[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54578-54580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19460]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-16-16AR; Docket No. CDC-2016-0073]


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 effort 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 CDC 
Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUPS), James A. Ferguson Infectious 
Diseases Graduate Fellowship (Ferguson) and Student Coordinating Center 
(SCC) Program Evaluation. Data will be collected for the purpose of 
evaluating the progress of programmatic activities.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0073 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

    CDC CUPS, Ferguson Fellowship, and Student Coordinating Center 
Program Evaluation--Existing Collection in Use Without OMB Control 
Number--Office of Minority Health and Health Equity

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(OMHHE), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to 
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign 
and in the United States. As America continues to evolve into a more 
diverse society, and as CDC strives to fulfill this mission, it 
contends with the reality that racial and ethnic minority populations 
assume a much higher burden of morbidity and mortality than the 
majority of Americans. Particularly challenging for public health is 
that as the growth of these underrepresented racial-ethnic groups in 
the United States population increases, the percentage of 
underrepresented groups working in public health remains stagnant or 
continues to decline. Research has shown that physicians of 
underrepresented populations are more likely to provide services in 
underserved communities; often providing care at much greater frequency 
than their white counterparts. Therefore, a major part of achieving 
CDC's mission is to encourage greater numbers of underrepresented 
students to pursue a career in public health.
    The CDC's Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUPS) and the Dr. James 
A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship (Ferguson) are 
educational pipeline programs that seek to increase the pool of 
qualified, underrepresented professionals in the public health 
workforce by providing students with experiential knowledge and 
academic learning. The Student Coordinating Center is the operational 
support arm of CUPS and Ferguson, providing technical support to the 
grantees and student follow up efforts. The common mission of CUPS and 
Ferguson is to encourage students, early in their college and graduate 
educations, to choose a career in public health (federal, state, local, 
territorial health agencies or non-governmental agencies), public 
health research, and to contribute to the public health workforce.
    Through a highly competitive selection process, each year a new 
cohort of up to 150 students is chosen. So far, over 900 participants 
have been recruited and completed the CUPS program. Each year six to 
eight students are selected to participate in the Ferguson Program. To 
date, more than 460 students have participated in the Ferguson 
Fellowship Program. Racial/Ethnic minorities and other underrepresented 
students comprise the majority (>90%) of those recruited to both 
programs. All selected participants receive a full day orientation at 
CDC, where they are introduced to the Centers' leadership, attend 
symposia; participate in a series of group discussions; and take part 
in information exchanges. During the CDC orientation, students are also 
introduced to CDC's priorities, current public health initiatives, and 
emerging public health issues at the federal level.
    After the initial CDC orientation, students are assigned to a 
variety of public health practice and research settings across the 
nation, where they are paired with public health mentors who provide 
the interns a guided experience of public health through instruction 
that emphasizes skill areas identified as Core Competencies for public 
health professionals. In addition to mentorship and didactic learning, 
students also receive real world work experience that provides 
foundational knowledge for a career in public health.
    There are nine data collection instruments administered by the four 
grantees: Summer Public Health Scholars Program; James A. Ferguson 
Program; Maternal and Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for 
Student Enhancement; Public Health Leadership and Learning 
Undergraduate Student Success (PLUSS); Project Imhotep; SCC Follow-up 
Survey (6 months); SCC Follow-up Survey (12 months); SCC Follow-up 
Survey (24 months); Future Public Health Leaders Program.
    The maximum estimated, annualized time burden is 6,081 hours. There 
is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                   Number of     Average burden
      Type of respondent          Form name        Number of     responses per    per response     Total burden
                                                  respondents     respondent        (in hrs.)          hours
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Student Participants,          Summer Public             1,600               1             90/60           2,400
 Columbia University.           Health
                                Scholars
                                Program
                                (SPHSP).
Student Participants, Kennedy  James A.                    310               1             90/60             465
 Krieger Institute, Ferguson    Ferguson
 Infectious Disease             Program.
 Fellowship Program.
Student Participants, MCH....  Maternal and                900               1             90/60           1,350
                                Child Health
                                Careers/
                                Research
                                Initiatives
                                for Student
                                Enhancement.
Student Participants, PPLUSS.  Public Health               224               1             90/60             336
                                Leadership and
                                Learning
                                Undergraduate
                                Student
                                Success
                                (PPLUSS).
Student Participants, IMHOTEP  Project IMHOTEP             330               1             90/60             495
Former CUPS students.........  SCC Follow-up               150               1             30/60              75
                                Survey (6
                                months).
Former CUPS students.........  SCC Follow-up               150               1             30/60              75
                                Survey (12
                                months).
Former CUPS students.........  SCC Follow-up               150               1             30/60              75
                                Survey (24
                                months).
Student Participants,          Future Public               540               1             90/60             810
 University of Michigan.        Health Leaders
                                Program.
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Total........................  ...............  ..............  ..............  ................           6,081
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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. 2016-19460 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am]
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