[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]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P