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Commission, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., 123, Washington, DC 20004–2608,
telephone number 202–380–0725 (Note:
This is not a toll-free number).
Written comments may be submitted
to the Commission and will be made
part of the permanent record of the
Commission. Comments must be
received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time (EST), Friday, March 6, 2015 and
may be provided by email to
daniel.dayton@
worldwar1centennial.org. Requests to
comment at the meeting must be
received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time (EST), Friday, March 6, 2015.
Written presentations may be provided
to Mr. Dayton at daniel.dayton@
worldwar1centennial.org until Friday,
March 6, 2015. Please contact Mr.
Dayton at the email address above to
obtain meeting materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

• Introduction of Ex-Offico and
Advisory Members.
• Report on the French Centenary.
• Discussion of recommendations to
be made to the Congress and the
President.
• World War 1 Washington Memorial
Report.
• Fund Raising Report.
• Education Report.
• Kansas City Memorial Day
invitation.

In this case, the agency is giving less
than 15 days’ notice due to the inability
to have quorum for the meeting.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office, has been delegated
the authority to sign Federal Register
notices pertaining to announcements of
meetings and other committee
management activities, for both the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: February 23, 2015.
Daniel S. Dayton,
Designated Federal Official, World War I
Centennial Commission.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.

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Background

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

The World War One Centennial
Commission was established by Public
Law 112–272, as a commission to
ensure a suitable observance of the
centennial of World War I, to provide
for the designation of memorials to the
service of members of the United States
Armed Forces in World War I, and for
other purposes. Under this authority,
the Committee will plan, develop, and
execute programs, projects, and
activities to commemorate the
centennial of World War I, encourage
private organizations and State and
local governments to organize and
participate in activities commemorating
the centennial of World War I, facilitate
and coordinate activities throughout the
United States relating to the centennial
of World War I, serve as a clearinghouse
for the collection and dissemination of
information about events and plans for
the centennial of World War I, and
develop recommendations for Congress
and the President for commemorating
the centennial of World War I. The
Commission does not have an
appropriation and is operated solely on
donated funds.
Contact Daniel S. Dayton at
[email protected]
to register to comment in person during
the meeting’s 30 minute public
comment period. Registered speakers/
organizations will be allowed 5 minutes
and will need to provide written copies
of their presentations.
Agenda: Thursday, March 12, 2015.
Old Business:
• Approval of minutes of previous
meetings.
• Public Comment Period.
New Business:

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Subcommittee for Dose
Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR),
Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH or the
Advisory Board), National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH)
Notice of Cancellation: A notice was
published in the Federal Register on
January 30, 2015, Volume 80, Number
20, Page 5117, announcing an Audio
Conference Call of the ABRWH–SDRR
on February 27, 2015. This meeting was
canceled due to a lack of quorum for the
meeting. Notice will be provided when
the meeting is rescheduled in
accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463).
Contact Person for More Information:
Theodore Katz, Designated Federal
Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton
Road, Mailstop E–20, Atlanta Georgia
30333, Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll
Free 1 (800) CDC–INFO, Email ocas@
cdc.gov.
This notice is published less than the
required 15 days prior to the start of the
announced meeting, in accordance with
Section 102–3.150(b) of the GSA Final
Rule (2001) that allows for exceptions to
the meeting notification time
requirement. Section 102–3.150(b) states
the following: ‘‘In exceptional
circumstances, the agency or an
independent Presidential advisory
committee may give less than 15
calendar days’’ notice, provided that the
reasons for doing so are included in the
advisory committee meeting notice
published in the Federal Register.’’

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day
Notice for Extension of Fast Track
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery: IHS Customer
Service Satisfaction and Similar
Surveys
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice and request for
comments. Request for extension of
approval.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Indian Health Service
(IHS), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on the
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ for approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This collection was
developed as part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process for seeking feedback from
the public on service delivery. This
notice announces our intent to submit
this collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval and solicits comments on
specific aspects for the proposed
information collection. A copy of the
draft supporting statement is available
at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID
[IHS–2015–0002]).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by May 1, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to
Tamara Clay by one of the following
methods:
• Mail: Tamara Clay, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Indian
Health Service, 801 Thompson Avenue,
SUMMARY:

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TMP, STE 450–30, Rockville, MD
20852.
• Phone: 301–443–4750.
• Email: [email protected].
• Fax: 301–443–4750.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be made available to the
public by publishing them in the 30 day
Federal Register notice for this
information collection. For this reason,
please do not include information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If comments are submitted
via email, the email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
Internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tamara Clay through:
• Mail: Tamara Clay, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Indian
Health Service, 801 Thompson Avenue,
TMP, STE 450–30, Rockville, MD
20852.
• Phone: 301–443–4750.
• Email: [email protected].
• Fax: 301–443–4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery: IHS Customer Service
Satisfaction and Similar Surveys.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. Qualitative
feedback is information that provides
useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but is not statistical surveys
that yield quantitative results that can
be generalized to the population of
study. This feedback will provide
insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning
of issues with service, or focus attention
on areas where communication, training
or changes in operations might improve
delivery of products or services. These
collections will allow for ongoing,
collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency
and its customers and stakeholders. It
will also allow feedback to contribute
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The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the agency’s services
will be unavailable.
The agency will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
is collected only to the extent necessary
and is not retained;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: The target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
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sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
Current Actions: Extension of
approval for a collection of information.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, businesses and
organizations, and Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
105,000.
Below are projected annual average
estimates for the next three years:
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 100.
Average Number of Respondents per
Activity: 1,050.
Annual Responses: 105,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Minutes per Response: 10.
Burden Hours: 17,500.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the
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
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (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;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
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collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection on
Regulations.gov.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Comment Due Date: Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.

DATES:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Submission period begins March 2,
2015, 9:00 a.m. ET.
Submission period ends: December 1,
2015.
Judging period: January 2016.
Winners announced: On or after
February 15, 2016.
The NIH will announce any changes
to this timeline by amending this
Federal Register notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.
Katherine Jung, Ph.D., Program Director,
Division of Metabolism and Health
Effects, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, Phone: 301–
443–8744, Email [email protected].
F.L. Dammann, M.P.A., Management
Analyst and Special Assistant to the
Executive, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, Phone: 301–
480–9433, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Institutes of Health

Subject of Challenge

Dated: February 20, 2015.
Robert G. McSwain,
Acting Director, Indian Health Service.
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Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for ‘‘A Wearable Alcohol
Biosensor’’ Challenge
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.

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a useful alcohol biosensor in the near
future. The NIH believes that this
challenge will stimulate investment
from public and private sectors in the
development of functional alcohol
biosensors that will be appealing to
individuals, treatment providers, and
researchers.

Award Approving Official: Dr.
Lawrence A. Tabak, Principal Deputy
Director, National Institutes of Health
(NIH).
SUMMARY: Through the ‘‘A Wearable
Alcohol Biosensor’’ Challenge (the
‘‘Challenge’’), the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA), a component of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), is searching
for a wearable or otherwise discreet
device capable of measuring blood
alcohol level in real time. The advent of
alcohol biosensors that can be worn
discreetly and used by individuals in
the course of their daily lives will
advance the mission of NIAAA in the
arenas of research, treatment, and
rehabilitation. NIAAA has supported
academic and small business grants and
contracts to advance the development
and use of alcohol biosensors in the
past. Current technological
developments in electronics,
miniaturization, wireless technology,
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Current technologies for real time
monitoring of alcohol consumption,
used in criminal justice applications,
have performed adequately, but have
disadvantages for broader use.
NIAAA seeks the design and
production of a wearable device to
monitor blood alcohol levels in real
time. The device should be
inconspicuous, low profile, and
appealing to the wearer. The design can
take the form of jewelry, clothing, or any
other format located in contact with the
human body. A non-invasive technology
is preferred.
Current technology for continuous
alcohol monitoring takes a reading every
30 minutes. We are seeking a solution
that improves on this interval and most
closely approximates real time
monitoring and data collection. The
device should be able to quantitate
blood alcohol level, interpret and store
the data, or transmit it to a smartphone
or other device by wireless
transmission. Data storage and
transmission must be completely secure
in order to protect the privacy of the
individual. The device should have the
ability to verify standardization at
regular intervals and to indicate loss of
functionality. The power source should
be dependable and rechargeable. A form
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added benefit. The device can be
removable.
This is a reduction to practice
challenge that requires written
documentation and a working prototype
of the submitted solution.
NIAAA is open to a range of design
forms which can accomplish the above
tasks.
Statutory Authority of the Funding
Source
This Challenge is consistent with and
advances the mission of NIAAA, as
described in 42 U.S.C. 285n, to conduct
and support biomedical and behavioral
research, health services research,
research training, and health
information dissemination with respect
to the prevention of alcohol abuse and
the treatment of alcoholism, and to
conduct a study of alternative
approaches for alcoholism and alcohol
abuse treatment and rehabilitation.
Eligibility Rules for the Challenge
1. To Participate
This Challenge is open to any
‘‘Solver’’ where ‘‘Solver’’ is defined as
an individual, a group of individuals
(i.e., a team), or an entity. Whether
singly or as part of a group or entity,
individuals younger than 18
participating in the Challenge must
provide parental consent and must
abide by the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act.
2. To Win
To be eligible to win a prize under
this Challenge, the Solver—
1. Shall have registered to participate
in the Challenge at www.challenge.gov.
2. Shall have complied with all the
requirements under this section on
Eligibility.
3. In the case of a private entity, shall
be incorporated in and maintain a
primary place of business in the United
States; and in the case of an individual,
whether participating singly or in a
group, shall be a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States. Note: NonU.S. citizens and nonpermanent
residents can participate as a member of
a team that otherwise satisfies the
eligibility criteria but will not be eligible
to win a monetary prize (in whole or in
part); however, their participation as
part of a winning team, if applicable,
may be recognized when results are
announced.
4. In the case of an individual, he/she
may not be an employee of the NIH; an
individual involved in formulation of
the Challenge and/or serving on the
technical evaluation panel; any other
individual involved with the design,

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