[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61915-61916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24715]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Standardized Work Plan 
(SWP) Form for Use With Applications to the Bureau of Health Workforce 
(BHW) Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements, OMB No. 
0906-xxxx-New

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR have been provided to OMB. 
OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this Notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than December 
16, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk 
officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by 
fax to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: SWP Form for Use with 
Applications to BHW Research and Training Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-NEW
    Abstract: BHW requires applicants for training and research grants 
and cooperative agreements to submit a work plan that describes the 
timeframes and deliverables required during the grant period of 
performance to address each of the needs detailed in the Purpose and 
Need section of the application, as required in the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity announcement. Applicants are currently able to submit work 
plans in a non-standardized format.
    In order to standardize the data provided by applicants to make 
informed decisions about funding and assist with monitoring awardee 
progress, BHW plans to require applicants to complete a SWP form in 
lieu of submitting a work plan in the applicant's own format. 
Applicants will use the SWP form when they submit their proposals, and 
grantees and Project Officers will use the SWP information to assist in 
monitoring progress once HRSA makes the awards.
    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on June 19, 
2019, Vol. 84, No. 118, pp.28560-28561. There was one public comment 
and it was thoroughly addressed.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected 
by the SWP form is necessary to standardize and streamline the data 
used by HRSA in reviewing applications and monitoring awardees. The 
form will ask applicants to provide a description of the activities or 
steps the recipient will take to achieve each of the objectives 
proposed during the entire period of performance. The current variation 
in formats and data submitted by applicants reduces efficiency in 
reviewing, awarding, and monitoring each project, so this change will 
remedy that inefficiency. In addition, seeking OMB approval comports 
with the regulatory requirement imposed by 45 CFR 75.206(a), Paperwork 
clearances.
    The proposed SWP form will be used to provide information to assess 
applications for awards including ranking applications as part of the 
grant review process. BHW will also use the information to assess 
whether current recipients of grant funding have met statutory and 
programmatic requirements.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents will be applicants to HRSA's 
research and training programs in BHW.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose

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of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; to search data sources; to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are 
summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Standardized Work Plan..........           1,000               1           1,000               1           1,000
                                           1,000  ..............           1,000  ..............           1,000
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-24715 Filed 11-13-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P