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OMB Control No: 0990-0390	ICR Reference No: 201501-0990-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201111-0990-001
Agency/Subagency: HHS/HHSDM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Generic: Challenge and Competition solicitations
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/06/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/11/2015
Terms of Clearance: This generic clearance for HHS challenges/competitions is approved under the following conditions: 1. HHS shall use the generic clearance to host challenges/competitions, not to collect data from the public to inform significant policy or resource allocation decisions. 2. Before running a challenge/competition, HHS shall submit a generic IC in ROCIS with (a) the Federal Register notice for the Challenge or the contest; (b) an abbreviated supporting statement in the template agreed to by OMB and HHS (included as a Supplementary Document in the ROCIS record); and (c) a screen shot, or reasonable facsimile, of any questionnaires that an entrant will be asked to submit as part of their entry (included as an "instrument" in the ROCIS record).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2015
Responses	1,000	0	1,530
Time Burden (Hours)	166	0	251
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The request is being sought so as to implement the uses of Challenge competitions as a means to promote innovative solutions to the problems and needs confronting DHHS. The approval seeks to enable specific information necessary to perform the evaluation of solutions provided by individuals and/or organizations requested by the Federal government.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 3701 Name of Law: The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 73075	12/09/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 7471	02/10/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,000	1,530	-530
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	166	251	-85
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Decrease in burden hours reduced from 251 to 166 total burden hours, less time for the respondent to complete forms.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $13,850

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Sherrette Funn-Coleman 2026905683

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