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• falsified Figure 4, Supplementary 

Figure 3, and Supplementary Movie 1 

and/or its legends in a manuscript 

submitted to Nature by claiming that the 

knockout of UCP2 rescues the ataxic 

phenotype of pcd3J-/- mice when she 

knew this to be false. 

• 

Dr. Freeman has voluntarily agreed 

for a period of three (3) years, beginning 

on May 6, 2014: 

(1) To have her research supervised if 

employed by an institution that receives 

or applies for U.S. Public Health Service 

(PHS) funding; Respondent agreed that 

prior to the submission of an 

application for PHS support for a 

research project on which the 

Respondent’s participation is proposed 

and prior to Respondent’s participation 

in any capacity on PHS-supported 

research, Respondent shall ensure that a 

plan for supervision of Respondent’s 

duties is submitted to ORI for approval; 

the supervision plan must be designed 

to ensure the scientific integrity of 

Respondent’s research contribution; 

Respondent agreed that she shall not 

participate in any PHS-supported 

research until such a supervision plan is 

submitted to and approved by ORI; 

Respondent agreed to maintain 

responsibility for compliance with the 

agreed-upon supervision plan; 

(2) that any institution employing her 

shall submit, in conjunction with each 

application for PHS funds, or report, 

manuscript, or abstract involving PHSsupported research in which 

Respondent is involved, a certification 

to ORI that the data provided by 

Respondent are based on actual 

experiments or are otherwise 

legitimately derived and that the data, 

procedures, and methodology are 

accurately reported in the application, 

report, manuscript, or abstract; and 

(3) to exclude herself voluntarily from 

serving in any advisory capacity to PHS 

including, but not limited to, service on 

any PHS advisory committee, board, 

and/or peer review committee, or as a 

consultant. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Acting Director, Office of Research 

Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 

750, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453– 

8800. 

Donald Wright, 

Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12442 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–31–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 July 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.letkowitz@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 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Voluntary Customer Survey Generic 

Clearance for the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality 

This is a request for the Office of 

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. The current 

clearance was approved on July 20th, 

2011 and will expire on July 31st, 2014. 

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. 

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. 


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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/email * ....................................................................................................... 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/email ......................................................................................................... 15,000 3,750 $33.51 $25,663 

Telephone ........................................................................................................ 600 400 33.51 3,404 

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 ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United 

States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 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 

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: May 21, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

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: ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for Questionnaire and Data 

Collection Testing, Evaluation, and 

Research 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 July 28, 2014. 

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 AI–IRQ 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

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

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Generic Clearance for Questionnaire 

and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, 

and Research for the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) reinstate generic pre-testing 

clearance 0935–0124 for three years to 

facilitate AHRQ’s efforts to (1) employ 

evaluation-type methods and techniques 

to improve AHRQ’s current data 

collection and estimation procedures, 

(2) develop new collections and 

procedures, including toolkits, and (3) 

revise existing collections and 

procedures. AHRQ uses techniques to 

simplify data collection and estimation 

procedures, reduce respondent burden, 

and improve efficiencies to meet the 

needs of individuals and small business 

respondents who may have reduced 

budgets and staff. AHRQ believes that 

developing, testing, and evaluating data 

collection and estimation procedures 

using survey methods and other 

techniques in anticipation of agencysponsored studies can improve its 


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