Notice2026-05104
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Health Workforce Connector, OMB No. 0906-0031 Revision
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Published
March 16, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12598-12599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05104]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Health Workforce
Connector, OMB No. 0906-0031 Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 15,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#344455445146435b465f745c4647551a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acdccddcc9dedbc3dec7ecc4dedfcd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Collection Request Title: Bureau
of Health Workforce Health Workforce Connector OMB No. 0906-0031--
Revision.
Abstract: The Health Workforce Connector's (HWC) goal is to help
connect skilled professionals to communities in need by allowing
approved site points of contact (POCs) at National Health Service Corps
(NHSC), Nurse Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs (Nurse
Corps), Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan
Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty (PS) Loan Repayment Program,
Nursing Training, and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(THCGME) sites to post available opportunities and update site
profiles. The HWC provides a central platform to connect participants,
including but not limited to those in the NHSC, Nurse Corps, STAR, PS,
Nursing Training, and THCGME programs with facilities that are approved
for their programs. The HWC is a resource connecting any health care
professional or student interested in providing primary care services
in underserved communities with facilities in need of health care
providers. The HWC also allows users to create a profile, search for
approved sites, find job and training opportunities, and connect with
other clinicians who are similarly interested in working with
underserved populations. The HWC is searchable by site POCs.
Individuals can use the HWC's search capability with Google Maps.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on December 31,
2025, vol. 90, No. 247; pp. 61402-03. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information will be
collected from users in two ways:
(1) Account Creation: For job seekers, creating an account is
optional. To create an account the user must enter their first name,
last name, and email address. Those mandatory fields will be used to
send an automated email allowing the user to validate their login
credentials. In addition, for job seekers participating in the programs
listed above, their HWC account will be linked to their existing
program file in the Bureau of Health Workforce Management Information
Systems Solution database and allow an initial import of existing data
at the request of the user.
(2) Profile Completion: Users may fill out a profile, but this
function will be optional and includes fields such as location,
discipline, specialty, and languages spoken. The information collected,
if published by the user, can be searched by approved site POCs seeking
potential candidates for health care job opportunities at their site.
Job seekers also can set their security and privacy settings on their
accounts to make their profiles searchable by other end users or
private at any time. In addition, all information collected through the
HWC will be stored within existing secure Bureau of Health Workforce
Management Information Systems Solution databases and will be used
internally for report generation on an as-needed basis.
HRSA is requesting a revision and is seeking to use the previously
approved forms. The revisions are because of an increase in the
estimated annual burden due to an increase in web page traffic, leading
to an increase in the number of accounts created.
Likely Respondents: Potential users include individuals searching
for a health care job opportunity at a NHSC, Nurse Corps, STAR, PS,
Nursing Training, or THCGME approved health care facility and health
care facility POCs searching for potential candidates to fill open
health care job opportunities at their sites.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Account Creation................ 5,330 1 5,330 0.08 426.40
Complete Profile................ 5,014 1 5,014 1.00 5,014.00
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Total....................... \1\ 5,330 .............. 5,330 .............. 5,440.40
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\1\ The 5,014 respondents who complete their profiles are a subset of the 5,330 respondents who create accounts.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-05104 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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