[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4988-4990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01387]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-20EU; Docket No. CDC-2019-0119]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Capacity Building Assistance 
Program: Data Management, Monitoring, and Evaluation. The purpose of 
this data collection is to evaluate the CDC cooperative agreement 
program entitled CDC-RFA-PS19-1904: Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) 
for High Impact HIV Prevention Program Integration.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 30, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0119 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Capacity Building Assistance Program: Data Management, Monitoring,

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and Evaluation--New--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, 
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) partners with 
the national HIV prevention workforce to (1) ensure that persons with 
HIV (PWH) are aware of their infection and successfully linked to 
medical care and treatment to achieve viral suppression and (2) expand 
access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms, and other proven 
strategies for persons at risk of becoming infected. CDC funds state 
and local health departments and community-based organizations (CBOs) 
to optimally plan, integrate, implement, and sustain comprehensive HIV 
prevention programs and services for people with and at greatest risk 
of HIV infection, including blacks/African Americans; Hispanics/
Latinos; all races/ethnicities of gay, bisexual, and other men who have 
sex with men (MSM); people who inject drugs (PWID); and transgender 
persons.
    Through the CDC cooperative agreement program entitled CDC-RFA-
PS19-1904: Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) for High Impact HIV 
Prevention Program Integration, the CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention 
(DHAP) funds the CBA Provider Network (CPN) to deliver CBA to CDC-
funded health departments and CBOs. CBA provided by the CPN include 
trainings and technical assistance (TA) that enable the HIV prevention 
workforce to optimally plan, implement, integrate, and sustain high-
impact prevention interventions and strategies to reduce HIV infections 
and HIV-related morbidity, mortality, and health disparities across the 
United States and its territories. This information collection 
evaluates CDC-RFA-PS19-1904. Specifically, the CDC is requesting the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to grant a three-year approval to 
collect data through the use of four web-based instruments that will be 
administered to recipients of CBA services and their program managers: 
(1) Learning Group Registration; (2) Post-Training Evaluation (PTE); 
(3) Post-Technical Assistance Evaluation (PTAE); and (4) Training and 
Technical Assistance Follow-up Survey (TTAFS).
    CBA training participants will complete the Learning Group 
Registration Form as part of the process for enrolling in a CBA 
training. The Learning Group Registration Form collects demographic 
information about training participants including: (1) Business contact 
information (e.g., email and telephone number); (2) primary 
[employment] functional role; (3) employment setting; and (4) 
programmatic and population areas of focus. After an online or in-
person training event is completed, training participants are invited 
to complete the PTE. The PTE is designed to elicit information from 
training participants about their satisfaction with the training 
delivery method and course content.
    Similar to the PTE, the PTAE consists of questions designed to 
elicit information from TA participants about their satisfaction with 
aspects of TA such as the relevance of the materials provided or 
created, responsiveness of the TA provider, TA participants' changes in 
knowledge or skills as a result of the TA, and barriers and 
facilitators to implementation of interventions/public health 
strategies. The TTAFS collects organizational-level data every 6 months 
from the program managers within CDC-funded programs. Program managers 
provide information about the implementation status of the 
intervention/public health strategy for which their staff received 
training and/or TA. Program managers are also asked to describe how 
their organization applied the training and TA (e.g., planning or 
adapting an intervention/public health strategy).
    The Learning Group Registration Form, PTE, and PTAE will be 
administered to CDC-funded program staff who participate in a training 
or TA event offered by a CBA provider funded under PS19-1904. The TTAFS 
will be administered to the program managers of state and local health 
department staff and CBO staff who participate in a CBA training or TA 
event. Respondents will provide information electronically through an 
online survey. The option to complete surveys via a telephone interview 
will be offered to respondents who do not complete the online survey 
within seven days.
    The number of respondents is calculated based on an average of the 
number of health professionals, including doctors, nurses, health 
educators, and disease intervention specialists, trained by CBA 
providers during the years 2016-2018. We estimate 3,800 health 
professionals will provide one response for the Learning Group 
Registration; 3,800 health professionals will provide a response for 
the PTE for each training episode; 3,650 health professionals will 
provide a response for the PTAE for each TA episode; and 189 program 
managers will provide two responses to the TTAFS in the web-based or 
telephone survey per year. The total annualized burden is 1,671 hours. 
There are no other costs to respondents other than their time.
    The information collected will allow CDC to:
    (1) Identify and respond to public health program performance 
issues identified through feedback from health departments and CBOs;
    (2) Identify and respond to new HIV prevention training and TA 
needs of health departments and CBOs;
    (3) Provide a timely and accurate response to federal, state, and 
local agencies and other stakeholders seeking information about the 
types and quality of CBA services delivered. No other federal agency 
collects this type of national HIV prevention capacity building data.
    CDC is requesting approval for an estimated 1,671 burden hours 
annually. There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      Number      Average burden
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Healthcare Professionals......  Learning Group             3,800               1            5/60             317
                                 Registration.
Healthcare Professionals......  Post-Training              3,800               2            5/60             633
                                 Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals......  Post-Technical             3,650               2            5/60             608
                                 Assistance
                                 Evaluation.
Program Managers..............  Training and TA              139               2           18/60              83
                                 Follow-up
                                 Survey.
Program Managers..............  Training and TA               50               2           18/60              30
                                 Telephone
                                 Script.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,671
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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. 2020-01387 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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