[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8277-8278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03803]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-18-1053]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled Monitoring and Reporting System for the 
Division of Community Health's Cooperative Agreement Programs to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC 
previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations'' notice on September 16, 2017 to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received three 
comments related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an 
additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:

    (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the 
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide 
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.

Proposed Project

    Monitoring and Reporting System for the Division of Community 
Health's Cooperative Agreement Programs (OMB No. 0920-1053, expiration 
March 31, 2018)--Revision--National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In September 2014, the Division of Community Health (DCH), CDC, 
announced a new cooperative agreement program, Racial and Ethnic 
Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program, authorized by the 
Public Health Service Act and the Prevention and Public Health Fund of 
the Affordable Care Act (Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) FOA 
DP14-1419PPHF14).
    REACH awardees include 18 state, local and tribal governmental 
agencies, and 31 non-governmental organizations. CDC designed the REACH 
program to address chronic diseases and risk factors for chronic 
diseases, including physical inactivity, poor diet, obesity, and 
tobacco use. The program provides support for implementation of broad, 
evidence- and practice-based policy and environmental improvements in 
large and small cities, urban rural areas, tribes, multi-sectorial 
community coalitions, and racial and ethnic communities experiencing 
chronic disease disparities.
    CDC seeks OMB approval to collect information from the 49 REACH 
awardees during a supplemental fourth year of funding utilizing an 
electronic management information system, the

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DCH-Performance Monitoring Database (DCH-PMD). Forty-four previously 
funded Partnership to Improve Community Health awardees will no longer 
be included in this collection due to funding cessation.
    The information system collects information to enable the accurate, 
reliable, uniform and timely submission to CDC of each awardee's work 
plan and progress reports. Monitoring allows CDC to: (1) Determine 
whether an awardee is meeting performance goals; (2) make adjustments 
in the type and level of technical assistance provided to awardees; and 
(3) provide oversight of the use of federal funds.
    CDC also requests OMB approval to conduct targeted, special purpose 
information collections on an as-needed basis. Due to substantial 
interest in the REACH program from a variety of stakeholders, CDC 
estimates that each REACH awardee may receive an invitation to 
participate in one special purpose information collection. Methods for 
these data collections could include telephone interviews, in-person 
interviews, Web-based surveys, or paper-and-pencil surveys. CDC will 
submit each special-purpose information collection request to OMB for 
approval through the Change Request mechanism, and will include the 
data collection instrument(s) and a description of purpose and methods.
    CDC seeks approval for one year to collect the necessary data. 
Also, CDC requires cooperative agreement awardee semi-annual progress 
reporting participation, but voluntary for some special-purpose data 
collections.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. CDC 
estimates no change to the average burden per response for routine, 
semi-annual reporting (estimated at three hours). The total estimated 
annualized burden hours for an additional year of information 
collection are 588.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
        Type of respondents                   Form name              Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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DCH Program Awardees (state, local   DCH MIS: Semi-annual                     18               2               3
 and tribal government sector).       reporting.                              18               1               6
                                     Special Data Request.......
DCH Program Awardees (private        DCH MIS: Semi-annual                     31               2               3
 sector).                             reporting.
                                     Special Data Request.......              31               1               6
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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. 2018-03803 Filed 2-23-18; 8:45 am]
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