[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 65 (Monday, April 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 17671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7559]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-37]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404)498-1210.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Program Evaluation and Monitoring System for Health Departments and 
Community-Based Organizations--New--National Center for HIV, STD, and 
TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
    The purpose of this data collection is to collect HIV prevention 
evaluation data from health department and directly funded community-
based organization (CBO) grantees using the electronic Program 
Evaluation and Monitoring System (PEMS). This proposed data collection 
will incorporate data elements from two currently approved data 
collections: Evaluating CDC Funded Health Department HIV Prevention 
Programs, OMB No. 0920-0497; and Assessing the Effectiveness of CBOs 
for the Delivery of HIV Prevention Programs, OMB No. 0920-0525.
    CDC needs non-identifying, client-level, standardized evaluation 
data from health department and CBO grantees to: (1) More accurately 
determine the extent to which HIV prevention efforts have been carried 
out by assessing what types of agencies are providing services, what 
resources are allocated to those services, to whom services are being 
provided and how these efforts have contributed to a reduction in HIV 
transmission; (2) improve ease of reporting to better meet that goal; 
and (3) be accountable to stakeholders by informing them of efforts 
made and use of funds in HIV prevention nationwide.
    Although CDC receives evaluation data from grantees, the data 
received to date is insufficient for evaluation and accountability. 
Furthermore, there has not been standardization of required evaluation 
data from both health departments and CBOs. Changes to the evaluation 
and reporting process have become necessary to ensure CDC receives 
standardized, accurate, thorough evaluation data from both health 
department and CBO grantees. For these reasons, CDC developed PEMS and 
consulted with representatives from health departments, CBOs, and the 
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors during the 
development of PEMS.
    Respondents will report general agency information; program model 
and budget; intervention plan and delivery characteristics; and client 
demographics and behavioral characteristics. After initial set-up of 
the PEMS, data collection will include searching existing data sources, 
gathering and maintaining data, document compilation, review of data, 
and data entry into a web-based system. Respondents will submit data 
quarterly. It is estimated that this process will take each health 
department 99 hours per quarter, and community-based organizations will 
take approximately 67 hours per quarter. There are no costs to 
respondents.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Health Departments..............................              65               4              99          25,740
CBOs............................................             150               4              67          40,200
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          65,940
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    Dated: March 26, 2004.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-7559 Filed 4-2-04; 8:45 am]
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