sub-study for GCRCSS

Request for Approval under the “Conference, Meeting, Workshop,

Registration and Challenges Generic Clearance (OD)”

(OMB#: 0925-0740, Exp Date: 09/30/2025)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Global Cancer Research and Control Seminar Series (GCRCSS) Registration (NCI)

PURPOSE: Registration information collected for the GCRCSS is used to determine audience reach and future needs in addition to evaluation and improvement of the program.

This seminar series features talks by researchers and cancer control experts working in global oncology. These 1-hour monthly zoom webinars are open to the public and provide opportunities for discussion and collaboration around impactful and innovative work that addresses cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide. Currently, this series occurs at 10 am on the second Thursday of each month (approximately 10 seminars in a calendar year) with approximately 125 participants joining each virtual webinar. The seminar series is scheduled to begin on 10/4/2022.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Global cancer researchers and trainees.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check all that apply)

[ ] Abstract [ ] Application

[ ] Challenges and Competition

[ X ] Registration Form [ ] Other: ______________________

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

Name: Nina Ghanem

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ X ] Yes [ ] No

2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ X ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [ X ] No

Amount: _________

Explanation for incentive: (include number of visits, etc)

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Individuals	1,250	1	2/60	42
Totals		1,250		42

COST TO RESPONDENT

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Individuals	42	$49.44	$2,076.48
Total			$2,076.48

*Source of the mean Hourly Wage Rate is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupation title “Medical Scientists” 19-1040, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2021/May/oes_nat.htm#19-1040.

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $3,681.80.

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary**	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Writer/Editor	14/6	$147,272	3%		$3,681.80
Contractor Cost					$0
Travel					$0
Other Cost					$0
Total					$3,681.80

**The salary in the table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/22Tables/html/DCB.aspx

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [ ] Yes [X ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

We don’t send out a public email to solicit registration. However we do use our newsletter and we do send out an email to NCI staff.

Administration of the Instrument

How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[ X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Survey Form

[ ] Chart Abstraction

[ ] Other, Explain

Will interviewers, facilitators, or research coordinators be used? [ ] Yes [ X] No

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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