Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request, Survey of National Cancer Organizations Served by the NCI Office of Liaison Activities (OLA)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request, Survey of National

Cancer Organizations Served by the NCI Office of Liaison Activities

(OLA)

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

(NCI), 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: Survey of National Cancer Organizations

Served by the NCI Office of Liaison Activities. Type of Information

Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The

information to be collected in this survey is of vital importance to

the National Cancer Institute's Office of Liaison Activities in

determining the communication needs of the national cancer advocacy and

voluntary organizations it serves and the desirability and usefulness

of NCI's products and services. Information collected in this survey

will be used to improve program services and make appropriate

programmatic decisions. The respondents are leaders of organizations

served by OLA and have a deep commitment to cancer advocacy in areas of

cancer prevention, detection, treatment, control, and survivorship.

They seek to improve the communication and collaboration between their

organizations and the NCI. Frequency of Response: one time. Affected

Public: Not-for-profit organizations. Type of Respondents: Organization

leaders. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of

Respondents: 150; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;

Average Burden Hours Per Response: .3841 and Estimated Total

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Annual Burden Hours Requested: 57.61. The annualized cost to

respondents is estimated at: $1,152.30. 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 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 obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments,

contact Ms. Kristie Dionne, Program Analyst, Office of Liaison

Activities, NCI, NIH, Building 31, Room 10A06, 9000 Rockville Pike,

Bethesda, MD 20892-2580, or call non-toll-free number (301) 594-3194 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 within 60 days of

the date of this publication.

Dated: July 2, 1999.

Reesa Nichols,

OMB Project Clearance Liaison.

[FR Doc. 99-17927 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am]

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