[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 149 (Friday, August 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43243-43244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16824]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-21GY; Docket No. CDC-2021-0079]


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 ``Performance Monitoring of CDC's 
Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program''. The proposed collection 
will allow award recipients to report progress and activity information 
to CDC on an annual schedule using a web-based Partners' Portal.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before October 5, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0079 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

    Performance Monitoring of CDC's Comprehensive Suicide Prevention 
Program--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
(NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks OMB 
approval to collect information from recipients funded under the 
Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program cooperative agreement (CE20-
2001), hereafter known as CSP. OMB approval is requested for three 
years of the five-year funding period. The electronic collection of 
information for program and performance monitoring aligns with three of 
CDC's Data Modernization Initiative Key Objectives to:
     Develop and implement cloud-based approaches for 
automating data collection and supporting multi-directional data flows 
among STLT partners and CDC.
     Reduce burden for data providers and public health 
agencies.
     Ensure systems and services are scalable, interoperable, 
and adaptable to meet evolving needs.
    Recipients will report progress and activity information to CDC on 
an annual schedule using a web-based Partners' Portal. The Partners' 
Portal allows recipients to fulfill their annual reporting obligations 
efficiently by

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employing user-friendly, easily accessible web-based instruments to 
collect necessary information for both progress reports and 
continuation applications including work plans. This approach enables 
recipients to save pertinent information from one reporting period to 
the next and reduces the administrative burden on the annual 
continuation application and the performance monitoring process. 
Awardee program staff can review the completeness of data needed to 
generate required reports, enter basic summary data for reports 
annually, and finalize and save required reports for upload into other 
reporting systems as required.
    Information to be collected will provide crucial data for program 
performance monitoring and provide CDC with the capacity to respond in 
a timely manner to requests for information about the program from the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House, 
Congress, and other sources. Information to be collected will also 
strengthen CDC's ability to monitor awardee progress, provide data-
driven technical assistance, and disseminate the most current 
surveillance data on suicide and suicide attempts. CDC requests 
approval for an estimated 132 annual burden hours. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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CSP Program Recipients........  Annual Progress               11               1              12             132
                                 Report.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             132
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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. 2021-16824 Filed 8-5-21; 8:45 am]
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