Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices 28529

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request; Customer/Partner

Satisfaction Survey of the NIDCD

Minority and Disability Supplement

Program

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the National

Institute on Deafness and Other

Communication Disorders (NIDCD), 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. The proposed

information collection was previously

published in the Federal Register on

January 26, 2001, page 7919–7920, 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: Customer/Partner Satisfaction

Survey of the NIDCD Minority and

Disability Supplement Program. Type of

Information Collection Request: New.

Need and Use of Information Collection:

The NIDCD was established to support

biomedical and behavioral research and

research training in hearing, smell,

balance, taste, voice, speech and

language. Although minorities and

people with disabilities will soon

dominate the work force, these groups

are underrepresented in the professional

fields of science and health. To

encourage members of these groups to

pursue careers in these fields, NIDCD

provides opportunities for extramural

grant recipients to mentor promising

candidates. The proposed survey will

collect information from participants in

the Minority and Disability Supplement

Program and will yield information

about satisfaction of participants with

the program and how participation may

have lead to the pursuit of a career in

the health field. Frequency of Response:

One. Affected Public: Individuals. Type

of Respondent: Minority individuals

and individuals with disabilities who

have previously participated in the

Supplement Program. The annual

reporting burden is as follows:

Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: One. Average Burden

Hours Per Response: 0.5; and Estimated

Total Annual Burden Hours Requested:

100. The annualized cost to respondents

is estimated at: $150. There are no

Capital Costs to report. There are no

Operating or Maintenance Costs to

report.

Type of respondents Estimated number

of respondents

Estimated number

of responses per

respondent

Average burden

hours per

response

Estimated total

annual burden

hours requested

Survey of Participant ............................................................... 200 1 0.5 100

Total .................................................................................. 200 .............................. .............................. 100

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 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.

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

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Regulatory Affairs, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention:

Desk Officer for NIH. To request more

information on the proposed project or

to obtain a copy of the data collection

plans and instruments, contact: Judith

A. Cooper, Ph.D., Chief, Scientific

Programs Branch, NIDCD, NIH, 6120

Executive Blvd., EPS 400–C, MSC 7180,

Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non tollfree number (301) 496–5061, or E-mail

your request, including your address to:

judith_cooper@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: April 26, 2001.

David Kerr,

Executive Officer, NIDCD.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Director, National

Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of a meeting of the

Advisory Committee to the Director,

NIH.

The meeting will be open to the

public, with attendance limited to space

available. Individuals who plan to

attend and need special assistance, such

as sign language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

notify the Contact Person listed below

in advance of the meeting.

Name of Committee: Advisory Committee

to the Director, NIH.

Date: June 7, 2001.

Time: 9 am to 3:30 pm.

Agenda: Report from the Acting Director,

NIH, Update on the Reorganization Activities

in the Center for Scientific Review, Report

from the Extramural Construction Working

Group, Technology Transfer Issues, and an

Update on Regulatory Burden and Modular

Grants.