11558 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment; 60-Day 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service; Loan 

Repayment Program (LRP) 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 

60 days for public comment on 

proposed information collection 

projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) 

is publishing for comment a summary of 

a proposed information collection to be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

Proposed Collection: Title: 0917– 

0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan 

Repayment Program.’’ Type of 

Information Collection Request: 

Revision of currently approved 

information collection, 0917–0014, 

‘‘Indian Health Service Loan Repayment 

Program.’’ The LRP application has been 

revised so that it is now available in an 

electronically fillable and fileable 

format. Form(s): The IHS LRP 

Information Booklet contains the 

instructions and the application 

formats. Need and Use of Information 

Collection: The IHS LRP identifies 

health professionals with pre-existing 

financial obligations for education 

expenses that meet program criteria and 

who are qualified and willing to serve 

at, often remote, IHS health care 

facilities. Under the program, eligible 

health professionals sign a contract 

through which the IHS agrees to repay 

part or all of their indebtedness for 

professional training time in IHS health 

care facilities. This program is necessary 

to augment the critically low health 

professional staff at IHS health care 

facilities. 

Any health professional wishing to 

have their health education loans repaid 

may apply to the IHS LRP. A two-year 

contract obligation is signed by both 

parties, and the individual agrees to 

work at an IHS location and provide 

health services to American Indian and 

Alaska Native individuals. 

The information collected via the online application from individuals is 

analyzed and a score is given to each 

applicant. This score will determine 

which applicants will be awarded each 

fiscal year. The administrative scoring 

system assigns a score to the geographic 

location according to vacancy rates for 

that fiscal year and also considers 

whether the location is in an isolated 

area. When an applicant accepts 

employment at a location, they in turn 

‘‘pick-up’’ the score of that location. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. Type of Respondents: 

Individuals. 

The table below provides: Types of 

data collection instruments, Estimated 

number of respondents, Number of 

responses per respondent, Annual 

number of responses, Average burden 

hour per response, and Total annual 

burden hour(s). 

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Data Collection Instrument(s) Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

responses 

LRP Application ............................................................................................... 510 1 1.5 765 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Requests for Comments: Your 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: 

(a) Whether the information collection 

activity is necessary to carry out an 

agency function; 

(b) Whether the agency processes the 

information collected in a useful and 

timely fashion; 

(c) The accuracy of public burden 

estimate (the estimated amount of time 

needed for individual respondents to 

provide the requested information); 

(d) Whether the methodology and 

assumptions used to determine the 

estimates are logical; 

(e) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

being collected; and 

(f) How the newly created online 

application assists the applicant 

efficiently and effectively. 

Send your comments, requests for 

more information on the proposed 

collection, or requests to obtain a copy 

of the data collection instruments to: 

Ms. Tamara Clay, Acting IHS Reports 

Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson 

Avenue, TMP, Suite 450–30, Rockville, 

MD 20852–1627; call non-toll free (301) 

443–4750; send via facsimile to (301) 

443–2316; or send your email requests, 

comments, and return address to: 

Tamara.Clay@ihs.gov. Comment Due 

Date: April 27, 2012. Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Indian Health Service Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4555 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; STAR METRICS 

(Science and Technology for 

America’s Reinvestment: Measuring 

the Effects of Research on Innovation, 

Competitiveness and Science) 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Director, National Institutes of Health 

(NIH) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve the 

information collection listed below. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on Oct 5, 2011 and allowed 60 

days for public comment. One comment 

was received from the public. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

The National Institutes of Health may 

not conduct or sponsor, and the 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection that has 


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been extended, revised, or implemented 

on or after October 1, 1995, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Proposed Collection: Title: STAR 

METRICS (Science and Technology for 

America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the 

EffecTs of Research on Innovation, 

Competitiveness and Science). Type of 

information Collection Request: 

Extension of OMB number 0925–0616, 

expiration date 03/31/2012. Need and 

Use of Information Collection: The aim 

of STAR METRICS is twofold. The goal 

of STAR METRICS is to continue to 

provide mechanisms that will allow 

participating universities and Federal 

agencies with a reliable and consistent 

means to account for the number of 

scientists and staff that are on research 

institution payrolls, supported by 

federal funds. In subsequent generations 

of the program, it is hoped that STAR 

METRICS will allow for measurement of 

science impact on economic outcomes 

(such as job creation), on knowledge 

generation (such as citations, and 

patents) as well as on social and health 

outcomes. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Affected Public: Universities and other 

research institutions. Type of 

Respondents: University administrators. 

The annual reporting burden is as 

follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondent: 

100. Estimated Number of Responses 

per Respondent: 4. Average Burden 

Hours per Response: 2.5. Estimated 

Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 

1,315. The annualized cost to 

respondents is estimated to be $65,750. 

There are no Capital Costs to report. 

There are no Operating or Maintenance 

Costs to report. 

A.12–1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average Time 

per response 

(in hours) 

Annual hour 

burden 

Stage I: One time data input ........................................................................... 7 1 45 315 

Stage 2: Ongoing quarterly data input ............................................................ 100 4 2.5 1000 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1315 

Request for Comments: Written 

comments and/or suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies are invited 

on one or more of the following points: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functioning of the 

National Cancer Institute, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) 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; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the item(s) contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, should be directed to the 

Attention: NIH Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, at 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by 

fax to 202–395–6974. To request more 

information on the proposed project or 

to obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans and instruments, contact: George 

Chacko, Office of Planning, Analysis, 

and Evaluation, Center for Scientific 

Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 

3030, Bethesda, MD 20892 or call nontoll-free at 301–435–1111 or email your 

request, including your address to: 

chackoge@mail.nih.gov. 

Comments Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: February 20, 2012. 

George Chacko, 

Center for Scientific Review, National 

Institutes of Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4536 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request DERT Extramural 

Grantee Data Collection 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 

Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the National 

Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences (NIEHS), the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for review and 

approval of the information collection 

listed below. This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 202, 

on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, page 

64954 and allowed 60 days for public 

comment. No public comments were 

received. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment. The National Institutes of 

Health may not conduct or sponsor, and 

the respondent is not required to 

respond to, an information collection 

that has been extended, revised, or 

implemented on or after October 1, 

1995, unless it displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Proposed Collection: Title: DERT 

Extramural Grantee Data Collection. 

Type of Information Collection Request: 

New. Need and Use of Information 

Collection: In order to make informed 

management decisions about its 

research programs and to demonstrate 

the outputs, outcomes and impacts of its 

research programs NIEHS will collect, 

analyze and report on data from 

extramural grantees who are currently 

receiving funding or who have received 

funding in the past on topics such as: 

• Key scientific outcomes achieved 

through the research and the impact on 

the field of environmental health 

science. 

• Contribution of research findings to 

program goals and objectives. 

• Satisfaction with the program 

support received. 

• Challenges and benefits of the 

funding mechanism used to support the 

science. 

• Emerging research areas and gaps in 

the research. 

Information gained from this primary 

data collection will be used in 

conjunction with data from grantee 

progress reports and presentations at 

grantee meetings to inform internal 

programs and new funding initiatives. 


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