5328 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2010–2177 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0339] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public 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 a 

proposed information collection request 

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. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above email address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: State Health 

Information Exchange Cooperative 

Agreement Program—OMB No. 0990– 

0339—Extension—Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

Abstract: The purpose of the State 

Health Information Exchange 

Cooperative Agreement Program, as 

authorized by Section 3013 of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act is to provide grants to States and 

Qualified State Designated Entities for 

planning and implementation of 

interoperable health information 

technology. As part of that project, 

States and Qualified State Designated 

Entities are required to provide 

quarterly program reports and also 

complete a project evaluation annually. 

This request is for those two data 

gathering requirements and is to last 

four years which is the duration of the 

project. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms 

(If necessary) Type of respondent Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Project Report ................................... State government or a Qualified 

State Designated Entity.

56 4 4 896 

Project Evaluation ............................. State government or a Qualified 

State Designated Entity.

56 1 100 5,600 

Total .................................................. ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 6,496 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2122 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0340] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public 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 a 

proposed information collection request 

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. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: ARRA Section 3012 

Health Information Technology 

Extension Program: Regional Centers 

Cooperative Agreement Program OMB # 

0990–0340—Extension–Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

Abstract: The first set of regional 

extension center awards will be made in 

February 2010. At this point each 

regional extension center (REC) will be 

provided with a customer relationship 

management (CRM) software tool, 

which they will use to help manage the 

work associated with the cooperative 

agreement. This tool will also assist the 

program to generate quarterly reports 

with will be submitted to project 

officers for review. In addition to 

tracking the key milestones identified in 

the FOA, the tool will also assist 

programs to provide information that is 

required for their ARRA reporting. The 

REC program is in the process of 

selecting a CRM vendor. Once this is 

completed it will submit the specific 

reports for clearance. 

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