[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8261-8262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03080]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-1132; Docket No. CDC-2022-0023]


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 Progress and 
Monitoring Report (PPMR). The PPMR is designed to allow CDC to collect 
information related to CDC Awardee's budgets, strategies and 
activities, and the process and outcome performance measures outlined 
by the cooperative agreement programs, in order to evaluate 
partnerships and the work that is done on behalf of CDC.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0023 by either 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,

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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 Progress and Monitoring Report (PPMR) (OMB Control No. 
0920-1132, Exp. 10/31/2022)--Extension--Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Each year, approximately 80% of the CDC's budget is distributed via 
contracts, grants and cooperative agreements, from the Office of 
Financial Resources (OFR) to partners (Awardees) throughout the world 
in an effort to promote health, prevent disease, injury and disability 
and prepare for new health threats. OFR is responsible for the 
stewardship of these funds while providing excellent, professional 
services to our partners and stakeholders.
    Currently, CDC uses the Performance Progress and Monitoring Report 
(PPMR, OMB Control No. 0920-1132, Expiration: 10/31/2022), a set of 
progress reporting forms for Non-Research awards to collect information 
semi-annually from Awardees regarding the progress made over specified 
time periods on CDC funded projects. The PPMR was originally modified 
from SF-PPR (OMB Control No. 0970-0406, Expiration: 10/31/2015), a 
similar progress report that was owned by the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS). The PPMR was created by CDC to provide an agency-wide 
collection tool that would be able to obtain data on the progress of 
CDC Awardees for the purposes of evaluation, and to bring the Awardee 
reporting procedure into compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA).
    The information collected enables the accurate, reliable, uniform, 
and timely submission to CDC of each Awardee's work plans and progress 
reports, including strategies, activities and performance measures. The 
information collected by the PPMR is designed to align with, and 
support the goals outlined for each of the CDC Awardees. Collection and 
reporting of the information will occur in an efficient, standardized, 
and user-friendly manner that will generate a variety of routine and 
customizable reports. The PPMR will allow each Awardee to summarize 
activities and progress towards meeting performance measures and goals 
over a specified time period specific to each award. CDC will also have 
the capacity to generate reports that describe activities across 
multiple Awardees. In addition, CDC will use the information collection 
to respond to inquiries from HHS, Congress and other stakeholder 
inquiries about program activities and their impact. The current 
submission process allows Awardees to submit a completed PDF version of 
the PPMR by uploading it to www.grants.gov, or directly to the programs 
at CDC that will be performing the evaluation.
    This Extension request is being submitted to allow CDC to continue 
collection of this valuable information from Awardees for an additional 
three years. There are no anticipated changes to the information 
collection instruments or associated burden at this time. CDC requests 
OMB approval for an estimated 13,014 annual burden hours. There is no 
cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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CDC Award Recipients..........  Performance                5,200               1               2          10,400
                                 Progress and
                                 Monitoring
                                 Report (PPMR--
                                 Att. A-F).
CDC Award Recipients..........  Performance                1,632               1            5/60             136
                                 Progress and
                                 Monitoring
                                 Report (PPMR--
                                 Att. G).
NHSS Award Recipients.........  Performance                   60               1              41           2,478
                                 Progress and
                                 Monitoring
                                 Report (PPMR--
                                 Att. A-F).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,014
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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. 2022-03080 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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