[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 62120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21516]


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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.
    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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection, Regular 
Approval;
    Title of Information Collection: Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Unit 
Profile and Reports;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-New;
    Use: Medical Reserve Corps units are currently located in 330 
communities across the United States and represent a resource of over 
50,000 medical and public health volunteers. In order to better support 
the MRC units in communities across the United States, and to plan for 
future emergencies that are national in scope, detailed information 
about the MRC units, including unit demographics, contact information 
(regular and emergency), volunteer numbers, and information about 
activites is needed. MRC unit leaders will be asked to voluntarily 
update this information at least quarterly.
    Frequency: Reporting, quarterly and on occasion;
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal governments, or other for 
profit, not for profit institutions;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 400;
    Total Annual Responses: 3,200;
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour;
    Total Annual Hours: 2,800.
    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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#781619171511561b1717133810100b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9af4fbf5f7f3b4f9f5f5f1daf2f2e9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>, 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: October 19, 2005.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-21516 Filed 10-27-05; 8:45 am]
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