[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43434-43435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14788]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-0437X]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 371-5983 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Program Evaluation and Monitoring System (PEMS)--New--National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC is requesting OMB approval of this data collection to 
collection HIV prevention evaluation data from health departments and 
directly funded community-based organizations (CBOs). The proposed data 
collection will incorporate data elements from three other OMB-approved 
data collections: Evaluating CDC Funded Health Department HIV 
Prevention Programs (OMB Control No. 0920-0497, expiration date 4/30/
2006); Assessing the Effectiveness of CBOs for the Delivery of HIV 
Prevention Programs (OMB Control No. 0920-0525, expiration date 10/31/
2004); and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Surveillance Project Reports for 
counseling, testing, and referral (CTR) (OMB Control No. 0920-0208, 
expiration date 10/31/2005).
    CDC needs non-identifying, client-level, standardized evaluation 
data from health departments 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 
departments and CBOs. 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 
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. Respondents may choose one of the three options to enter and 
submit the required PEMS data variables: (1) Use the PEMS software 
provided and installed by CDC at no cost to the respondent; (2) revise 
their own existing HIV prevention information technology system and use 
the import-export data transfer process in PEMS; or (3) deploy PEMS 
locally, within the respondent facility using equipment purchased by 
the respondents. In addition, respondents may choose to utilize the 
optional CDC scan form for the data collection. If the respondent 
chooses the

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scan form, the annual cost to respondents is approximately $1,700 for 
the purchase of a scanner and scanning software. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours are 122,172.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Health Departments..............................................              59               4             137
Health Departments (CTR)........................................              30               4             174
Health Departments (Training)...................................              59               4              10
Community-Based Organizations...................................             160               4              84
Community-Based Organizations (CTR).............................              70               4              23
Community-Based Organizations (Training)........................             160               4              10
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    Dated: July 21, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-14788 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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