[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21369-21370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08397]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

 [Document Identifier: HHS-OS-19226-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for extending the use of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0275, which 
expires on October 31, 2013. Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS 
seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or 
any other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before June 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
Information.[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, Information. [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-19226-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Performance Data System 
(PDS).
    OMB No.: 0990-0275.
    Abstract: This request for clearance is to extend data collection 
activities by three (3) years for a currently approved collection using 
the OMB-approved Performance Data System (PDS), the tool used by Office 
of Minority Health (OMH) to collect program management and performance 
data for all OMH-funded projects. Grantee data collection via the 
Uniform Data Set (UDS) (original data collection system) was first 
approved by OMB on June 7, 2004 (OMB No. 0990-275). OMB approval was 
also received for modifications to the UDS to accommodate grant 
programs that were not required to use the UDS at the time the system 
was developed (August 23, 2007), which upgraded the data collection 
tool from the UDS to the PDS (August 31, 2010). Clearance is due to 
expire on October 31, 2013.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The clearance is also to 
continue data collection using the PDS, enhancing the system to improve 
functionality and to alter questions to improve data collection 
completeness and quality. The functionality and question improvements 
are intended to improve OMH's ability to comply with Federal reporting 
requirements and monitor and evaluate performance by enabling the 
efficient collection of more performance-oriented data which are tied 
to OMH-wide performance reporting needs. The ability to monitor and 
evaluate performance in this manner, and to work towards continuous 
program improvement are basic functions that OMH must be able to 
accomplish in order to carry out its mandate with the most effective 
and appropriate use of resources.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents for this data collection include 
the project directors leading OMH-funded projects and/or the date entry 
persons assigned for each OMH-funded project. Affected public includes 
not-for-profit institutions and State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                                        Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                             Number of       Number of      burden per     Total  burden
                                          Type of respondent            Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                                                            respondent        hours)
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PDS Burden...........................  OMH Grantee.............  PDS....................             100               4             1.5             600
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    OS specifically requests comments on (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.

Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-08397 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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