In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide an opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institu...
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide an opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
DATES:
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received by September 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact Melissa Park, PRA Liaison, Office of Management Policy and Compliance, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 2E196, Bethesda, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free number (240) 276-5717 or email your request, including your address to:
vivian.horovitchkelley@nih.gov.
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This proposed information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register
on June 12, 2026 (Vol. 91, No. 113, FR 35694) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below.
Proposed Collection Title:
Specimen Resource Locator (NCI), 0925-0703: Expiration Date 08/31/2026, EXTENSION, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection:
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) seek to obtain OMB approval to extend the Specimen Resource Locator (SRL) collection for an additional three (3) years. The availability of specimens and associated data is critical to increase our knowledge of cancer biology and to translate important research discoveries into clinical applications. The discovery and validation of cancer prevention markers require access, by researchers, to quality clinical biospecimens. In response to this need, the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Diagnosis Program has developed and is expanding a searchable database: Specimen Resource Locator (SRL). The SRL allows scientists in the research community and the NCI to locate specimens needed for their research. The SRL lists non-commercial, either NCI or non-NCI-supported human biorepositories and their links. This administrative submission is an online form that collects information to manage and improve a program and its resources for the use of all scientists. This submission does not involve any hypothesis-driven analysis or research; only descriptive program-management metrics are used.
OMB approval is requested for three years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The estimated annualized burden hours are 107.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Type of respondent
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden hour
Private Sector
Initial Request (Attachment 2)
70
1
5/60
6
State Government
70
1
5/60
6
Federal Government
60
1
5/60
5
Private Sector
Enter Resource (Attachment 3)
30
1
7/60
4
State Government
30
1
7/60
4
Federal Government
20
1
7/60
2
Private Sector
Enter Collection (Attachment 4)
30
3
18/60
27
State Government
30
3
18/60
27
Federal Government
20
3
18/60
18
Private Sector
Annual Update (Attachment 5)
30
1
5/60
3
State Government
30
1
5/60
3
Federal Government
20
1
5/60
2
Total
600
107
( printed page 53275)
Dated: August 13, 2026.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain