[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 46486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6878]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection: Comment Request; National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouses
Customer Satisfaction Survey
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), is giving public notice that the agency
proposes to request reinstatement of an information collection activity
for which approval has expired.
Proposed Collection: Title: NIDDK Information Clearinghouses
Customer Satisfaction Survey. Type of Information Requested:
Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for
which approval has expired. The OMB control number 0925-0480 expired on
July 31, 2003. Need and Use of Information Collection: NIDDK is
conducting a survey to access the efficiency and effectiveness of
services provided by NIDDK's three clearinghouses: the National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC); the National Digestive
Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC); and the National Kidney and
Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDRIC). The survey
responds to Executive Order 12821, ``Setting Customer Service
Standards,'' which requires agencies and departments to identify and
survey their ``customers to determine the kind and quality of service
they want and their level of satisfaction with existing services.''
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business and for profit organizations; not-for-profit
agencies, Type of Respondents: Physicians, healthcare professionals,
patients, family and friends of patients.
The annual reporting burden is as follows: estimated number of
respondents: 5,112; estimated number of responses per respondent: 1;
estimated average burden hours per response: 0.025; and estimated total
annual burden hours requested: 128. The annualized costs to respondents
are estimated at $6,400. There are no capital costs to report. There
are no operating or maintenance costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of the information on those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection reports and
instrument, contact Kathy Kranzfelder, Project Officer, NIDDK
Information Clearinghouses, NIH, Building 31, Room 9A06, MSC2560,
Behtesda, MD 20892. You may also submit comment and data by electronic
mail (e-mail) at [email protected].
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Barbara Merchant,
NIDDK Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 06-6878 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45am]
BILLING CODE 4140-01-M