NCI Cancer Information Service Community Services Database Survey and Verification; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

NCI Cancer Information Service Community Services Database Survey

and Verification; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment

on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute,

the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries

of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: NCI Cancer Information Service Community

Services Database Survey and Verification. Type of Information

Collection Request: New. Form Number: not applicable. Need and Use of

Information Collection: The CIS provides the general public, cancer

patients, families, health professionals, and others with the latest

information on cancer. Essential to fulfilling its role as a referral

source for cancer patients and their families is the identification,

acquisition, and dissemination of information about hospitals, breast

and cervical cancer screening clinics, and cancer pain management

programs. This effort involves sending a survey tool or a verification

instrument annually to 17,135 respondents. Frequency of Response:

Annual. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit

institutions, Federal government, state, local or tribal government.

Type of Respondents: Administrators of hospitals, clinics, and cancer

screening centers. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated

Number of Respondents: 17,135; Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: .167; and Estimated

Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,862. The annualized cost to

respondents is estimated at: $34,339. There are no Capital Costs to

report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

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Estimated

Estimated Average total

Estimated number of burden annual

Type of respondents number of responses hours per burden

respondents per response hours

respondent requested

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Administrators.............................................. 17,135 1 .167 2,862

Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 2,862

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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 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: To request more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and

instruments, contact Chris Thomsen, Acting Chief, Cancer Information

Service, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 31, Room 10A16, 9000

Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301)

496-5583 ext. 239 or E-mail your request, including your address to:

[email protected]

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if received on or before July

2, 1996.

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Philip D. Amoruso,

Associate Director of Extramural Management, NCI.

[FR Doc. 96-11070 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]

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