Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the

Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information

collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of

the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports

Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

Proposed Project 1

Applicant Background Survey--0990-0208--Extension--This form will

be used to ask applicants for employment how they learned about a

vacancy, to make sure that recruitment sources yield qualified women,

minority and handicapped applicants in compliance with EEOC Management

Directives. Respondents: Individuals; Annual Number of Respondents:

310,000; Annual Frequency of Response: one time; Average Burden per

Response: 2 minutes; Total Annual Burden: 10,333 hours.

Proposed Project 2

HHS Procurement--Solicitations and Contracts--Extension--0990-

0115--This clearance request covers general information collection

requirements of the procurement process such as technical proposals and

statements of work.--Respondents: State or local governments,

businesses or other for-profit, non-profit institutions, small

businesses; Annual Number of Respondents: 8415; Frequency of Response:

one time; Average Burden per Response: 249.68 hours; Estimated Annual

Burden: 2,101,005 hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington

DC, 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97-29470 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]

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