[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28696-28697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9795]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-0696]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    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) 639-5960 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

    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 are 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 
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. The total estimated annual burden hours 
are 181,512.

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                                       Estimate Of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                         Number of     Average
                                             Number of                                   responses   burden  per
                Respondents                 respondents            Form name                per        response
                                                                                         respondent   (in hours)
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Health jurisdictions......................           59  PEMS Data Variables and                  4          137
                                                          Values (HD).
Health jurisdictions (CTR-scan)...........           30  Counseling, Testing and                  4          509
                                                          Referral Form.
Health jurisdictions (CTR non-scan).......           30  PEMS Data Variables and                  4          165
                                                          Values (HD).
Health jurisdictions (Training)...........           59  PEMS Data Variables and                  4           10
                                                          Values (HD).
Community-Based Organizations.............          160  PEMS Data Variables and                  4           84
                                                          Values (CBO).
Community-Based Organizations (CTR).......           70  Counseling, Testing and                  4           23
                                                          Referral Form.
Community-Based Organizations (Training)..          160  PEMS Data Variables and                  4           10
                                                          Values (CBO).
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    Dated: May 15, 2007.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-9795 Filed 5-21-07; 8:45 am]
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