[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56954-56955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22178]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-21IO; Docket No. CDC-2021-0108]


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 ``Evaluation Reporting Template 
for National and State Tobacco Control Program.'' This data collection 
project supports the evaluation of CDC-RFA-DP20-2001: The National and 
State Tobacco Control Program.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 13, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-
0108 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 H21-8, 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 H21-8, 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

    Evaluation Reporting Template for National and State Tobacco 
Control Program--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) created the National and 
State Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) in 1999 to encourage coordinated, 
national efforts to reduce tobacco-related diseases and deaths. The 
NTCP provides funding and technical support to state and territorial 
health departments. NTCP funds 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, 
and Guam. NTCP-funded programs are working to eliminate exposure to 
secondhand smoke, promote quitting among adults and youth, prevent 
initiation among youth and young adults, and identify and eliminate 
tobacco-related disparities. To reach these goals, the programs 
implement State and Community Interventions, Mass-Reach Health 
Communication Interventions, Tobacco Use and Dependence Treatment 
Interventions, and conduct Surveillance and evaluation.
    This information collection project supports the NTCP state and 
territorial tobacco program managers, administrators, and evaluators by 
specifying which information should be included in their annual 
evaluation reports. Furthermore, the information collected via this 
form will allow CDC's OSH to monitor and evaluate program performance; 
document facilitators and barriers, lessons learned, and promising 
practices; establish processes to support continuous program 
improvement and development; and assess the effectiveness and outcomes 
of the NTCP.
    This new information collection request (ICR) pertains to the form 
titled ``Evaluation Reporting Template (ERT) for National and State 
Tobacco Control Program.'' The collection of this information is part 
of a federal reporting requirement for funds received by NTCP 
recipients. The information collection form will consolidate 
information necessary for evaluation of the NTCP. The data collected 
through ERT was compared to all other potential evaluation data sources 
and designed not to duplicate any information collected in other tools. 
Although other NTCP data collection tools are currently in use to 
collect data for NTCP (Monitoring and Reporting System for the National 
Tobacco Control Program; OMB Control #: 0920-1097, Exp. 04/30/2023), 
these existing data collection tools are focused on financial and 
programmatic management, program implementation, and performance 
measurement. By contrast, the ERT will collect process and outcome 
evaluation findings resulting from individual evaluations designed by 
each NTCP recipient. Findings will include contextual factors, 
indicators, lessons learned, and information about health equities and 
health disparities. Recipients will use the ERT to report information 
to CDC about their Tobacco Control Program evaluation findings. Each 
recipient will submit an Annual Evaluation Report template using the 
Microsoft Word-based Evaluation Reporting Tool.
    Current respondents are 53 cooperative agreement recipients. The 
estimated burden per response is eight hours for each Annual Evaluation

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Report. Over the three-year period of this information collection 
request, the total estimated annualized burden for the current 53 
current recipients is 424 hours. A three-year approval period is 
requested for the proposed collection.

                                        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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State and Territorial Health    Evaluation                    53               1               8             424
 Department Tobacco Control      Reporting
 Program Staff.                  Template for
                                 National and
                                 State Tobacco
                                 Control Program.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             424
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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. 2021-22178 Filed 10-12-21; 8:45 am]
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