[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4459]


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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, Pub. L. 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, e-mail [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: HRSA Office of Performance Review (OPR) Leading 
Practices Data Collection Initiative--NEW

    HRSA conducts performance reviews to assure that HRSA-funded 
grantees are successfully accomplishing their program purposes. While 
the Office of Performance Review's (OPR) primary function is to conduct 
performance reviews, another core function is to identify leading 
practices through the performance review process. The purpose of this 
submission is to collect qualitative information from diverse grantees 
across HRSA and identify a program component (activity, strategy, 
process, or intervention) that has been shown to work effectively, and 
produce successful outcomes, supported by objective and/or subjective 
data sources. Some characteristics of the program components that 
grantees will be asked to describe are their ability to be replicable 
and adaptable, ability to be documented, and ability to lead to 
successful program outcomes.
    In order to document and evaluate leading practices, grantees with 
potential leading practices will be asked to complete both the Data 
Collection Tool and the Narrative. The information collected through 
these documents will be submitted to OPR. The estimated annual burden 
is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Data Collection Tool............              40               1              40               3             120
Narrative.......................              40               1              40               3             120
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............             240
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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the 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: February 24, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-4459 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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