[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73190-73191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29866]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-16-0968; Docket No. CDC-2015-0104]


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 System for 
DELTA FOCUS Awardees''. 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 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0104 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 
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,

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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 System for DELTA FOCUS Awardees, (OMB 
Control No. 0920-0968, expiration 5/31/2016)--Extension--National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public 
health problem that affects millions of Americans and results in 
serious consequences for victims, families, and communities. IPV occurs 
between two people in a close relationship. The term ``intimate 
partner'' describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a 
current or former partner or spouse. IPV can impact health in many 
ways, including long-term health problems, emotional impacts, and links 
to negative health behaviors. Given these factors, the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401) provides an important 
opportunity for the advancement of public health and reduction of IPV. 
Support and guidance for programs addressing IPV have been provided 
through cooperative agreement funding and technical assistance 
administered by CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC). CDC seeks to continue collecting information needed to monitor 
cooperative agreement programs funded under Domestic Violence 
Prevention Enhancement and Leadership through Alliances, Focusing on 
Outcomes for Communities United with States DELTA FOCUS (FOA CDC-RFA-
CE13-130).
    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 the Program Management 
Information System (PMIS) consisting of fillable electronic templates 
and submitted via Grant Solutions.
    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 goals and to make 
adjustments in the type and level of technical assistance provided to 
them, as needed, to support attainment of their objectives. CDC's 
monitoring and evaluation activities also allow CDC to provide 
oversight of the use of federal funds, and to identify and disseminate 
information about successful prevention and control strategies 
implemented by awardees. These functions are central to the NCIPC's 
broad mission of reducing the burden of injury and violence. Finally, 
the information collection allows CDC to monitor the increased emphasis 
on partnerships and programmatic collaboration, and is expected to 
reduce duplication of effort, enhance program impact and maximize the 
use of federal funds.
    This is an extension request 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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                                                                                                          Number of      Average burden
               Type of respondents                             Form name                 Number of      responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                                                        respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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State Domestic Violence Coalitions..............  DELTA FOCUS PMIS: Semi-annual                   10                2                3               60
                                                   reporting.
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    Total.......................................  ..................................  ...............  ...............  ...............              60
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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. 2015-29866 Filed 11-23-15; 8:45 am]
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