Notice2025-20593
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NIMH Office of National Autism Coordination (ONAC) Portfolio Analysis
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Published
November 21, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentNational Institutes of Health
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52685-52686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20593]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; NIMH Office of
National Autism Coordination (ONAC) Portfolio Analysis
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data
collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 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 within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or
request more information on the proposed project, contact: Andrew
Hooper, NIMH Project Clearance Liaison, Science Policy and Evaluation
Branch, Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communications, NIMH,
Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9667, Bethesda,
Maryland 20892, call (301) 480-8433, or email your request, including
your mailing address, to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#117f787c796163706164737d7872727e7c7c747f6562517c70787d3f7f78793f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="543a3d393c242635242136383d37373b3939313a20271439353d387a3a3d3c7a333b22">[email protected]</span></a>. Formal
requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in
writing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires: written comments and/or suggestions
from the public and affected agencies are invited to address one or
more of the following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3)
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) Ways to minimizes the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Proposed Collection Title: NIMH Office of National Autism
Coordination (ONAC) Portfolio Analysis, NIMH, 0925-0682, expiration
date 2/28/2026, REVISION, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: This is a requested
revision of a currently approved request (NIMH Office of Autism
Research Coordination (OARC) Portfolio Analysis, 0925-0682, expiration
date 2/28/2026), where the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Office of National Autism Coordination (ONAC), on behalf of the
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), plans to continue
conducting comprehensive portfolio analyses of major autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) research funders. The purpose of the ASD research
portfolio analysis is to collect research funding data from U.S. and
international ASD research funders, to assist the Interagency Autism
Coordinating Committee (IACC) in fulfilling the requirements of the
Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support
(CARES) Act of 2024, and to inform the committee and interested
stakeholders of the funding landscape and current directions for ASD
research. Specifically, these analyses will continue to examine the
extent to which current funding and research topics align with the IACC
Strategic Plan for Autism Research, Services, and Policy. The findings
will help guide future funding priorities by outlining current gaps and
opportunities in ASD research as well as serving to highlight annual
research activities and progress.
This revision request includes the following actions: updating all
previous references to the ``Office of Autism Research Coordination
(OARC)'' to instead refer to the ``Office of National Autism
Coordination (ONAC)''; updating all previous references to the ``Autism
CARES Act of 2019'' to instead refer to the ``Autism CARES Act of
2024'', which was signed into law in December 2024 and reauthorizes the
IACC through September 2029; updating all previous references to IACC
Strategic Plan ``Objectives'' to instead refer to ``Recommendations''
after the publication of the 2021-2023 IACC Strategic Plan; updating
descriptions of how results of the portfolio analyses will be presented
and made publicly available upon request; updating the total burden
hours due to an increase in the number of U.S. respondents and an
increase in the number of projects reported by these respondents;
updating the annualized total cost to the federal government due to
inflation and staffing changes; and, updating information collection
materials and background documents to reflect the funders to be
included in future autism research portfolio analyses and to allow for
project funding data for two years to be provided in one spreadsheet.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 474.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average time
Type of respondents Number of projects per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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U.S. Federal.................................... 40 24 15/60 240
U.S. Private.................................... 18 47 15/60 212
International Government........................ 1 61 15/60 15
International Private........................... 2 13 15/60 7
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Total....................................... 61 1,893 .............. 474
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Dated: November 18, 2025.
Andrew A. Hooper,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute of Mental Health,
National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-20593 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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