[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.
[FR Doc. 2019-01332 Filed 2-6-19; 8:45 am]
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