Indian Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Files

Resumen

The Indian Health Service (IHS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. As required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the proposed information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The IHS received comments in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice (67 FR 50892) published on August 6, 2002. The public comments received in response to the notice and the agency responses are summarized and addressed below. Comment: One comment questioned the accuracy of the public burden estimate for this collection of information by indicating the burden