[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2521-2522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01332]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-19-19IJ; Docket No. CDC-2018-0118]
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 Improving Performance Measurement
and Monitoring by CDC programs. The purpose of this project is to
evaluate the progress of CDC partners that receive awards distributed
via cooperative agreements from the Office of Grants Services (OGS)
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0118 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,
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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
Improving Performance Measurement and Monitoring by CDC programs--
New--Office of Grant Services (OGS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Each year, 75% of CDC funding goes to extramural organizations,
including state and local partners, via contracts, grants, and, most
commonly, cooperative agreements. A cooperative agreement is an award
mechanism used when there will be substantial Federal programmatic
involvement, meaning that the CDC program staff will collaborate or
participate in project or program activities. These funds are
distributed from the Office of Grant Services (OGS) to partners
throughout the world to promote health, prevent disease, injury and
disability and prepare for new health threats. OGS is responsible for
the stewardship of these funds while providing excellent, professional
services to our partners and stakeholders.
Currently, CDC uses the PPMR (OMB Control Number- 0920-1132,
Expiration Date: 08/31/2019), a progress report form adapted from an
information collection owned by the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF). This tool may be used to collect information
periodically from recipients of CDC funds regarding the progress made
on CDC funded projects.
The Improving Performance Measurement and Monitoring by CDC
Programs project will work with up to 25 CDC programs developing
cooperative agreements to address the challenges they face with
performance planning, measurement and monitoring. Each cooperative
agreement will provide funding to an average of 35 local entities, for
a total of up to 875 locally funded entities.
Through participation in this Project, CDC programs and recipients
of cooperative agreement funds will: (1) Develop strong performance
measurement systems and practices; (2) define and operationalize
priority performance measures tailored to a specific cooperative
agreement; and (3) establish common data collection and reporting
expectations across all recipients for a specific cooperative
agreement. The Project focuses on addressing these issues during the
early stages of cooperative agreement development and implementation.
The Project proposes a generic clearance adapted from a previously
approved generic clearance (OMB approval number: 0970-0490, expiration
date 1/31/2020) owned by ACF. This ACF generic clearance replaces the
information collection that is the basis of CDC's current PPMR. Project
participants will customize a sample information collection to meet
program-specific needs.
The information collected will enable the accurate, reliable,
uniform and timely submission to CDC of each recipient's progress and
performance measures. The information collected by the generic
information collection is designed to align with, and support the goals
outlined for each of the CDC recipients. Collection and reporting of
the information will occur in an efficient, standardized, and user-
friendly manner that will generate a variety of routine and
customizable reports. The generic information collection will allow
each recipient to summarize activities and progress towards meeting
performance measures and goals over a specified time period specific to
each award. CDC will also have the capacity to generate reports that
describe activities across multiple recipients. In addition, CDC will
use the information collected to respond to inquiries from HHS,
Congress and other stakeholder inquiries about program activities and
their impact. CDC requests OMB approval for three years. The total
estimated burden is 35,000 hours. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Number of responses per Average burden Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents respondent per per response (in hours)
year (in hours)
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CDC Award Recipients........................... Performance Measuring and Monitoring 875 1 40 35,000
Project Information Collection Tool.
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 35,000
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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