[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8528-8529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [http://www.gpo.gov/]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01759]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: 0990-0419-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for extending the use of the approved
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0419, which
expires on June 30, 2017. Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any
other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before March 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-5683.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier 0990-0419-60D for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Acquisition Regulation Clause
Patent Rights and Rights and Data.
OMB No.: 0990-0419.
Abstract: The Department of Health and Human Services; Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Office of Grants
and Acquisition Policy and Accountability, Division of Acquisition, is
requesting an approval by OMB for an extension of a previously approved
information collection request, 0990-0419--Acquisition Regulation
Clause Patent rights and Rights in Data. HHS found that systematically,
over a period of several years, when Determination of Exceptional
Circumstances (DEC) were executed, additional legal protection for the
patent and data rights of third parties beyond those covered by FAR
27.306 were necessary. A DEC is executed consistent with the policy and
objectives of the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. 200, et seq., to ensure that
subject inventions made under contracts and subcontracts (at all tiers)
are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise without
unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to encourage maximum
participation of small business firms in federally supported research
and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial
concerns and nonprofit organizations including universities; to ensure
that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported
inventions to meet its needs; to protect the public against nonuse or
unreasonable use of inventions; and in the case of fulfilling the
mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to
ultimately to benefit the public health.
Likely Respondents: Administrative, technical, legal and management
personnel.
The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized
in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of Average burden
Information Type of respondent and Number of responses per per response Total burden
collection hours for each respondents respondent (hours) hours
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(a)................. Technical (4)............. 63 1 8 504
Legal (2).................
Management (2)............
(b)................. Technical (8)............. 63 1 12 756
Legal (2).................
Management (2)............
(c)................. Technical (8)............. 63 3 12 (36) 2268
Legal (3).................
Management (1)............
(d)................. Technical (8)............. 63 3 14 (42) 2646
Legal (4).................
Management (2)............
(e)................. Technical (6)............. 63 1 10 630
Legal (2).................
Management (2)............
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(f)................. Technical (4)............. 63 1 8 504
Legal (2).................
Management (2)............
(g)................. Administrative (8)........ 63 3 8 (24) 1512
(h)................. Administrative (2)........ 63 3 3 (9) 567
Management (1)............
(i)................. Technical (4)............. 63 3 8 (24) 1512
Legal (2).................
Management (2)............
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Total........... .......................... 63 19 83 (173) 10,899
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OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Terry S. Clark,
Asst. Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-01759 Filed 1-25-17; 8:45 am]
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