[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34585-34586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15527]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-18-18AMQ; Docket No. CDC-2018-0061]


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 the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Assessing impact of the NIOSH 
research. The goal of the generic information collection request is to 
improve the ability of NIOSH to assess and demonstrate the extent to 
which its various research efforts are likely to or have led to 
improvements in workplace safety and health.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 18, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0061 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Assessing impact of the NIOSH research--New--National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations to 
prevent worker injury and illness, as authorized in Section 20(a)(1) of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 669). NIOSH is 
strongly committed to program evaluation as a way to maximize its 
contributions to improved occupational safety and health. NIOSH is 
requesting a new generic information collection request for a three-
year period that will support the timely information collection needed 
for upcoming program evaluation activities, such as external reviews of 
NIOSH research programs (which fulfill a Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) requirement, studies to understand the economic 
value of NIOSH research, process evaluations of NIOSH programs, and 
evaluations of large research projects. NIOSH needs to collect 
information about research dissemination and achieved outcomes from key 
audiences (grantees, potential NIOSH research users and relevant safety 
and health experts) for accountability and program improvement 
purposes. NIOSH is specifically interested in assessing intermediate 
outcomes--the use of NIOSH research products and findings by external 
stakeholders and partners to improve safety and health--as evidence of 
research impact. Being able to collect information on intermediate 
outcomes from grantees, as well as past, present and potential future 
users of NIOSH research would allow us to provide more robust evidence 
of use or adoption of NIOSH research products or findings.
    The evaluation findings and recommendations from the various 
program evaluation activities described above will be used as an input 
for future direction of the programs and incorporated into analyses and 
reports to either investigate the value of NIOSH's research, or improve 
program operations to maximize impact. Data will be collected through 
semi-structured key informant interviews with grantees, potential or 
known users of NIOSH research and subject matter experts in safety and 
health. NIOSH estimates that 30 respondents will be involved in phone 
interviews, which would last between 30-60 minutes. However, 
participants might be burdened an additional hour reading the 
invitation email and providing relevant documents such as evidence of 
research impact. Therefore, the estimated burden for each participant 
is two hours. The total estimated burden is 60 hours. There is no cost 
to respondents other than their time.

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                                        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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Natural science managers......  Semi-Structured               10               1               2              20
                                 Interview Guide
                                 (Subject Matter
                                 Experts).
Postsecondary Teachers........  Semi-Structured               12               1               2              24
                                 Interview Guide
                                 (Grantees).
Industrial production managers  Semi-Structured                8               1               2              16
                                 Interview Guide
                                 (Research
                                 users).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              60
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting 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. 2018-15527 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P