[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68543-68545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28153]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16BX; Docket No. CDC-2015-0092]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection entitled ``Monitoring and Reporting for the Core 
State Violence and Injury Prevention Program Cooperative Agreement.'' 
CDC will use the information collected to monitor cooperative agreement 
awardees and to identify challenges to program implementation and 
achievement of outcomes.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0092 by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments.
    Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    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

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proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. 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.

Proposed Project

    Monitoring and Reporting for the Core State Violence and Injury 
Prevention Program Cooperative Agreement--New--National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Unintentional and violence-related injuries and their consequences 
are the leading causes of death for the first four decades of life, 
regardless of gender, race, or socioeconomic status. More than 192,000 
individuals in the United States die each year as a result of 
unintentional injuries and violence, and more than 31 million others 
suffer non-fatal injuries requiring emergency department visits each 
year. Given these factors, the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) 
provides an important opportunity for states to advance public health 
across the lifespan and to reduce health disparities. Support and 
guidance for these programs have been provided through cooperative 
agreement funding and technical assistance administered by CDC's 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). The goal of 
this ICR is to collect information needed to monitor cooperative 
agreement programs funded under the Core State Violence and Injury 
Prevention Program (Core SVIPP) (CDC-RFA-CE16-1602).
    Information to be collected will provide crucial data for program 
performance monitoring and provide CDC with the capacity to respond in 
a timely manner to requests for information about the program from the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House, 
Congress, and other sources. Awardees will report progress and activity 
information to CDC on an annual schedule using an Excel-based fillable 
electronic templates. Each awardee will submit three information 
collection tools: Annual Progress Report, Evaluation and Performance 
Management Plan, and Injury Indicator Spreadsheets. In Year 1, each 
awardee will have additional burden related to initial collection of 
the reporting tools. Initial population of the tools is a one-time 
activity, after completing the initial population of the tools, 
pertinent information only needs to be updated annually for each 
report.
    CDC will use the information collected to monitor each awardee's 
progress and to identify facilitators and challenges to program 
implementation and achievement of outcomes. Monitoring allows CDC to 
determine whether an awardee is meeting performance and goals and to 
make adjustments in the type and level of technical assistance provided 
to them, as needed, to support attainment of their performance 
measures. With the tools, the use of a standard set of data elements, 
definitions and specifications at all levels will help to improve the 
quality and comparability of performance information that is received 
by CDC for multiple awardees and multiple award types by ensuring that 
the same information is collected on all strategies and performance 
measures with slightly different areas of emphasis, depending on the 
awardee type (BASE, Enhanced with 1 Component, or Enhanced 2 
Components).
    OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation in the 
information collection is required as a condition of funding. There are 
no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Core SVIPP BASE Awardees......  Initial                       20               1              22             440
                                 Population--Ann
                                 ual Progress
                                 Report.
                                Annual Progress               20               1              11             220
                                 Report.
                                Evaluation and                20               1               2              40
                                 Performance
                                 Management Plan.
                                Injury Indicator              20               1              14             280
                                 Spreadsheet.
Core SVIPP 1--Enhanced          Initial                        5               1              73             365
 Component Awardees.             Population--Ann
                                 ual Progress
                                 Report.
                                Annual Progress                5               1              58             290
                                 Report.
                                Evaluation and                 5               1               3              15
                                 Performance
                                 Management Plan.
                                Injury Indicator               5               1              14              70
                                 Spreadsheet.
Core SVIPP 2--Enhanced          Initial                        5               1             146             730
 Component Awardees.             Population--Ann
                                 ual Progress
                                 Report.
                                Annual Progress                5               1             116             580
                                 Report.
                                Evaluation and                 5               1               4              20
                                 Performance
                                 Management Plan.
                                Injury Indicator               5               1              14              70
                                 Spreadsheet.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,120
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Leroy A. 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. 2015-28153 Filed 11-4-15; 8:45 am]
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