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science response as part of the response 

to disasters. The Secretary has recently 

invited six individuals to serve as 

members of the Board due to the 

expiration of 3-year terms for six 

members on December 31, 2010. The 

new members require on-boarding and 

swearing-in. As a result of the logistics 

of scheduling the availability of the new 

members and the continuing voting 

members, as well as ASPR leadership, 

there are exceptional circumstances that 

prevent the normal 15 calendar days 

notice for this meeting. This is a special 

meeting of the Board. The next 

scheduled meeting of the Board will be 

announced in the Federal Register 

within the required timeframe 

established by the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Availability of Materials: The meeting 

agenda and materials will be posted on 

the NBSB Web site at http:// 

www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/ 

boards/nbsb/Pages/default.aspx. 

Dated: January 14, 2011. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1404 Filed 1–24–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; HIT 

Standards Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Name of Committee: HIT Standards 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on February 16, 2011, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m./Eastern Time. 

Location: TBD. For up-to-date 

information, go to the ONC Web site, 

http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office 

of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 

202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call 

the contact person for up-to-date 

information on this meeting. A notice in 

the Federal Register about last minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups, including 

the Clinical Operations, Vocabulary 

Task Force, Implementation, and 

Privacy & Security Standards 

Workgroups. ONC intends to make 

background material available to the 

public no later than two (2) business 

days prior to the meeting. If ONC is 

unable to post the background material 

on its Web site prior to the meeting, it 

will be made publicly available at the 

location of the advisory committee 

meeting, and the background material 

will be posted on ONC’s Web site after 

the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before February 10, 2011. 

Oral comments from the public will be 

scheduled between approximately 3 and 

4 p.m./Eastern Time. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes each. If the number of 

speakers requesting to comment is 

greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public hearing session, ONC will 

take written comments after the meeting 

until close of business. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact Judy 

Sparrow at least seven (7) days in 

advance of the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: January 18, 2011. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1402 Filed 1–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 

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, HHS. 

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) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Voluntary Customer Survey Generic 

Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by March 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Voluntary Customer Survey Generic 

Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality Executive Order 

12862 directs agencies that ‘‘provide 

significant services directly to the 

public’’ to ‘‘survey customers to 

determine the kind and quality of 

services they want and their level of 

satisfaction with existing services.’’ This 

is a request for the Office of 

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Management and Budget (OMB) to reapprove for an additional 3 years, under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the generic clearance for the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ) to survey the users of AHRQ’s 

work products and services, OMB 

control number 0935–0106. 

Customer surveys will be undertaken 

by AHRQ to assess its work products 

and services provided to its customers, 

to identify problem areas, and to 

determine how they can be improved. 

Surveys conducted under this generic 

clearance are not required by regulation 

and will not be used by AHRQ to 

regulate or sanction its customers. 

Surveys will be entirely voluntary, and 

information provided by respondents 

will be combined and summarized so 

that no individually identifiable 

information will be released. Proposed 

information collections submitted under 

this generic clearance will be reviewed 

and acted upon by OMB within 14 days 

of submission to OMB. 

In accordance with OMB guidelines 

for generic clearances for voluntary 

customer surveys and Executive Order 

12862, AHRQ: (1) Has established an 

independent review process to assure 

the development, implementation, and 

analysis of high quality customer 

surveys within AHRQ; (2) will provide 

periodic progress reports on the conduct 

of surveys under the generic approval, 

summarizing the actual burden; (3) will 

provide OMB with copies of the survey 

instruments for inclusion in the docket; 

and, (4) will notify OMB of any 

significant changes in proposed survey 

instruments. 

Method of Collection 

The information collected through 

focus groups and voluntary customer 

surveys will be used by AHRQ to 

identify strengths and weaknesses in 

products and services to make 

improvements that are practical and 

feasible. Information from these 

customer surveys will be used to plan 

and redirect resources and efforts to 

improve or maintain a high quality of 

service to the lay and health 

professional public. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated total 

burden hours for the respondents. Mail 

surveys are estimated to average 15 

minutes, telephone surveys 40 minutes, 

web-based surveys 10 minutes, focus 

groups two hours, and in-person 

interviews are estimated to average 50 

minutes. Mail surveys may also be sent 

to respondents via email, and may 

include a telephone non-response 

follow-up. 

Telephone non-response follow-up for 

mailed surveys does not count as a 

telephone survey. The total burden 

hours for the 3 years of the clearance is 

estimated to be 10,150 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost 

burden for the respondents. The total 

cost burden for the 3 years of the 

clearance is estimated to be $340,127. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS

Type of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Mail/e-mail* ...................................................................................................... 15,000 1 15/60 3,750 

Telephone ........................................................................................................ 600 1 40/60 400 

Web-based ....................................................................................................... 15,000 1 10/60 2,500 

Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 1,500 1 2.0 3,000

In-person .......................................................................................................... 600 1 50/60 500 

Total .......................................................................................................... 32,700 na na 10,150 

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change. 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS

Type of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate* 

Total cost 

burden 

Mail/e-mail ........................................................................................................ 15,000 3,750 $33.51 $125,663 

Telephone ........................................................................................................ 600 400 33.51 13,404 

Web-based ....................................................................................................... 15,000 2,500 33.51 83,775 

Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 1,500 3,000 33.51 100,530 

In-person .......................................................................................................... 600 500 33.51 16,755 

Total .......................................................................................................... 32,700 10,150 na 340,127 

* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

Information collections conducted 

under this generic clearance will in 

some cases be carried out under 

contract. Assuming the contract cost per 

survey are $50,000–$100,000, and for 

each focus group are $20,000, total 

contract costs could run $ 720,000 per 

year. 

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 healthcare research and 

healthcare 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 

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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: January 3, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1173 Filed 1–24–11; 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, HHS. 

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) approve the proposed 

information collection project: ‘‘The 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and Innovator Email 

Submission Guidelines.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on November 2nd, 2010 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. No 

comments were received. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and Innovator Email 

Submission Guidelines 

This request for Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) review is for renewal 

of the existing collection that is 

currently approved under OMB Control 

No. 0935–0147, AHRQ Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and AHRQ Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator Email 

Submission Guidelines, which expires 

on March 31, 2011. 

The Health Care Innovations 

Exchange provides a national-level 

information hub to foster the 

implementation and adaptation of 

innovative strategies that improve 

health care quality and reduce 

disparities in the care received by 

different populations. The Innovations 

Exchange’s target audiences, broadly 

defined, are current and potential 

change agents in the U.S. health care 

system, including clinicians (e.g., 

physicians, nurses, and other 

providers), health system 

administrators, health plan managers, 

health service purchasers, regulators, 

and policymakers from relevant Federal 

and state agencies. 

To develop the target of 150 profiles 

per year, a purposively selected group of 

approximately 167 health care 

innovations will be selected annually 

for potential consideration. These 167 

innovations will be selected to ensure 

that innovations included in the 

Innovations Exchange cover a broad 

range of health care settings, care 

processes, priority populations, and 

clinical conditions. 

The goals of the Health Care 

Innovations Exchange are to: 

(1) Identify health care service 

delivery innovations and provide a 

national level repository of searchable 

innovations and QualityTools that 

enables health care decisionmakers to 

quickly identify ideas and tools that 

meet their needs. These innovations 

come from many care settings including 

inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities, 

long term care organizations, health 

plans and community care settings. 

They also represent many patient 

populations, disease conditions, and 

processes of care such as preventive, 

acute, and chronic care; 

(2) Foster the implementation and 

adoption of health care service delivery 

innovations that improve health care 

quality and reduce disparities in the 

care received by different populations. 

This data collection is being 

conducted by AHRQ through its 

contractor, Westat, pursuant to AHRQ’s 

statutory authority to conduct and 

support research on healthcare and on 

systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities (1) with respect to 

the quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness and value of healthcare 

services, 42 U.S.C. 299a(a), and (2) to 

promote innovation in evidence-based 

health care practices and technologies. 

42 U.S.C. 299b–5. 

Method of Collection 

To achieve the first goal of the 

Innovations Exchange the following 

data collections will be implemented: 

(1) E-mail submission—Based on 

experience during the current approval 

period, approximately 10% of the 167 

health care innovations considered for 

inclusion annually, and their associated 

innovators, will submit their 

innovations via email to the Innovations 

Exchange without prior contact (about 

17 annually). Innovators who submit 

their innovations for possible 

publication through the email 

submission guidelines process will be 

considered as will innovations 

identified by project staff through an 

array of sources that include: Published 

literature, conference proceedings, news 

items, list servs, Federal agencies and 

other government programs and 

resources, health care foundations, and 

health care associations. 

(2) Health care innovator interview— 

To collect and verify the information 

required for the innovation profiles, 

health care innovators will be 

interviewed by telephone about the 

following aspects of their innovation: 

Health care problem addressed, impetus 

for the innovation, goals of the 

innovation, description of the 

innovation, sources of funding, 

evaluation results for the innovation, 

setting for the innovation, history of 

planning and implementation for the 

innovation, and lessons learned 

concerning the implementation of the 

innovation. Interviews will be 

conducted with innovators identified by 

project staff and those identified 

through email submission. 

(3) Annual follow-up reviews—After 

the innovation profile is published, on 

a yearly basis, innovators will be 

contacted by email to review and update 

their profiles. 

The second goal of the Innovations 

Exchange is achieved by serving as a 

‘‘one-stop shop’’ that provides: 

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