Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 141 /Thursday, July 23, 1998 / Notices 39589

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Martin Slater, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator.

Name of Committee: Biological and

Physiological Sciences Special Emphasis

Panel.

Date: August 27, 1998.

Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Bethesda, MD

20892 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Sherry Dupere, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5136,

MSC 7840, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1021.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine,

93.306; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.333,

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: July 15, 1998.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 98–19664 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity

for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–0525.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed 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

proposed collection 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

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project: Voluntary Customer

Satisfaction Surveys to Implement

Executive Order 12862 in the Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA)—New—

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.’’ SAMHSA provides significant

services directly to the public through a

range of mechanisms, including

publications, technical assistance and

web sites. Many of these services are

focused on information dissemination

activities. The purpose of this

submission is to obtain generic approval

for satisfaction surveys of SAMHSA’s

customers.

The estimated annual hour burden is

as follows:

Type of survey Number of respondents

Hours/response Total hours Wage rate Total hour

cost

Focus groups ........................................................................ 100 2.50 250 $20.00 $5,000

Mail/telephone/e-mail surveys .............................................. 8,000 .25 2,000 20.00 40,000

Total ........................................................................... 8,100 ........................ 2,250 20.00 45,000

Send comments to Nancy Pearce,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–19612 Filed 7–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning

opportunity for public comment on

proposed collections of information, the

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects. To request more information

on the proposed projects or to obtain a

copy of the information collection

plans, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–7978.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collections of information

are 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 proposed collection

of information; ‘‘ 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 on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: GPRA Client

Variables for the Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment (CSAT)—NEW—The

mission of the Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services

Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is

to improve the effectiveness and

efficiency of substance abuse treatment

services across the United States. All of

CSAT’s activities are designed to

ultimately reduce the gap in the

availability of substance abuse treatment

and improve the effectiveness and

efficiency of those treatments. Data will

be collected from four sets of CSATfunded Knowledge Development and

Application (KDA) projects where client

status and behavior are assessed at

intake, during treatment, and posttreatment. CSAT-funded projects will be

required to submit this data as a

contingency for their award. The

analysis of the data will also help

determine whether the goal of reducing

health and social costs of drug use to the

public is being achieved.

The data collection activity will meet

the reporting requirements of the

Government Performance Review Act

(GPRA) (Public Law 103–62)

requirements by allowing SAMHSA to