[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 17 (Friday, January 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3865-3866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1273]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    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.

Proposed Project: National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program 
(NBHPR) Data Collection Instrument (DCI)--NEW

    The Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB), Division of Healthcare 
Preparedness (DHP), is proposing a Data Collection Instrument (DCI) to 
gather critical information from the 62 Awardees participating in the 
National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (NBHPR).
    The DCI will capture information related to: Performance measures, 
critical benchmarks, minimal levels of readiness, program statistics, 
policies and procedures, surge capacity elements, surge capacity as 
measured by exercises, and other pertinent information for programmatic 
improvement and tracking performance. The data will be gathered from 
mid-year progress reports on annual activities, final reports on annual 
activities, and progress indicator reports submitted to HRSA's HSB, 
DHP.
    Awardees will indicate the progress made toward each of the 
financial and programmatic objectives noted on their cooperative 
agreement application (CAA) on the mid-year progress report. The final 
report on annual activities will require Awardees to provide additional 
details on how objectives were achieved and how the program funds were 
spent. The progress indicator report will require Awardees to outline 
improvements made to date toward achieving the program's critical 
benchmarks.
    Currently, there is no uniform reporting system in place to capture 
mid-year, final, and indicator reporting data. A uniform system for 
data

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collection will provide the DHP with information to provide technical 
assistance and to track and monitor program outcomes. The DCI will 
provide the program with the ability to review progress and generate 
reports on financial and programmatic objectives. In addition, the 
reporting will increase HRSA's ability to quickly and efficiently 
analyze data, identify trends, make timely program decisions, and 
provide the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, 
and other Agencies with data.
    The burden estimate for Awardees to complete and submit a 
submission is as follows:

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                                     Number of    Responses  per   Total  number     Hours per     Total  burden
         Submission type            respondents      respondent    of  responses     response          hours
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Mid-year Report.................              62               1              62              45           2,790
Final Report....................              62               1              62              45           2,790
Progress Indicator Report.......              62               1              62              50           3,100
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    Total.......................              62  ..............             186  ..............           8,680
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: January 19, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial 
Management.
 [FR Doc. E7-1273 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]
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