[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40057-40058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15794]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-0017; Docket No. CDC-2021-0073]


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 Application for Training, which 
supports the management and evaluation of online training and 
professional development opportunities for public health and health 
care professionals.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 24, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0073 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;
    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; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Application for Training (OMB Control No. 0920-0017, Exp. 04/30/
2022)--Revision--Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory 
Services (CSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This Information Collection Request (ICR) is for the Revision of a 
currently approved ICR (OMB Control No. 0920-0017, Expiration 4/30/
2022. Approval is requested for three years. The mission of CDC's 
Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development (DSEPD) 
is to support the development of a competent, sustainable, and 
empowered public health workforce. Professionals in public health, 
epidemiology, medicine, economics, information science, veterinary 
medicine, nursing, public policy, and other related professions seek 
professional development opportunities (both accredited and 
nonaccredited) through two CDC learning management systems. These two 
learning management systems are Training and Continuing Education 
Online (TCEO) (for accredited courses) and CDC TRAIN (for nonaccredited 
courses developed by CDC programs, grantees, and other funded 
partners). Access to quality and accredited learning programs and 
products through these two systems allow for the public health 
workforce to broaden their knowledge and skills to improve the science 
and practice of public health for domestic and international impact.
    The overarching purpose of the ICR is to continually improve CDC 
training activities, and maintain CDC compliance with mandatory 
accreditation organization standards by efficiently collecting 
information through CDC's Training and Continuing Education Online 
(TCEO) and CDC TRAIN systems, while navigating a future merger that 
moves to using a single system (CDC TRAIN).
    This Revision requests to extend current approval of the TCEO 
forms, with one minor change, namely to add two new response options 
for one question on the TCEO New Participant Registration. This 
Revision also requests to add CDC TRAIN as a data collection system and 
add two CDC TRAIN standard training evaluation tools (one for use 
immediately after the course is taken, and one 3-6 months after the 
course is taken) that will be employed on the learning management 
system. This proposed change will provide CDC with an efficient, 
effective, and secure electronic mechanism for collecting, processing, 
and monitoring training-related information.
    CDC will use information collected in both systems to evaluate and 
improve courses based on learner feedback. At this time, TCEO is also 
used to generate certificates of attendance and verify training 
completion, review and approve proposals for educational activities to 
receive continuing education accreditation, and ensure compliance with 
mandatory accreditation standards.
    All data will be collected online, using secure electronic web-
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password protected platforms. Respondents will include educational 
developers requesting accreditation for their trainings and public 
health and healthcare professionals who seek training. No statistical 
methods will be used to analyze the information collected. CDC will use 
identifiable information in TCEO to track participant completion of 
educational activities to facilitate required reporting to earn 
continuing education credits, hours, or units. Aggregate and non-
aggregate data from the evaluations in TCEO and CDC TRAIN will be used 
to improve educational activities and assess learning outcomes.
    CDC requests approval for an estimated 412,600 annual burden hours. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Average burden
                                                     Number of       Number of       time per     Total Response
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response (in     Burden (in
                                                                    respondent        hours)          hours)
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Educational Developers (Health  TCEO Proposal...             120               1               5             600
 Educators).
Public Health and Health Care   TCEO New                 300,000               1            5/60          25,000
 Professionals (Learners).       Participant
                                 Registration.
Public Health and Health Care   TCEO Post-Course         300,000               3           10/60         150,000
 Professionals (Learners).       Evaluation.
Public Health and Health Care   TCEO Follow-Up            30,000               3            3/60           4,500
 Professionals (Learners).       Evaluation.
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    TCEO Sub-Total............  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         180,100
Public Health and Health Care   CDC TRAIN                300,000               3           15/60         225,000
 Professionals (Learners).       Immediate Post-
                                 Course
                                 Evaluation Tool.
Public Health and Health Care   CDC TRAIN                 30,000               3            5/60           7,500
 Professionals (Learners).       Delayed Follow-
                                 Up Evaluation
                                 Tool.
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    0.33TRAIN Sub-Total.......  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         232,500
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        Total.................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         412,600
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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. 2021-15794 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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