[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67354-67355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19634]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-07-0696]


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 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 
to [email protected].
    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    HIV Prevention Program Evaluation and Monitoring System for Health 
Departments and Community-Based Organizations (PEMS)--Reinstatement 
(0920-0696)--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This is an extension of a data collection that is being 
incrementally implemented. The initial PEMS OMB request was approved 
October 6, 2005 for one year. However, delays in the development of the 
data collection software and requests by grantees for additional time 
to modify their data collection procedures have prevented the initial 
data collection originally anticipated for 2006.
    The purpose of this data collection is to collect HIV prevention 
evaluation data from health department and community-based organization 
(CBO) grantees using the electronic Program Evaluation and Monitoring 
System (PEMS). This data collection incorporates data elements from two 
previously approved data collections: Evaluating CDC Funded Health 
Department HIV Prevention Programs, OMB No. 0920-0497 (discontinued 4/
31/2006); and Assessing the Effectiveness of CBOs for the Delivery of 
HIV Prevention Programs, OMB No. 0920-0525 (discontinued 12/17/2004).
    Per HIV prevention cooperative agreements, CDC requires 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, 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 these data needs; 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

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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 national partners (e.g., The National Alliance of State and 
Territorial AIDS Directors, Urban Coalition of HIV/AIDS Prevention 
Services, and National Minority AIDS Council).
    Respondents will collect, enter, and report general agency 
information, program model and budget data, 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 the web-based system.) Agents will submit data quarterly. There 
are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                          Estimate of Annualized Burden
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                                                                                             Average
                                                                                 Number of    burden     Total
                                                                    Number of    responses     per       burden
                           Respondents                             respondents      per      response     (in
                                                                                respondent     (in       hours)
                                                                                              hours)
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Health jurisdictions.............................................          59            4        137     32,332
Health jurisdictions (CTR).......................................          30            4        174     20,880
Health jurisdictions (Training)..................................          59            4         10      2,360
Community-Based Organizations....................................         160            4         84     53,760
Community-Based Organizations (CTR)..............................          70            4         23      6,440
Community-Based Organizations (Training).........................         160            4         10      6,400
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    Annual total.................................................  ...........  ..........  .........    122,172
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    Dated: November 14, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. 1
[FR Doc. E6-19634 Filed 11-20-06; 8:45 a.m.]
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