[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57593-57594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20130]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-0275-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: 30 day Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for revision of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0275, scheduled 
to expire on 08/31/2016. Comments submitted during the first public 
review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further 
comments from the public on this ICR during the review and approval 
period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before September 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0275 and 
document identifier HHS-OS-0990-0275-30D-for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Performance Data System 
(PDS).
    OMB No.: 0990-0275.
    Abstract: This request for clearance is to revise data collection 
activities and extend by three (3) years a currently approved 
collection using the OMB approved Performance Data System (PDS) (OMB 
No. 0990-0275), the tool used by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to 
collect program management and performance data for all OMH-funded 
projects. The revised data collection activities pertain only to 
current questions about grantee use of social media. The modified 
social media questions in PDS will be more applicable to OMH grantees, 
more easily understood, and collect more accurate quantitative metrics. 
Grantee data collection via the UDS (original data collection system) 
was first approved by OMB on June 7, 2004 (OMB No. 0990-275). OMB 
approval was also received for modifications to the UDS (August 23, 
2007), which upgraded the data collection tool from the UDS to the PDS 
(August 31, 2010). A 3-year extension without change of the approved 
PDS collection was approved August 1, 2013. Clearance is due to expire 
on August 31, 2016.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The clearance is needed 
to continue data collection using the PDS, a system that enables OMH to 
comply with Federal reporting requirements and monitor and evaluate 
performance by enabling the efficient collection of performance-
oriented data tied to OMH-wide performance reporting needs. The ability 
to monitor and evaluate performance in this manner, and to work towards 
continuous program improvement are basic functions that OMH must be 
able to accomplish in order to carry out its mandate with the most 
effective and appropriate use of resources. The revision of the social 
media questions is necessary because social media platforms, such as 
Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, are becoming increasingly utilized by 
grantees for their usability, free access, and ability to reach a 
larger audience. The revised questions will lead to increased data 
collection completeness and quality.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents for this data collection include 
the project directors for OMH-funded projects and/or the date entry 
persons for each OMH-funded project. Affected public includes non-
profit institutions, State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized 
in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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PDS.............................................             100               4             1.5             600
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    Total.......................................             100               4             1.5             600
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Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-20130 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
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