[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13312-13313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Initial Assessment and 
Evaluation of the Public Health Training Center Programs.
    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 ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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CE Survey Form..................           1,569               1           1,569             .16             251
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    Total.......................           1,569               1           1,569             .16             251
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    Dated: February 26, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-05145 Filed 3-7-14; 8:45 am]
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