54556 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2005 / Notices 

Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02106-2204: 

1. Southern Connecticut Bancorp, 

Inc., New Haven, Connecticut; to 

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares 

of The Bank of Southeastern 

Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, 

a de nova bank. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105-1579: 

1. Cathay General Bancorp, Los 

Angeles, California; to acquire up to 100 

percent of Great Eastern Bank, New 

York, New York. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 9, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–18301 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0004 

(Formerly OMB–0348–0043)] 

Grants.gov Program Management 

Office; Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, 

Grants.gov Program Management Office, 

HHS. In compliance with the 

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

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the Grants.gov Program Management 

Office, one of the 26 E–Government 

initiatives, managed by the Department 

of Health and Human Services is 

publishing the following summary of 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested individuals are 

invited to send comments regarding any 

aspect of this collection of information 

or any other aspect of this collection of 

information, including any of the 

following subjects: (1) The necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Regular, Revision of a currently 

approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: SF–

424 Application for Federal Assistance; 

Form/OMB No.: OS–4040–0004 

(Formerly OMB–0348–0043); 

The SF–424 Application for Federal 

Assistance (OMB control number 0348–

0043) was cleared by OMB for 

emergency use on July 31, 2003, Federal 

Register notice [68 FR 44974]. OMB has 

since assigned the responsibility for this 

government-wide standard form to the 

Grants.gov Program Management Office 

and therefore the SF–424 Application 

for Federal Assistance OMB control 

number was changed in April 2005 from 

0348–0043 to 4040–0004. 

Use: In the Federal Register notice 

published April 8, 2003 [68 FR 17090], 

OMB proposed to establish a 

government-wide standard set of data 

elements and definitions for grantrelated applications. After consultation 

with the public, OMB added four data 

elements to the existing Standard Form 

424 (SF–424), Application for Federal 

Assistance data elements and 

established the data as the standard core 

data set for use on both paper and 

electronic applications. After obtaining 

emergency clearance, July 31, 2003, 

Federal Register notice, [68 FR 44974], 

use of the standard data elements was 

implemented through the electronic 

grants application process of Grants.gov, 

and was deployed in October 2003 as 

part of the implementation of the 

Federal Financial Assistance 

Management Improvement Act of 1999 

(Pub. L. 106–107). 

OMB recognized that a transition 

period would be needed to provide 

agencies time to adapt their application 

forms and systems to the SF–424 core 

data set and to phase out the use of the 

old forms. OMB committed to a oneyear transition period and further 

committed to reevaluate the data set at 

the end of the transition period. 

Following the expiration of the 

transition period, a cross-agency 

working group recommended revisions 

to the SF–424 core data set and form. 

Based on these recommendations, the 

Grants.gov Program office now proposes 

the addition of the following three new 

standard data elements to the SF–424 

data set and form: Requesting entity’s 

Province to collect non-US geographic 

subdivision data for international 

address purposes, if applicable. 

Requesting entity’s Point of Contact’s 

Organizational Affiliation, if applicable. 

Requesting entity’s Point of Contact’s 

Title, if applicable. 

The Grants.gov Program office further 

proposes deletion of the requesting 

entity’s designation of construction or 

non-construction type of submission 

data element. Also proposed are nondata collection related changes, i.e., 

renaming of data elements. These 

changes are presented in the supporting 

statement found on the HHS Web site at 

http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/ 

pending. 

Federal agencies will not be required 

to collect all of the information included 

in the data set. The agency will identify 

the data that must be provided by 

applicants through instructions that will 

accompany the application package. 

The efforts to address potential future 

revisions to the SF–424A and SF–424C 

budget forms and categories and to 

evaluate the SF–424B and SF–424D 

assurance language are separate efforts 

to be undertaken by the Pub. L. 106/107 

working groups and have no impact 

upon the proposed revisions to the SF–

424 data set or form. 

An estimate of the total burden was 

submitted during the first information 

collection package for the SF–424 on 

April 8, 2003, Federal Register notice 

[68 FR 17090]. The estimate has been 

updated based on the Paperwork 

Reduction Act Worksheets (OMB 83-C) 

received from the agencies. Collectively, 

the agencies plan to receive 142,223 

applications annually and estimate that 

it takes applicants one hour on average 

to complete each application. 

Cumulatively, the agencies report the 

total burden to applicants to be 146,758 

hours. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, 

on occasion. 

Affected: Federal, State, Local and 

Tribal governments; farms; non-profit 

institutions, and other for-profit. 

Total Annual Respondents: 77,576; 

Total Annual Responses: 142,223; 

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour; 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

within 60 days of this notice directly to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

designated at the following address: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource Management, 

Attention: Naomi Cook (4040–0004), 

Room 531–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2005 / Notices 54557 

Dated: September 3, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18287 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4151–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement of 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

#1 Type of Information Collection 

Request: New Collection, Regular; 

Title of Information Collection: 

National Community Centers of 

Excellence in Women’s Health and 

National Centers of Excellence in 

Women’s Health Joint Project 

Evaluation Professional Survey; 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–New; 

Use: Health professionals and 

community leaders who participated in 

a joint project program will complete a 

survey sharing their perceptions of the 

program’s impact on their work. This 

will help evaluate the processes and 

outcomes of the joint projects and their 

ability to provide integrated services to 

women. 

Frequency: Other, once per person; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, 

Annual Number of Respondents: 170. 

Total Annual Responses: 170; 

Average Burden Per Response: 15- 

minutes; 

Total Annual Hours: 43. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

within 60 days of this notice directly to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

designated at the following address: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource Management, 

Attention: Naomi Cook (0990–New), 

Room 531–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18288 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, this notice announces meetings of 

the Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group (the Working Group) mandated 

by section 1014 of the Medicare 

Modernization Act. 

DATES: Business meetings of the 

Working Group will be held on 

Wednesday, September 21, 2005 from 

3:30 to 5 p.m. and Thursday, September 

22, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A 

public meeting with invited speakers 

will take place on Friday, September 23 

from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This meeting 

will focus on Oregon’s experience in 

engaging the public in developing 

health care policy. 

ADDRESSES: Events for all three days 

will take place in the Portland City Hall, 

1221 SW. 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 

97204. The Working Group business 

meetings on both Wednesday and 

Thursday will take place in the Rose 

Room. Friday’s meeting will take place 

in the City Council Chambers. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or 

ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodation for a disability is 

needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. 

Innis, Director, Office of Equal 

Employment Opportunity Program, 

Program Support Center, on (301) 443–

1144. 

The agendas for these three Working 

Group meetings are available on the 

Citizens’ Working Group Web site, 

http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also 

available at that site is a roster of 

Working Group members. When 

transcriptions of the Group’s September 

meetins are completed, they will also be 

available on the Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1014 of Pub. L. 108–173, (known as the 

Medicare Modernization Act) directs the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (DHHS), acting 

through the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, to establish a 

Citizens’ Health Care Working Group 

(Citizen Group). This statutory 

provision, codified at 42 U.S.C. 299n., 

directs the Working Group to: (1) 

Identify options for changing our health 

care system so that every American has 

the ability to obtain quality, affordable 

health care coverage; (2) provide for a 

nationwide public debate about 

improving the health care system; and 

(3) submit its recommendations to the 

President and the Congress. 

The Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group is composed of 15 members: the 

Secretary of DHHS is designated as a 

member by the statute and the 

Comptroller General of the U.S. 

Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) was directed to name the 

remaining 14 members whose 

appointments were announced on 

February 28, 2005. 

Working Group Meeting Agendas 

The Working Group business 

meetings on September 21 and 22 will 

be devoted to ongoing Working Group 

business. Topics to be addressed are 

expected to include: reports from 

Working Group Committees, plans for 

release of the required Report to the 

American people, and plans for 

community meetings and other 

activities to engage the public. 

At the public meeting on September 

23, invited speakers will discuss 

Oregon’s experiences in engaging the 

public in discussions of health policy.