes. 

Total Annual Hours: 382. 

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 

received within 30 days of this notice 

directly to the Desk Officer at the 

address below: 

OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, 

OMB Human Resources and Housing 

Branch, Attention: (OMB #0990–New), 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: March 29, 2007. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

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