[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68938-68939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27121]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Information Collection:
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program
AGENCY: Indian Health Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian
Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on the
information collection titled, ``Application for Participation in the
IHS Scholarship Program,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control No. 0917-0006. IHS is requesting OMB to approve an extension
for this collection, which expires on March 31, 2020.
DATES: Comment Due Date: February 18, 2020. Your comments regarding
this information collection are best assured of having full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments, requests for more information on
the collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument and instructions to Ms. Reta Brewer by one of the following
methods:
Mail: Reta Brewer, Branch Chief, Scholarship Programs,
Division of Health Professions Support, Indian Health Service, 5600
Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: OHR 11E53A, Rockville, MD 20857.
Phone: (301) 443-2349.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 301-443-6048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information
collection project was last published in the Federal Register (81 FR
60368), on September 1, 2016 and allowed 30 days for public comment. No
public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose of
this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment. A copy of the
supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID
IHS-2020-01).
Information Collection: Title: ``Application for Participation in
the IHS Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Type of
Information Collection Request: Extension of the currently approved
information collection ``Application for Participation in the IHS
Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Form Number(s): IHS-
856-07 through 856-16, IHS-856-19 through 856-23, IHS-817, and IHS-818
are retained for use by the IHS Scholarship Program (IHSSP) as part of
this current Information Collection Request. Reporting forms are found
on the IHS website at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Forms IHS-856-03, IHS-
856-05, and IHS-856-06 have been moved to the online application
process and can be found at www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/. Need and
Use of Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this
information for program administration and uses the information to:
Solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or
Health Professions Scholarship recipients; monitor the academic
performance of recipients; and to place recipients at payback sites.
The IHSSP application is electronically available on the internet at
the IHS website at: http://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/.
Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and
State, local or Tribal Governments. Type of Respondents: Students
pursuing health care professions.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hours.
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Number of Responses per Total annual Annual burden
Data collection instrument(s) respondents respondent response Burden hour per response * hours
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Scholarship Online Application............... 850 1 850 1.00 (60 min)............................ 850
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of 300 1 300 0.13 (8 min)............................. 39
Award (IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program Progress Report 800 1 800 0.13 (8 min)............................. 104
(IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS-856-9). 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)............................. 3
Change of Status (IHS-856-10)................ 50 1 50 .045 (25 min)............................ 21
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Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856- 60 1 60 0.13 (8 min)............................. 8
11).
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12)............. 150 1 150 0.50 (30 min)............................ 75
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13).. 170 1 170 0.17 (10 min)............................ 28
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856- 60 1 60 0.13 (8 min)............................. 8
14).
Placement Update (IHS-856-15)................ 170 1 170 0.18 (11 min)............................ 31
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16)............ 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min)............................ 50
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19)............ 10 1 10 0.13 (8 min)............................. 2
Summer School Request (IHS-856-21)........... 100 1 100 0.10 (6 min)............................. 10
Change of Name or Address (IHS-856-22)....... 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min)............................. 3
Request for Credit Validation (IHS-856-23)... 30 1 30 0.10 (6 min)............................. 3
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS-817)...... 60 1 60 0.16 (10 min)............................ 10
Health Professions Contract (IHS-818)........ 225 1 225 0.16 (10 min)............................ 38
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Total.................................... .............. .............. 3,275 ......................................... 1,283
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The
estimated cost for the federal government is $145,223.00 (contractor)
to work on the program with IHS program staff.
Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points:
(a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to
carry out an agency function;
(b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a
useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information);
(d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical;
(e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Chris Buchanan,
Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS, Deputy Director, Indian Health
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-27121 Filed 12-16-19; 8:45 am]
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