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instruments must be requested in 

writing. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Proposed Collection: Application for 

Collaboration with the Therapeutic 

Development Branch (TDB), Division of 

Preclinical Innovation (DPI), National 

Center for Advancing Translational 

Sciences (NCATS), 0925–0658, 

Expiration Date 06/30/2015— 

EXTENSION, National Center for 

Advancing Translational Sciences 

(NCATS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

Need and Use of Information 

Collection: The Therapeutic 

Development Branch (TDB) provides 

opportunities to partner with and gain 

access to a variety of programs 

delivering assay development, 

screening, hit-to-lead chemistry, lead 

optimization, chemical biology studies, 

drug development capabilities, 

expertise, and clinical/regulatory 

resources in a collaborative 

environment, with the goal of moving 

promising therapeutics into human 

clinical trials for both common and 

specifically rare and/or neglected 

diseases. The TDB uses an application 

and evaluation process to select 

collaborators. Selected investigators 

provide the drug project starting points 

and ongoing biological/disease expertise 

throughout the project. The application 

and evaluation process is necessary to 

determine amount and quality of 

current data, select meritorious projects 

for adoption, and to serve as a basis for 

determining specific scientific gaps to 

be filled. 

OMB approval is requested for 3 

years. There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. The estimated 

annualized burden hours are 510. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden hour 

TDB Project Information Template .................................................................. 170 1 1 170 

Online Collaborator Solicitation (TRND) .......................................................... 100 1 1 100 

Online Collaborator Solicitation (BrIDGs) ........................................................ 70 1 1 70 

Solicitation Instructions (TRND) ....................................................................... 100 1 1 100 

Solicitation Instructions (BrIDGs) ..................................................................... 70 1 1 70 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

M. Janis Mullaney, 

Associate Director for Administration, 

NCATS, NIH. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27636 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment 

Request; Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery (NIH) 

Summary: The National Institutes of 

Health (NIH), Office of the Director 

(OD), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery ’’ for approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This collection was 

developed as part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery. This 

notice announces our intent to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval and 

solicits comments on specific aspects 

for the proposed information collection. 

To Submit Comments and for Further 

Information: To obtain a copy of the 

data collection plans and instruments, 

submit comments in writing, or request 

more information on the proposed 

project, contact: Ms. Mikia P. Currie, 

Program Analyst, Office of Policy for 

Extramural Research Administration, 

6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 350, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20892, or call a 

non-toll-free number 301–435–0941 or 

Email your request, including your 

address to curriem@mail.nih.gov. 

Formal requests for additional plans and 

instruments must be requested in 

writing. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Proposed Collection: Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery (NIH), 0925–0648, Expiration 

Date 1/31/2015, EXTENSION, National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the 

Director (OD). 

Need and Use of Information 

Collection: We are not requesting 

changes for this submission. The 

proposed information collection activity 

provides a means to garner qualitative 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with the Administration’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. By qualitative feedback we 

mean information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions. 

This information, however, is not 

statistical surveys that yield quantitative 

results, which can be generalized to the 

population of study. This feedback will 

provide information about the NIH’s 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences, and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training, or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative, 

and actionable communications 

between the NIH and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the NIH’s services will 

be unavailable. 

The NIH will only submit a collection 

for approval under this generic 

clearance if it meets the following 

conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

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• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

OMB approval is requested for 3 

years. There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

4,358. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

Type of collection Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

frequency per 

response 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys ....................................................................... 1,000 1 30/60 500 

In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) or Small Discussion Groups .................................. 1,000 1 90/60 1,500 

Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 1,000 1 90/60 1,500 

Usability and Pilot Testing ............................................................................... 150,000 1 5/60 12,525

Conference/Training—Pre and Post Surveys ................................................. 100,000 2 10/60 33,333 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 49,358 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Lawrence A. Tabak, 

Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes 

of Health. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27637 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

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