[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78995-78996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31672]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-11-0765]


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 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Project

    Fellowship Management System, (OMB No. 0920-0765 exp. 2/28/2011),--
Revision--Scientific Education and Professional Development Program 
Office (SEPDPO), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory 
Services (OSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    SEPDPO requests an additional three years to continue CDC's use of 
the online Fellowship Management System (FMS), and a revision to 
include two additional CDC fellowship applications and ten additional 
CDC fellowship directories. FMS allows applicants to apply to 
fellowships online and tracks fellowship applicants and alumni in one 
integrated database.
    FMS provides an efficient and effective way for processing 
application data, selecting qualified candidates, maintaining a current 
alumni database, documenting the impact of the fellowships on alumni's 
careers, and generating reports. FMS reduces duplicate applicant 
records as well as agency resources to administer and

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process paper records. The application process includes the following: 
Submission of responses to the questions in the online application; 
submission of academic transcripts and letters of recommendation; a 
review by selected programmatic staff and panel member experts; 
selection of qualified candidates for interview; interview of 
candidates; and selection of trainees for the fellowship programs.
    The online application questions ask for academic history, 
professional experience, names of references, and description of 
professional goals. The application questions and data collected are 
necessary to the application process to determine programmatic 
eligibility and to ensure that the most highly qualified candidates are 
chosen for the training programs.
    The alumni directory will allow CDC to maintain a current, 
centralized electronic database. Questions include updates to include 
email and other contact information, professional responsibilities, 
medical certifications, qualifications, and scientific skills in the 
event that it becomes necessary to contact alumni possessing mission-
critical skills to meet a national public health emergency or an urgent 
public health need. Alumni data will also be used by CDC to document 
the impact of the fellowships on the career paths of participants, and 
thus, on the science and practice of public health, and by the alumni 
for maintaining their professional networks for finding jobs, staffing 
jobs, collaborating, and interacting with their fellow alumni.
    Alumni will have two options for the level of information they wish 
to be visible to other alumni of their fellowship. They will have the 
option of displaying only their name, fellowship year, and professional 
information or all of their information. The default is to display only 
their name, fellowship year, and professional information. This 
information is already in the public domain.
    The annual burden table has been updated to reflect an increase in 
the number of fellowships participating in FMS.
    The estimated annualized burden for all nine fellowship 
applications is 748 hours (1,122 respondents x 40 minutes for 
completing the application), and the estimated annualized burden for 
all twelve directories is 114 hours (454 respondents x 15 minutes for 
updating their information). Note: Some alumni are deceased or cannot 
be located. Response burden assumes response from an individual 
responding alumnus, on average, every 3 years (which is likely an 
overestimate of frequency). There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 862.


                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                                                    annualized
                       Type of respondents                           Number of     Frequency of     burden per
                                                                    respondents      Response      response (in
                                                                                                      hours)
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Fellowship applicants...........................................            1122               1           40/60
Fellowship alumni...............................................             454               1           15/60
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    Dated: December 9, 2010.
Carol E. Walker,
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-31672 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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