[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31589]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Assessment and Evaluation of 
the Public Health Training Center Program.
    OMB No:. 0915-xxxx-NEW.
    Abstract: The Public Health Training Center (PHTC) Program provides 
support to help improve the public health workforce by strengthening 
the competence of the existing and future public health workforce and 
addressing public health workforce shortages. Grantees of the PHTC 
Program include accredited schools and programs of public health and 
other private and non-profit entities that are required to provide 
competency-based training and educational programs--based on the Core 
Competencies for Public Health Professionals outlined by the Council on 
Linkages between Academia and Public Health--that support core public 
health functions and the Ten Essential Public Health Services.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Bureau of Health 
Professions (BHPr) is currently evaluating the PHTC Program to assess 
how grantees are meeting the needs of the public health workforce, 
improving the public health workforce by strengthening the competence 
of the existing and future public health workforce, and addressing 
shortages of the public health workforce. The specific purpose of this 
data collection activity is to obtain information from individuals who 
participate in continuing education courses offered by PHTC grantees in 
order to gauge and monitor changes in participants' knowledge about 
public health-related issues.
    Likely Respondents: Participants of continuing education courses 
offered by PHTC grantees.
    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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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CE Survey Form..................           3,000               1           3,000             .16             480
    1Total......................           3,000               1           3,000             .16             480
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    Total Estimated Annualized burden hours:
    HRSA 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.

    Dated: December 30, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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