[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 61610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24889]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request 
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email 
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 
443-1984.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Maternal and Child Health Bureau Performance Measures 
for Discretionary Grants (OMB No. 0915-0298): Revision

    The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) intends to continue to 
collect performance data for Special Projects of Regional and National 
Significance (SPRANS), Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS), and 
other grant programs administered by MCHB.
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to 
continue using reporting requirements for SPRANS projects, CISS 
projects, and other grant programs administered by MCHB, including 
national performance measures previously approved by OMB, and in 
accordance with the ``Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 
1993'' (Pub. L. 103-62). This Act requires the establishment of 
measurable goals for federal programs that can be reported as part of 
the budgetary process, thus linking funding decisions with performance. 
Performance measures for MCHB discretionary grants were initially 
approved in January 2003. Approval from OMB is being sought to continue 
the use of these measures. Some of these measures are specific to 
certain types of programs and will not apply to all grantees. Through 
the experience of utilizing these measures, we are enhancing them to 
better reflect program goals. Specifically, additional outcome measures 
that can be utilized by grantees that predominantly provide 
infrastructure services are being developed for submission to OMB.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total         Burden hours     Total burden
                                Form                                   respondents       respondent       responses       per response        hours
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Grant Report.......................................................             900                1              900               41           36,900
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: October 3, 2012.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-24889 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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