[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27316-27317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9276]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-07-0658]


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 Maryam Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
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)

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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

    Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Information, Collection, 
Reporting, and Monitoring (OMB 0920-0658)--two year extension 
of the currently approved collection--National Center for HIV and AIDS, 
Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Tuberculosis Prevention 
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB clearance to extend 
the 3-year clearance for information collection to monitor the HIV 
prevention activities of CBA provider grantees funded by CDC to provide 
HIV prevention CBA from April, 1 2004 through March 31, 2009. Capacity 
building is a key strategy for the promotion and sustainability of 
health prevention programs. Capacity building generally refers to the 
skills, infrastructure, and resources of organizations and communities 
that are necessary to effect and maintain behavior change, thus 
reducing the level of risk for disease, disability, and injury. CDC is 
responsible for monitoring and evaluating HIV prevention activities 
conducted under these cooperative agreement numbers 04019, 05015, and 
06608. Reporting and monitoring forms have been used to collect 
information that assists in enhancing and assuring quality programming. 
CDC requires current information regarding CBA activities and services 
supported through these cooperative agreements. Therefore, forms such 
as the Trimester Interim Progress Report, CBA Notification Form, CBA 
Completion Form, and the CBA Training Events Report are considered a 
critical component of the monitoring/evaluation process. Because this 
program encompasses approximately 32 CBA provider organizations, there 
is a continued need for a standardized system for reporting individual 
episodes of CBA delivered by all CBA provider grantees. The information 
collected from the Trimester Progress Report, CBA Notification, CBA 
Completion Form, and the CBA Training Events Report, will allow CDC to 
further identify problems and technical assistance needs of CBO, or CBA 
grantees in a timely fashion and subsequently improve the effectiveness 
of CBA program activities and to ensure that they are aligned with 
national goals. The data collected using the CBA Notification and 
Completion Forms, and the Training Events Report are now being 
collected via a web portal (www.cdc.gov/hiv/cba) that has gone through 
a Certification and Accreditation process. Continued collection of this 
data in addition to the Trimester Progress Report will assist CDC, to 
aggregate data, and to discern and refine national goals and objectives 
for HIV prevention capacity building. This information collection 
process is also valuable for grantees as a management tool to routinely 
examining CBA program performance by assessing strengths and weaknesses 
in line with the CBA program, performance indicators, and national 
objectives.
    It is estimated that form A will require 4 hours of preparation by 
the respondent, form B will require 15 minutes of preparation by the 
respondent, and form C will require 30 minutes of preparation by the 
respondent, and form D will require 2 hours of preparation by the 
respondent. In aggregate, report preparation requires approximately 
1952 burden hours by each respondent. There is no cost to respondents 
other than their time.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of       Avgerage        Response
               Form name                  Number of respondents    responses per   burden hours     burden (in
                                                                    respondent     per  response      hours)
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Form A: CBA Trimester Report..........  32 Grantees.............               3               4             384
Form B: CBA Notification Form.........  32 CBA Provider Grantees              50           15/60             400
Form C: CBA Completion Form...........  32 CBA Provider Grantees              25           30/60             400
Form D: CBA Training Events Report....  32 CBA Provider Grantees              12               2             768
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    Total.............................  ........................  ..............  ..............            1952
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    Dated: May 7, 2007.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-9276 Filed 5-14-07; 8:45 am]
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