[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50126-50128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19161]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-21-21HU; Docket No. CDC-2021-0093]


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 HIV Prevention Capacity 
Development Needs Assessments of Federally funded Health Departments 
and Community-Based Organizations. This data collection seeks to 
understand the training and technical assistance needs of federally 
funded health departments and community-based organizations by 
improving the performance of the HIV prevention workforce.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before November 8, 2021.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0093 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: 404-639-7118; 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

    HIV Prevention Capacity Development Needs Assessments of Federally 
funded Health Departments and Community-Based Organizations--New--
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention 
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2019, the President announced a federal effort to end the HIV 
epidemic in the U.S. by 2030. To achieve the Ending the HIV Epidemic in 
the U.S. (EHE) initiative's goal, (i.e., reducing new HIV infections by 
90%), the HIV workforce must have the skills and knowledge to implement 
HIV prevention programs and surveillance activities as quickly and 
efficiently as possible. As such, the trainings and technical 
assistance (TA) activities that build the skills and knowledge of the 
HIV workforce will need to take place in a timely and efficient manner. 
This data collection request will improve both timeliness and 
efficiency in meeting directly funded agencies' needs. The information 
collected from the needs assessments proposed in this study will be 
used by CDC staff to determine the training and TA needs of health 
departments and community-based organizations funded by CDC to conduct 
HIV prevention and surveillance activities. One representative from 
each funded agency will be asked to voluntarily complete the needs 
assessment on behalf of their agency. Training and TA needs data will 
be collected during a specific three- to four-week period, and only one 
response per agency is being requested. The collection of this 
information will be used to improve on past performance whereby funded 
agencies needs were assessed, and addressed, agency by agency, over an 
extended period of time, resulting in needs being met inefficiently.
    The training and TA needs assessment data will be collected through 
an online survey. The survey will be completed through an existing 
system, the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Tracking System (CTS). 
CTS is the system through which CDC funded agencies currently request 
trainings and TA activities. As such, directly funded agencies have 
been trained, and are familiar with the system in terms of how to 
access and navigate the system, which should help reduce their burden 
in providing CDC the requested information, as they are already 
familiar with CTS. In addition, CTS will automate reporting of the data 
collected. Automation of the data reporting will allow the CDC to 
aggregate responses across agencies efficiently.
    Training and TA needs assessment data will be directly reported to 
the CDC. CDC staff will combine agency responses to determine how many 
funded agencies need specific trainings and specific TA activities. 
Combining the agencies data will allow the CDC to meet the reported 
needs in a more timely and efficient manner. Understanding how many 
agencies need specific trainings and TA activities will allow the CDC 
to host fewer trainings and TA activities across agencies, given the 
CDC will understand the needs at the same time, and can coordinate 
trainings and TA activities as a result of this data collection. In 
addition, the CDC will also be able to prioritize the most requested 
trainings and TA activities so they can offer the most requested 
training and TA activity first, moving from most requested to least 
requested.
    The data collected will be stored behind the CDC's firewall, and 
any private information collected, such as the name of the respondent, 
the name of the agency they work for, and their professional contact 
information will be provided only to the agencies that conduct training 
and TA on behalf of the CDC, and in accordance with the data privacy 
rules these agencies operate. CDC requests OMB approval for an 
estimated 51 annual burden hours. There are no other costs to 
respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
        Respondent type             Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                   participants     participant     (in hours)      (in hours)
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Community-based Organization    Community-based              130               1           15/60              33
 Representatives-Adults.         Organization
                                 Needs
                                 Assessment.
Health Department               Health                        70               1           15/60              18
 Representatives-Adults.         Department
                                 Needs
                                 Assessment.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              51
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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. 2021-19161 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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