30094 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0091, 

Anti-Kickback Procedures, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: June 18, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–14826 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0059] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; North Carolina 

Sales Tax Certification 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

regarding the reinstatement of a 

previously existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 

Regulatory Secretariat will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a currently 

approved information collection 

requirement concerning North Carolina 

Sales Tax Certification. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary; whether it will 

have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 

and based on valid assumptions and 

methodology; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways in 

which we can minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, through the use of 

appropriate technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden, to: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0059, North Carolina 

Sales Tax Certification, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Edward Chambers, Procurement 

Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, 

(202) 501–3221. 

A. Purpose 

The North Carolina Sales and Use Tax 

Act authorizes counties and 

incorporated cities and towns to obtain 

each year from the Commissioner of 

Revenue of the State of North Carolina 

a refund of sales and use taxes 

indirectly paid on building materials, 

supplies, fixtures, and equipment that 

become a part of or are annexed to any 

building or structure in North Carolina. 

However, to substantiate a refund claim 

for sales or use taxes paid on purchases 

of building materials, supplies, fixtures, 

or equipment by a contractor, the 

Government must secure from the 

contractor certified statements setting 

forth the cost of the property purchased 

from each vendor and the amount of 

sales or use taxes paid. Similar certified 

statements by subcontractors must be 

obtained by the general contractor and 

furnished to the Government. The 

information is used as evidence to 

establish exemption from State and 

local taxes. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 424. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 424. 

Hours per Response: .17. 

Total Burden Hours: 72. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F 

Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0059, 

North Carolina Sales Tax Certification, 

in all correspondence. 

Dated: June 18, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–14805 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Findings of Research Misconduct 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) 

and the Assistant Secretary for Health 

have taken final action in the following 

case: 

Jennifer Wanchick, MetroHealth 

System: Based on reports submitted by 

MetroHealth System’s inquiry and 

investigation committees, the 

Respondent’s own repeated admissions, 

and additional analysis conducted by 

ORI during its oversight review, the U.S. 

Public Health Service (PHS) found that 

Ms. Jennifer Wanchick, former Research 

Assistant, MetroHealth System (an 

affiliated hospital of Case Western 

Reserve University), engaged in research 

misconduct in research supported by 

National Center on Minority Health and 

Health Disparities (NCMHD), National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), grant P60 

MD002265. 

Specifically, by her own admission, 

Ms. Wanchick engaged in research 

misconduct by fabricating information 

in the electronic database purportedly 

collected from 150 individuals about 

their willingness to sign up to be an 

organ donor at the time they obtained a 

driver’s license. Ms. Wanchick also 

admitted to fabricating the information 

on several survey instruments. The 

study at issue was entitled ‘‘Community 

Based Intervention to Enhance Signing 

of Organ Donor Cards.’’ 

ORI acknowledges Ms. Wanchick’s 

cooperation and assistance in 

completing its oversight review and 

resolution of this matter. 

Ms. Wanchick has entered into a 

Voluntary Settlement Agreement in 

which she has voluntarily agreed, for a 

period of three (3) years, beginning on 

June 5, 2009: 

(1) To exclude herself from serving in 

any advisory capacity to PHS, including 

but not limited to service on any PHS 

advisory committee, board, and/or peer 

review committee, or as a consultant; 

and 

(2) that any institution that submits an 

application for PHS support for a 

research project on which the 

Respondent’s participation is proposed 

or that uses the Respondent in any 

capacity on PHS-supported research, or 

that submits a report of PHS-funded 

research in which the Respondent is 

involved, must concurrently submit a 

plan for supervision of the Respondent’s 

duties to the funding agency for 

approval. The supervisory plan must be 

designed to ensure the research integrity 

of the Respondent’s research 

contribution. Respondent agrees to 

ensure that a copy of the supervisory 

plan also is submitted to ORI by the 

institution.