Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher Assignment

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 requirements 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 (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: Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher

Assignment. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No.

0925-0177, expiration 04/30/2000. 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

assignments. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public:

Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: Guest Researcher and

Special Volunteer candidates. The annual reporting burden is also as

follows: Estimated Number of

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Respondents: 1,630. Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.1. Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours Requested: 163.

The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at:

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Estimated Estimated

Estimated number of Average burden total annual

Type of respondents number of responses per hours per burden hours

respondents respondent response requested

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Guest Researcher................................ 400 1 0.1 40

Special Volunteer............................... 1230 1 0.1 123

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Total....................................... 1630 1 0.1 163

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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/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 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: Ms. Yetta L. 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 within 60-days

of the date of this publication and/or suggestions regarding the items

contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public

burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: Office

of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk

Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or

to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact:

Ms. Yetta L. Patterson, Personnel Management Specialist, Office of

Human Resource Management, OD, NIH, Building 31, Room 1C39, 31 Center

Drive MSC 2272, Bethesda, MD 20892-2272.

Dated: February 3, 1999.

Stephen C. Benowitz,

Director of Human Resources.

[FR Doc. 99-3236 Filed 2-9-99; 8:45 am]

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