[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41305-41306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14956]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16ARO; Docket No. CDC-2016-0056]
Proposed Data Collections 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 the proposed
generic information collection entitled CDC Fellowship Programs
Assessments. CDC is requesting Office of Management and Budget approval
for a new generic clearance for data collection associated with quality
improvement for the CDC fellowship programs that develop the current,
emerging, and future public health workforce.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0056, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.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, 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
Data Collection for CDC Fellowship Programs--New--Division of
Scientific Education and Professional Development (DSEPD), Center for
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC's mission is to protect America from health, safety, and
security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. To ensure a competent,
sustainable, and empowered public health workforce
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prepared to meet these challenges, CDC plays a key role in developing,
implementing, and managing a number of fellowship programs. A
fellowship is defined as a training or work experience lasting at least
1 month and consisting of primarily experiential (i.e., on-the-job)
learning, in which the trainee has a designated mentor or supervisor.
CDC fellowships are intended to develop public health professionals,
enhance the public health workforce, and strengthen collaborations with
partners in public health and healthcare organizations, academia, and
other stakeholders in governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Assessing fellowship activities is essential to ensure that the public
health workforce is equipped to promote and protect the public's
health.
CDC requests a three-year approval of a generic clearance to
collect data about its fellowship programs, as they relate to public
health workforce development. Data collections will allow for ongoing,
collaborative, and actionable communications between CDC fellowship
programs and stakeholders (e.g., fellows, supervisors/mentors, alumni).
These collections might include short surveys, interviews, and focus
groups. Intended use of the resulting information is to:
Inform planning, implementation, and continuous quality
improvement of fellowship activities and services;
improve efficiencies in the delivery of fellowship
activities and services; and
determine to what extent fellowship activities and
services are achieving established goals.
Collection and use of information about CDC fellowship activities
will help ensure effective, efficient, and satisfying experiences among
fellowship program participants and stakeholders.
CDC estimates that annually, a given fellowship program will
conduct one query each with one of the three respondent groups:
Fellowship applicants or fellows; mentors, supervisors, or employers;
and alumni. The total annualized burden hours of 2,957 was determined
as depicted in the following table.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Total number Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of of responses per response Total burde
respondents per respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Applicants or fellows.......................... Fellowship Data Collection Instrument.. 1,848 1 30/60 924
Mentors, supervisors, or employers............. Fellowship Data Collection Instrument.. 370 1 30/60 185
Alumni......................................... Fellowship Data Collection Instrument.. 3,696 1 30/60 1,848
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 2,957
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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. 2016-14956 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am]
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