Proposed Information Collection: Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Notice

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection project was previously published in the Federal Register (66 FR 66912) on February 24, 2004 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30-days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB. Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0006, ``IHS Scholarship Program Application.'' Type of Information Collection Request: Previously Approved Collection. Form Number(s): IHS-856, 856-2, through 856-8, IHS-815, IHS-816, IHS-817, IHS-818, D-02, F-02, F-04, G-02, G-04, H-07, H-08, J-04, J-05, K-03, K-04, and L-03. Reporting formats are contained in an IHS Scholarship Program application booklet. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this information for program administration and uses the information to solicit, process and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory and/or Health Professions Scholarship grantees and monitor the academic performance of awardees, to place awardees at payback sites, and for awardees to request additional program. The IHS Scholarship Program plan to streamline the application to reduce the time needed by applicants to complete and provide the information and the plan to use information technology to make the application electronically available on the internet have been delayed. Affected Public: Individuals, not-for- profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions. The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).