[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10776-10777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3736]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-30-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk 
Officer. All comments must be faxed to OMB at 202-395-6974.
    Proposed Project: Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Data 
Collection Instrument (DCI)-0990-NEW--Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Preparedness and Response.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary, Hospital 
Preparedness Program (HPP) formerly Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB), 
Division of Healthcare Preparedness (DHP), is proposing a Data 
Collection Instrument (DCI) to gather critical information from the 62 
Awardees which include: States or political subdivisions of a State 
(cities and counties), and territories participating in HPP.
    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

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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 HPP.
    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 toward achieving the program's critical benchmarks.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                             Number of        Average
              Forms (if necessary)                          Type of respondent               Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                                                            respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Mid-Year Report................................  States or political subdivisions of a                62               1              16             992
                                                  State (cities and counties), and
                                                  territories.
End-of-Year Report.............................  States or political subdivisions of a                62               1              16             992
                                                  State (cities and counties), and
                                                  territories.
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            1984
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John Teeter,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-3736 Filed 2-27-08; 8:45 am]
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