[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30120-30121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13519]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-19-18AMQ]


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 Assessing impact of the NIOSH research 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 July 20, 2018 to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received two 
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

    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

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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 fulfil 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. For these reviews, 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.

                                        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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Natural science managers..............  Semi-Structured                       10               1               2
                                         Interview Guide
                                         (Subject Matter
                                         Experts).
Postsecondary Teachers................  Semi-Structured                       12               1               2
                                         Interview Guide
                                         (Grantees).
Industrial production managers........  Semi-Structured                        8               1               2
                                         Interview Guide
                                         (Research users).
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-13519 Filed 6-25-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P