[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44312-44313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18209]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-19-1132]
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 Performance Progress and Monitoring Report
(PPMR) (OMB Control No. 0920-1132) 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 May 8, 2019 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC received one 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
Performance Progress and Monitoring Report (PPMR) (OMB Control No.
0920-1132, Exp. 08/31/2019)--Revision--Office of Science (OS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Each year, approximately 80% of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) budget is distributed via contracts, grants and
cooperative agreements, from the Office of Financial Resources (OFR) to
partners throughout the world in an effort to promote health, prevent
disease, injury and disability and prepare for new health threats. OFR
is responsible for the stewardship of these funds while providing
excellent, professional services to our partners and stakeholders.
Currently, CDC uses the Performance Progress and Monitoring Report
(PPMR--OMB Control Number: 0920-1132, Expiration Date: 08/31/2019), a
progress report form for Non-Research awards to collect information
semi-annually from Awardees regarding the progress made over specified
time periods on CDC funded projects. The PPMR was originally modified
from SF-PPR (OMB Control Number: 0970-0406, Expiration Date: 10/31/
2015), a similar progress report that was owned by the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS). The PPMR was created by CDC to provide an agency-
wide collection tool that would be able to obtain data on the progress
of CDC Awardees for the purposes of evaluation, and to bring the
Awardee reporting procedure into compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA).
The information collected enables the accurate, reliable, uniform,
and timely submission to CDC of each Awardee's work plans and progress
reports, including strategies, activities and performance measures. The
information collected by the PPMR is designed to align with, and
support the goals outlined for each of the CDC Awardees. 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 PPMR will allow each Awardee 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 Awardees. In addition, CDC will use the information collection
to respond to inquiries from HHS, Congress and other stakeholder
inquiries about program activities and their impact.
This Revision request is being submitted to allow CDC to continue
collection of this valuable information from Awardees for an additional
three years, and to amend the procedures by which the information can
be collected. Currently, the submission process requires Awardees to
submit a completed PDF version of the PPMR by uploading it to
www.grants.gov in accordance with program guidance and award terms and
conditions. While this method will continue to be utilized, CDC now
requests that Awardees be permitted to submit the PPMR, and associated
forms directly to the Programs that will be performing the evaluation.
This method of submission will occur via the use of a fillable PDF and
Excel-based versions of the PPMR Reporting Tool.
Use of this mechanism and the ability of Awardees to submit
information related to program evaluation directly to
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evaluators is expected to greatly increase the use of the PPMR and its
associated forms. Centers, Institutes and Offices within CDC will use
the PPMR with varying frequency, however with the opportunity to submit
evaluation information directly, the total number of responses per year
could be increased by 2,000, and the overall Burden Hours could
increase by 4,000. The total annual Burden Hours requested is 13,014.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
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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CDC Award Recipients.................. Performance Progress and 5,200 1 2
Monitoring Report
(PPMR)--Att. A-F.
CDC Award Recipients.................. Performance Progress and 1,632 1 5/60
Monitoring Report
(PPMR)--Att. G.
NHSS Award Recipients................. Performance Progress and 60 1 41
Monitoring Report
(PPMR)--Att. A-F.
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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. 2019-18209 Filed 8-22-19; 8:45 am]
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