[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8720-8721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day 14-14IZ]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 
3506(copyright)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection project, 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish 
periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on 
the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, call 404-639-7570 and send comments to LeRoy 
Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an 
email to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Ready CDC--New--Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response 
(OPHPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Under the Authority of Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 241), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 
responsible for administering the Ready CDC program. Ready CDC is an 
educational intervention designed to increase awareness about personal 
and family preparedness and increase the number individuals who are 
prepared for a disaster in their community. As a response Agency, CDC 
is responsible for responding to national and international disasters. 
One component of ensuring staff are prepared to respond to disasters is 
ensuring that the workforce has their personal and family preparedness 
plans in place. Research has shown that individuals are more likely to 
respond to an event if they perceive that their family is prepared to 
function in their absence during an emergency.
    The Ready CDC educational intervention consists of a Personal 
Preparedness Workshop as well as three targeted communications to 
reinforce concepts discussed during the workshop. The audience for this 
intervention will be CDC federal employees with a responder role (Phase 
I), other samples of the CDC workforce including both federal staff and 
contractors (Phase II), and audiences outside of the CDC, possibly 
including other external governmental and non-governmental 
organizations (Phase III).
    CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for 
three years to collect information that will measure the initial 
preparedness of participants, satisfaction with the Personal 
Preparedness Workshops, and the change in individual knowledge and 
behaviors related to personal and family preparedness.
    CDC has developed three data collection instruments: (1) Pre-
Workshop Survey; (2) Ready CDC Workshop Evaluation; and (3) Follow-Up 
Survey. Collectively, these

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instruments are needed to gather, process, aggregate, evaluate, and 
disseminate information describing the program's processes and 
outcomes. The information will be used by CDC to document progress 
toward meeting established program goals and objectives, to evaluate 
outcomes generated by the Ready CDC Personal Preparedness Workshops and 
to respond to data inquiries made by other agencies of the federal 
government.
    Survey instrument questions will gather perceptions about personal 
and regional preparedness from the perspective of the participant. Each 
participant will be surveyed three times, once before and twice after 
their participation in the Personal Preparedness Workshop.
    It is estimated that there will be a total of 600 respondents/year 
with an estimated time for data collection of 20 minutes each on the 
pre-workshop survey, 5 minutes each on the Ready CDC Workshop 
Evaluation, and 10 minutes each on the Follow Up Survey.
    Instruments will be administered electronically (by including a 
link to the survey Web site with the email invitation) with an option 
for paper copy administration. The Follow Up Survey will be used to 
document changes in the categories of questions dealing with 
preparedness from the initial pre-workshop survey.
    The estimated total time for data collection is 35 minutes, 
resulting in an annualized estimated burden of 350 hours.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Federal Employee, Contractor,   Pre-Workshop                 600               1           20/60             200
 or other external               Survey.
 governmental and non-
 governmental organizations.
Federal Employee, Contractor,   Ready CDC                    600               1            5/60              50
 or other external               Workshop
 governmental and non-           evaluation.
 governmental organizations.
Federal Employee, Contractor,   Follow Up Survey             600               1           10/60             100
 or other external
 governmental and non-
 governmental organizations.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             350
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-03177 Filed 2-12-14; 8:45 am]
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