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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of respondent based on applicable section of regulation Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden hour 

Under 42 CFR 50.604(c)(1) or 45 CFR 94(c)(1) from Sub-recipients ............ 500 1 1 500 

Under 42 CFR 50.604(d) or 45 CFR 94.4(d) Institutions ................................ 3,000 1 1 3,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.604(e)(1) or 45 CFR 94.4(e)(1) for Investigators .............. 38,000 1 4 152,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.604(e)(2) or 45 CFR 94.4(e)(2) for Investigators .............. 38,000 1 1 38,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.604(e)(3) or 45 CFR 94.4(e)(3) for Investigators .............. 950 1 30/60 475 

Under 42 CFR 50.604(f) or 45 CFR 94.4(f) for Institutions ............................ 2,000 1 1 2,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(1) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(1) for Institutions .................. 2,000 1 82 164,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(3) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(3) for Institutions .................. 500 1 3 1,500 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(3)(i) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(3)(i) for Institutions ........... 50 1 80 4,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(3)(ii) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(3)(ii) for Institutions .......... 50 1 80 4,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(3)(iii) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(3)(iii) for Institutions ........ 50 1 1 50 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(4) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(4) for Institutions .................. 950 1 12 11,400 

Under 42 CFR 50.605(a)(5) or 45 CFR 94.5(a)(5) for Institutions .................. 2,000 1 5 10,000 

Under 42 CFR 50.606(c) or 45 CFR 94.6(c) for Institutions ........................... 50 1 30/60 45 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Lawrence Tabak, 

Deputy Director, Office of the Director, NIH. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30355 Filed 12–29–14; 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 (NINR) 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, the National 

Institute of Nursing Research has 

submitted a Generic Information 

Collection Request (Generic ICR): 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 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: Dr. Rebecca Hawes, 

Division of Science Policy and Public 

Liaison, NINR, NIH, Democracy One, 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 710, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, by phone at (301) 

594–0791 or email your request, 

including your address to: hawesr@

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, 0925–0653, Expiration Date 

3/31/2015, EXTENSION, National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), National 

Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). 

Need and Use of Information 

Collection: There are no changes being 

requested for this submission. The 

information collection activity will 

continue 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, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

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 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Improving agency programs requires 

ongoing assessment of service delivery, 

by which we mean systematic review of 

the operation of a program compared to 

a set of explicit or implicit standards, as 

a means of contributing to the 

continuous improvement of the 

program. The Agency will collect, 

analyze, and interpret information 

gathered through this generic clearance 

to identify strengths and weaknesses of 

current services and make 

improvements in service delivery based 

on feedback. 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 Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

NINR will only submit a collection for 

approval under this generic clearance if 

it meets the following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• 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; 

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• 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 will provide useful 

information, but it will 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. 

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 an 

additional 3 years. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. The 

total estimated annualized burden hours 

are 1,025. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

Type of collection Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

frequency 

per response 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

Focus Groups .................................................................................................. 150 1 90/60 225 

Individual In-Depth Interviews ......................................................................... 75 1 1 75 

Individual Brief Interviews ................................................................................ 200 1 15/60 50 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys ....................................................................... 200 1 15/60 50 

Small Group Discussions ................................................................................. 100 1 90/60 150 

Conferences and Training Pre- and Post-Surveys .......................................... 500 1 30/60 250 

Website Usability Testing ................................................................................ 100 1 90/60 150 

Pilot Testing Surveys ....................................................................................... 150 1 30/60 75 

Total .......................................................................................................... 1,475 ........................ ........................ 1,025 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Rebecca E. Hawes, 

Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes 

of Health, National Institute of Nursing 

Research. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30599 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Mental Health; 

Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

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

hereby given of a meeting of the Board 

of Scientific Counselors, National 

Institute of Mental Health. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public as indicated below in accordance 

with the provisions set forth in section 

552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended 

for the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of individual intramural 

programs and projects conducted by the 

National Institute of Mental Health, 

including consideration of personnel 

qualifications and performance, and the 

competence of individual investigators, 

the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Board of Scientific 

Counselors, National Institute of Mental 

Health. 

Date: February 3–4, 2015. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate personal 

qualifications and performance, and 

competence of individual investigators. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Porter 

Neuroscience Research Center, 35A Convent 

Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Jennifer E. Mehren, Ph.D., 

Executive Secretary, Division of Intramural 

Research Programs, National Institute of 

Mental Health, NIH, 35A Convent Drive, 

Room GE 412, Bethesda, MD 20892–3747, 

301–496–3501, mehrenj@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.242, Mental Health Research 

Grants, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

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