[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72241-72242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27598]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-22-21FJ]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``Performance Monitoring of CDC's Core State 
Injury Prevention Program'' to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed 
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' 
notice on July 2, 2021 to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. There were no comments to the previous notice. This notice 
serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency 
comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) 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;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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 submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct written 
comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this 
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

Proposed Project

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

Background and Brief Description

    CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) 
requests OMB approval for Performance Monitoring of CDC's Core State 
Injury Prevention Program (Core SIPP). This proposed data collection 
will collect performance monitoring data via a web-based Partners' 
Portal. Data is needed to monitor the cooperative agreement program 
funded under the Core SIPP.
    Monitoring the impact of population-based strategies and 
identifying new insights and innovative solutions to health problems 
are two of the noted public health activities that all public health 
systems should undertake. For NCIPC, these objectives cannot be 
satisfied without the systematic collection of data and information 
from state health departments. The information collection will enable 
the accurate, reliable, uniform, and timely submission of each 
awardee's progress report and injury indicators, including strategies 
and performance measures.
    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

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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 unintentional and intentional injuries. The 
information collection plan proposed here will also generate a variety 
of routine and customizable reports. State-specific reports will allow 
each awardee to summarize activities and progress towards meeting 
strategies and performance measure targets related to the reduction and 
prevention of unintentional and intentional injuries. NCIPC will also 
have the capacity to generate reports that describe activities and 
health outcomes across multiple recipients, which will enable better 
reporting of trends and provision of technical assistance through 
linking partners across state health departments and collaborating 
divisions within CDC.
    Program recipients will use the information collected to manage and 
coordinate their activities and to improve their efforts to prevent and 
control injuries. The Partners' Portal allows recipients to fulfill 
their annual reporting obligations efficiently by 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.
    Recipients will report progress and activity information to CDC on 
an annual schedule. Data will be analyzed using descriptive and summary 
statistics, as well as qualitative summaries. CDC requests approval for 
a total of 253 estimated annualized burden hours. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Core SIPP Program Recipients..........  Annual Progress Report..              23               1              11
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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. 2021-27598 Filed 12-20-21; 8:45 am]
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