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The Subpart A Subcommittee (SAS) 

was established by SACHRP in October 

2006 and is charged with developing 

recommendations for consideration by 

SACHRP regarding the application of 

subpart A of 45 CFR part 46 in the 

current research environment. 

The Subcommittee on Harmonization 

(SOH) was established by SACHRP at its 

July 2009 meeting and charged with 

identifying and prioritizing areas in 

which regulations and/or guidelines for 

human subjects research adopted by 

various agencies or offices within HHS 

would benefit from harmonization, 

consistency, clarity, simplification and/ 

or coordination. 

The SACHRP meeting will open to the 

public at 8:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 

17, 2017, followed by opening remarks 

from Dr. Jerry Menikoff, Director, Office 

for Human Research Protections (OHRP) 

and Dr. Stephen Rosenfeld, SACHRP 

Chair. 

The SAS will present their 

recommendations regarding the revised 

Common Rule’s (https://www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-19/html/2017- 

01058.htm) expedited review 

requirements, followed by a discussion 

of the meaning of ‘‘context’’ when 

considering requirement for single IRB 

review. This will be followed by a 

discussion of SOH recommendations on 

the revised Common Rule’s HIPAA 

exemption, section 104(d)(4)(iii), and a 

panel discussion with a representative 

of the Office for Civil Rights. The day 

will conclude with a presentation by 

OHRP staff on a new public outreach 

Web site, About Participation. The 

Tuesday meeting will adjourn at 

approximately 5:00 p.m. 

The Wednesday, October 18, meeting 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a 

presentation and discussion led by FDA 

staff on a recent FDA experience with 

IRB review under 21 CFR 50.54, and the 

lessons learned. Time is allotted for 

review of the previous day’s 

recommendations. The meeting will 

adjourn at approximately 4:00 p.m., 

October 18, 2017. 

Time for public comment sessions 

will be allotted both days. On-site 

registration is required for participation 

in the live public comment session. 

Note that public comment must be 

relevant to issues currently being 

addressed by the SACHRP. Individuals 

submitting written statements as public 

comment should email or fax their 

comments to SACHRP at SACHRP@

hhs.gov at least five business days prior 

to the meeting. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should notify one of 

the designated SACHRP points of 

contact at the address/phone number 

listed above at least one week prior to 

the meeting. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Julia G. Gorey, 

Executive Director, Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research Protections. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 60 Day 

Notice for Extension of Fast Track 

Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency 

Service Delivery: IHS Customer 

Service Satisfaction and Similar 

Surveys 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. Request for extension of 

approval. 

SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian 

Health Service (IHS) invites the general 

public to take this opportunity to 

comment on the information collection 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Control Number 0917–0036, 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ for approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval and solicits 

comments on specific aspects for the 

proposed information collection. 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement is available at 

www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID 

IHS_FRDOC_0001-[insert number]). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 27, 

2017. 

For Comments: Submit comments to 

Evonne Bennett-Barnes by one of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Evonne Bennett-Barnes, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Indian Health Service, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 

• Phone: 301–443–4750. 

• Email: Evonne.Bennett-Barnes@

ihs.gov. 

• Fax: 301–594–0899. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be made available to the 

public by publishing them in the 30 day 

Federal Register notice for this 

information collection. For this reason, 

please do not include information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If comments are submitted 

via email, the email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information, please 

contact Evonne Bennett-Barnes, 

Evonne.Bennett-Barnes@ihs.gov or 301– 

443–4750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS is 

submitting the proposed information 

collection to OMB for review, as 

required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 

notice is soliciting comments from 

members of the public and affected 

agencies as required by 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A) concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) Enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

Minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond; including through the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques of other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery: IHS Customer 

Service Satisfaction and Similar 

Surveys. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Three year extension approval 

of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0917–0036. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 


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stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. Qualitative 

feedback is information that provides 

useful insights on perceptions and 

opinions, but is 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. 

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. 

The agency 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 

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; and 

• 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. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

approval for a collection of information. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, businesses and 

organizations, and Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

105,000. 

Below are projected annual average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

activities: 100. 

Average number of Respondents per 

Activity: 1050. 

Annual responses: 105,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average minutes per response: 10. 

Burden hours: 17,500. 

There are no direct costs to 

respondents to report. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection on 

Regulations.gov. 

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 OMB 

control number. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: August 25, 2017. 

Chris Buchanan, 

Assistant Surgeon General, Deputy Director, 

Indian Health Service. 

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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, 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 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; 

Fellowships: Neurodevelopment, Synaptic 

Plasticity and Neurodegeneration. 

Date: October 16–17, 2017. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Residence Inn Washington, DC 

Downtown, 1199 Vermont Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. 

Contact Person: Mary Schueler, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5214, 

MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–451– 

0996, marygs@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Shared 

Instrumentation Grants for Confocal Imaging 

and Microscopy. 

Date: October 16–17, 2017. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Admiral Fell Inn, 888 South 

Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231. 

Contact Person: Jonathan Arias, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 


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