# Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher Assignment > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-640 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** January 10, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 1463 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher Assignment 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 Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (HIH) 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: Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher Assignment. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No. 0925-0177; 4/30/97. Need and Use of Information Collection: Form NIH - 590 records, names, address, employer, education, and other information on prospective Special Volunteers and Guest Researchers, and is used by the responsible NIH approving official to determine the individual's qualifications and eligibility for such assignments. The form is the only official record of approved assignment. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: Guest Researcher and Special Volunteer candidates. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1560. Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1. Average Burden Hours Per Response: .08. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 125. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated number of Estimated number of Average burden hours per Estimated total annual Type of respondents respondents responses per respondent response burden hours requested -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Researcher................................ 370 1 .08 29.6 Special Volunteer............................... 1190 1 .08 95.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 1560 1 .08 125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and the clarity of 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: Yetta Patterson, Personnel Management Specialist, Office of Human Resource Management, OD, NIH Building 31, Room 1C39, 31 Center Drive MSC 2272, Bethesda, MD 20892-2272. COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before March 11, 1997. Dated: December 26, 1996. Marvene S. Horwitz, Acting Director, Office of Human Resource Management. [FR Doc. 97-640 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-640. Public record. Not legal advice.