[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40066-40067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17285]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30-Day-19-19IJ]
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 ``The Performance Measures Project: Improving
Performance Measurement and Monitoring by CDC 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 February 7, 2019 to obtain comments from
the public and affected agencies. CDC received one non-substantive
comment 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
The Performance Measures Project: Improving Performance Measurement
and Monitoring by CDC Programs--New--Program Performance and Evaluation
Office (PPEO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Each year, approximately 75% of the CDC's congressionally
appropriated 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 to partners throughout the world to promote
health, prevent disease, injury and disability and prepare for new
health threats. The availability of funding for cooperative agreements
is announced through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). CDC awards
approximately 65 new domestic, non-research NOFOs each year (each
funded
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for one to five years). Cooperative agreements may have only a few
funded recipients or more than 50 (such as when a CDC program provides
funding to all states and territories).
To monitor the performance of recipients and CDC programs toward
achieving outcomes specified by cooperative agreements, CDC currently
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 Performance Measures 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 Control 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 sample information collections 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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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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CDC Award Recipients............... (A) Performance Measures 875 1 40
Project Sample Performance
Measure Technical
Specification Instrument.
(B) Performance Measures
project Sample Performance
Measure Reporting
Instrument.
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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.
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