Public Comment

Public Comment

From: <[email protected]>

Date: February 5, 2014 at 5:18:59 PM EST

To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Subject: public comment on fedeeral register - high paid staff stiffing us taxpayers who gave them loans

BOY DO THEY RATE. THE ORDINARY PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY OFF THEIR STUDENT LOANS BUT THESE HIGH PAID HIGH FLYING NIH GUYS GET TO ABSOLVE THEIR STUDENT LOANS. OF ALL PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE REPAYING THEIR STUDENT LOANS, THESE PEOPLE SHOULD. THEY ARE LEACHES.

THEIR INVESTIGATIONS ARE PROBABLY GIVEN OUT SO THE LOANS CAN BE REPAID EVEN THOUGH SOME OF HTE PROJECTS THIS GROUP DOES END UP IN SEN TOM COBURNS WASTE BOOK OF BEING JUSTPURE AND TOTAL GOVT WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS.

AND THEN THEY HAVE THE CHUTZPAH AND GALL TO GET LOAN REPAYMENTS ABSOLVED.

I AMNOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROGRAM AT ALL. THESE PEOPLE ARE HIGH PAID. THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY OFF THEIR LOANS. I CANT SEE WHERE ANY OF THEM ARE REALLY HELPING AMERICA. MOST OF THEM ARE SIMPLY TAKING UP TIME AND SPACE. THIS COMMENT IS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT. JEAN PUBLIC Pages 5440-5441]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2014-02018]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; 60-day Comment Request: National Institutes

of Health Loan Repayment Programs

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 Division of Loan Repayment,

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.

Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected

agencies should address 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.

To Submit Comments and For Further Information: To request more

information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data

collection plans and instruments, contact: Steve Boehlert, Director of

Operations, Division of Loan Repayment, National Institutes of Health,

6011 Executive Blvd., Room 206 (MSC 7650), Bethesda, Maryland 20892-

7650. Steve may be contacted via email at [email protected] or by

calling 301-451-4465. Formal requests for additional plans and

instruments must be requested in writing.

Comment 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.

Proposed Collection: National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment

Programs.

Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection (OMB No. 0925-0361, expiration date 06/30/14).

Form Numbers: NIH 2674-1, NIH 2674-2, NIH 2674-3, NIH 2674-4, NIH

2674-5, NIH 2674-6, NIH 2674-7, NIH 2674-8, NIH 2674-9, NIH 2674-10,

NIH 2674-11, NIH 2674-12, NIH 2674-13, NIH 2674-14, NIH 2674-15, NIH

2674-16, NIH 2674-17, NIH 2674-18, and NIH 2674-19.

Need and Use of Information Collection: The NIH makes available

financial assistance, in the form of educational loan repayment, to

M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.V.M., D.P.M., DC, and N.D.

degree holders, or the equivalent, who perform biomedical or behavioral

research in NIH intramural laboratories or as extramural grantees or

scientists funded by domestic non-profit organizations for a minimum of

2 years (3 years for the General Research LRP) in research areas

supporting the mission and priorities of the NIH.

The AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program (AIDS-LRP) is authorized

by Section 487A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288-1); the

Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from

Disadvantaged Backgrounds (CR-LRP) is authorized by Section 487E (42

U.S.C. 288-5); the General Research Loan Repayment Program (GR-LRP) is

authorized by Section 487C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

288-3); the Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program (LRP-CR) is

authorized by Section 487F (42 U.S.C. 288-5a); the Pediatric Research

Loan Repayment Program (PR-LRP) is authorized by Section 487F (42

U.S.C. 288-6); the Extramural Clinical Research LRP for Individuals

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (ECR-LRP)

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is authorized by an amendment to Section 487E (42 U.S.C. 288-5); the

Contraception and Infertility Research LRP (CIR-LRP) is authorized by

Section 487B (42 U.S.C. 288-2); and the Health Disparities Research

Loan Repayment Program (HD-LRP) is authorized by Section 485G (42

U.S.C. 287c-33).

The Loan Repayment Programs can repay up to $35,000 per year toward

a participant's extant eligible educational loans, directly to

financial institutions. The information proposed for collection will be

used by the Division of Loan Repayment to determine an applicant's

eligibility for participation in the program.

Frequency of Response: Initial application and one or two-year

renewal application.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; Nonprofits; and

Businesses or other for-profit.

Type of Respondents: Physicians, other scientific or medical

personnel, and institutional representatives.

OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to

respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized

burden hours are 34,925.

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

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Estimated

Number of number of Average burden Annual burden hours