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OMB Comment 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 

OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02242 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment 

Request: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery (NIMH) 

SUMMARY: National Institute of Mental 

Health, as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery ’’ for approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This collection was 

developed as part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery. This 

notice announces our intent to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval and 

solicits comments on specific aspects 

for the proposed information collection. 

To Submit Comments and for Further 

Information: To obtain a copy of the 

data collection plans and instruments, 

submit comments in writing, or request 

more information on the proposed 

project, contact: NIMH Project Clearance 

Liaison, Science Policy and Evaluation 

Branch, OSPPC, NIMH, NIH, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, MSC 9667, Rockville Pike, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, or call 301–443– 

4335 or Email your request, including 

your address to: 

NIMHprapubliccomments@

mail.nih.gov. Formal requests for 

additional plans and instruments must 

be requested in writing. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Proposed Collection: Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery (NIMH), 0925–0650, Expiration 

Date 1/31/2015, REINSTATEMENT 

WITHOUT CHANGE, National Institute 

of Mental Health (NIMH), National 

Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Need and Use of Information 

Collection: There are no changes being 

requested for this submission. The 

proposed information collection activity 

provides a means to garner qualitative 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with the Administration’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. By qualitative feedback we 

mean information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide information 

about the NIMH’s customer or 

stakeholder perceptions, experiences 

and expectations, provide an early 

warning of issues with service, or focus 

attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

NIMH and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the NIMH’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The NIMH will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: the target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 


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are invited on: (a) Whether the 

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 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (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; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

OMB approval is requested for 3 

years. There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

4,408. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Estimated annual reporting burden 

Type of collection Number 

of respondents 

Annual frequency 

per response 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

Conference/Training Pre- and Post-Surveys (various programs) ... 3000 1 30/60 1500 

Surveys (electronic communications/outreach) ............................... 25,000 1 5/60 2083 

In-Depth Interviews .......................................................................... 50 1 90/60 75 

Focus groups and/or small discussion groups ................................ 300 1 120/60 600 

Website and/or Software Usability Tests ........................................ 100 1 90/60 150 

Total .......................................................................................... 28450 ............................ ............................ 4408 

Dated: January 30, 2015. 

Keisha L Shropshire, 

Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute 

of Mental Health, National Institutes of 

Health. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02300 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment 

Request: STAR METRICS® (Science 

and Technology for America’s 

Reinvestment: Measuring the EffecTs 

of Research on Innovation, 

Competitiveness and Science) 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

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

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Office of Extramural Research (OER), 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), will 

publish periodic summaries of proposed 

projects to be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. 

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 function of the agency, 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. 

To Submit Comments and for Further 

Information: To obtain a copy of the 

data collection plans and instruments, 

submit comments in writing, or request 

more information on the proposed 

project, contact: Dr. William Duval, 

Office of Planning, Analysis and 

Communication, OER, NIH, 6705 

Rockledge Drive, Suite 5166, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number 

(301) 435–8683, or Email your request, 

including your address to: 

William.Duval@mail.nih.gov. Formal 

requests for additional plans and 

instruments must be requested in 

writing. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Proposed Collection: STAR 

METRICS® (Science and Technology for 

America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the 

EffecTs of Research on Innovation, 

Competitiveness and Science)—0925– 

0616—REVISION—Office of Extramural 

Research (OER), National Institutes of 

Health (NIH). 

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. We 

have completed the initial data input 

and this request will finalize the 

quarterly data input process. 

OMB approval is requested for 1 year. 

The annualized cost to respondents is 

estimated to be $50,000. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

1,000. 


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