[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63478-63479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25917]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-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 collection 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,

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OMB number, and OS document identifier, to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d4e75786f78696978337b6873737e727178707c735d75756e337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fccf7faedfaebebfab1f9eaf1f1fcf0f3faf2fef1dff7f7ecb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>, or call the Reports Clearance Office on 
(202) 690-5683. Send written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections within 30 days of this notice directly 
to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 202-395-5806.
    Proposed Project: ONC State HIE Performance Measures and Progress 
Report--OMB No. 0990-NEW--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 is to facilitate and expand the 
secure, electronic movement and use of health information among 
organizations according to national recognized standards. As part of 
that project, States and Qualified State Designated Entities are 
required to provide biannual program progress reports and report on 
performance measures during the implementation phase of the cooperative 
agreement. This request is for those two data gathering requirements. 
The data collection will last four years, which is the duration of the 
project, and this request is for the data collection for the first 
three years of that project period.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Type of         Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
     Forms (if necessary)          respondent       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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Evaluation performance          State government              56               2             175          19,600
 measures.                       or Qualified
                                 State
                                 Designated
                                 Entity.
Program progress report.......  State government              56               2               8             896
                                 or Qualified
                                 State
                                 Designated
                                 Entity.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          20,496
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Terry Nicolosi,
Director, Office of Resources Management; Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-25917 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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