[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20862-20863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07520]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-22DW; Docket No. CDC-2022-0042]


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), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 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 Project Firstline Partner Reporting. This project is 
designed to collect information on the assessment of performance and 
progress data on a new infection prevention and control program for 
frontline healthcare personnel.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before June 7, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0042, by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.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 https://www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (https://www.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; Telephone: 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

    Project Firstline Partner Reporting--New--National Center for 
Emerging and

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Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion's Project Firstline 
(PFL) is submitting a new information collection request to cover two 
partner reporting tools for three years. PFL aims to provide frontline 
healthcare personnel (HCP) necessary infection prevention and control 
(IPC) knowledge to prevent the transmission of healthcare acquired 
infections and COVID-19 in healthcare settings. IPC materials and 
education will be disseminated by CDC and funded partners via trainings 
and promotional materials to reach healthcare personnel in a variety of 
settings.
    PFL is a new program, and as such, collection of performance/
progress data is critical for successful program implementation and 
ongoing improvement. Gathering data from PFL partners will provide 
crucial insights into the diverse needs of HCP, gaps in existing CDC 
training resources, and will help CDC understand the reach and impact 
of the PFL initiative. Having this information will allow CDC and 
partners to monitor progress towards desired outcomes while improving 
PFL outreach and programming based on lessons learned. The PFL 
collaborative network, data-driven training and education programs, and 
targeted messaging through digital platforms will help drive behavior 
change--enhancing the readiness of the nation's frontlines to respond 
to the current COVID-19 pandemic and future disease outbreaks.
    The PFL collaborative consists of 11 national partners (five of 
which have subrecipients). National partners and their subrecipients 
will report on their communications and training efforts conducted 
with, or tailored to, their respective memberships under the PFL 
initiative. CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 1,168 annual 
burden hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
participate.

                                        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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National Partners.............  Comms Reporting.              11              12             1.0             132
National Partners.............  Training                      11              12             0.2              22
                                 Reporting.
Subrecipients & Collaborators.  Comms Reporting.              74              12             1.0             888
Subrecipients & Collaborators.  Training                      63              12             0.2             126
                                 Reporting.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,168
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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. 2022-07520 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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