[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21249-21250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08446]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-14-14GB]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy, call (404) 639-7570 or 
send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by 
fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

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

Background and Brief Description

    The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) 
provide strategic direction, ongoing support, and coordination for 
CDC's portfolio of emergency preparedness and response activities. CDC 
and OPHPR work every day to keep America safe from all-hazards, 
focusing on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear as well as 
naturally-occurring threats, both foreign and domestic.
    OPHPR's mission is critically dependent on effectively engaging 
outside partners to maximize resources and overall impact. Therefore, 
OPHPR seeks ways to improve its current partner strategy to engage new 
partners. Forging strategic alliances with diverse stakeholders is 
critical as OPHPR works to keep America safe from all health, safety, 
and security threats. Health security is a national challenge that 
calls for a national, whole community solution.
    New partners who do not have an explicit mission statement related 
to public health preparedness and response are difficult to identify; 
therefore, OPHPR must use a creative method that allows groups and 
individuals to self-identify their interest in partnerships--such as an 
online form housed on CDC's public Web site. By identifying new 
partners, OPHPR will strengthen its ability to collaborate with a 
broader audience of stakeholders thereby, strengthening our collective 
voice on public health preparedness issues to keep our nation's health 
secure. OPHPR will use the information submitted through this online 
form to determine who in our agency would be the best liaison for this 
potential partner, and then follow up on this information with a phone 
call to further assess how we can begin building and effectively 
managing this new relationship.
    CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to 
collect information for three years.

Description

    The ``Become a Partner'' template is a single, double-sided page 
that will be used as an online form for anyone voluntarily exploring 
how to partner with OPHPR. This form will dramatically reduce the 
burden on respondents and employees by allowing self-identification of 
partnership interests and collecting information to determine 
partnership needs and opportunities. The questions in the form 
specifically request name, address, phone, email, Web site, and a 
combination of five questions related to partnership interests. The 
questions asked will help determine if the interested party wants to 
receive information available through OPHPR, if they want to exchange 
information that is mutually beneficial for cross-promotion, if they 
coordinate any activities that support public health preparedness, and 
if they offer additional services to support public health (not already 
listed above). Finally, they will be asked to identify the most 
relevant partnership interests within OPHPR categories.
    Ultimately, the form will allow OPHPR to identify and then engage 
interested partners in meaningful collaborations for the purpose of 
expanding, enhancing and sustaining public health preparedness and 
response infrastructure.
    We estimate a total of 200 external governmental and non-
governmental organizational respondents annually. The ``Become a 
Partner'' questionnaire is estimated to take 15 minutes and the 
``Become a Partner'' follow-up questionnaire is estimated to take 30 
minutes to complete. Therefore, the total estimated annualized burden 
for this information collection is estimated to be 75 hours.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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General public; specifically targeting  Become a Partner........             100               1           15/60
 external governmental and non-
 governmental organizations including
 non-profit organizations, trade
 associations, academic and research
 institutions, and the private sector.
General public; specifically targeting  Become a Partner Follow-             100               1           30/60
 external governmental and non-          Up Questions.
 governmental organizations including
 non-profit organizations, trade
 associations, academic and research
 institutions, and the private sector.
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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. 2014-08446 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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