[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9150-9152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02682]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-24-1078]


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 ``The Division of Workforce Development (DWD) 
Fellowship Alumni Assessment'' 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 October 30, 2023, to obtain comments from the public and 
affected agencies. CDC received one comment related to the previous 
notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public 
and affected agency comments.

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    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 particular 
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

    The Division of Workforce Development (DWD) Fellowship Alumni 
Assessment (OMB Control No. 0920-1078, Exp. 02/29/2024)--Revision--
National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health 
Infrastructure and Workforce (NCSTLTPHIW), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to 
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign 
and in the U.S. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in part, through a 
competent and capable public health workforce. One mechanism for 
developing the public health workforce is through fellowship programs 
like those sponsored and supported by the Division of Workforce 
Development (DWD). A robust public health workforce has sufficient 
workforce, organizational, and systems capacity to deliver essential 
public health services and protect the public's health. In 2023, after 
an agency-wide CDC reorganization, a number of CDC career fellowships 
were consolidated within one new division, DWD, which has a lead role 
in public health workforce development. Across all of its branches, DWD 
manages or supports many full-time, cross-cutting career fellowship 
programs that support CDC and State, Tribal, local, and Territorial 
health departments, and partner organizations. Through these programs, 
DWD strives to provide quality training for current and future members 
of the public health workforce to ensure they have foundational and 
contemporary public health skills. Nearly all these programs serve as a 
pathway to CDC career communities and are an important source of supply 
for the public health workforce.
    In 2015, CDC obtained OMB approval to conduct follow-up surveys of 
alumni who had completed the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) 
(OMB No. 0920-1078). Findings from the PHAP alumni surveys have 
improved CDC's understanding of alumni retention and career progression 
in the public health workforce and have informed management of the 
PHAP. In this Revision, CDC proposes to build on lessons learned in 
PHAP fellowship evaluation. CDC will broaden the scope of information 
collection to accommodate the full portfolio of DWD fellowships, which 
currently includes the Epidemiology Elective Program (EEP), Evaluation 
Fellowship Program(EFP), Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Future 
Leaders in Infectious and Global Health Threats (FLIGHT), Laboratory 
Leadership Service (LLS), CDC Steven M. Teutsch Prevention 
Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship, Public Health Informatics Fellowship 
Program (PHIFP), and the Science Ambassador Fellowship (SAF), in 
addition to the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP). This ICR is 
also intentionally removing the host site supervisor component included 
in the original ICR. This revision will specifically focus on 
fellowship alumni only. A new ICR will be created for any host site 
supervisor surveys these fellowships may seek to conduct.
    Each year, new cohorts ranging from three to 200 individuals are 
enrolled across these fellowship programs. While each fellowship 
differs in focus area, type of fellow, and projects, they all have the 
same mission: to train and provide learning opportunities to early- and 
mid-career professionals who contribute to the public health workforce. 
All share a common goal that, post-fellowship, alumni seek employment 
within the public health system (i.e., Federal, State, Tribal, local, 
or Territorial health agencies, or non-governmental organizations). 
Given this common goal, CDC will apply a common approach to assessing 
how fellowship participation impacts the job placement, retention in 
the public health workforce, and career progression of alumni. DWD 
Fellowship Alumni Surveys will be administered to individual program 
alumni at three different time points (one year, three years, and five 
years post-program completion). Each fellowship program will invite 
their program's alumni to participate. Fellowships will be deploying 
surveys specific to their programs. Assessment questions will remain 
consistent at each administration timepoint (i.e., one year, three 
years, or five years post-program completion). The language, however, 
will be updated for each survey administration to reflect the 
appropriate time period. There is a core set of assessment questions 
that all fellowship programs will use. Each program can also add 
fellowship-specific questions to their surveys to ensure relevance of 
the surveys to each program's alumni. Surveys will be administered 
electronically; a link to the survey will be provided in an email 
invitation. CDC will use survey findings to document program outcomes, 
demonstrate evidence of impact, and inform decision making about future 
program direction. The results of these surveys may be published in 
peer reviewed journals and/or in non-scientific publications such as 
practice reports and/or fact sheets.
    OMB approval is requested for three years. The estimated burden is 
between 8-25 minutes per respondent per survey, and the total 
annualized estimated burden is 175 hours. Participation is voluntary 
and there are no costs to respondents other than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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EEP Alumni............................  EEP Alumni Survey.......             135               1           20/60
EFP Alumni............................  EFP Alumni Survey.......              60               1            8/60
EIS/LLS Alumni........................  EIS/LLS Alumni Survey...             210               1           25/60
FLIGHT Alumni.........................  FLIGHT Alumni Survey....               5               1            8/60
PE Fellowship Alumni..................  PE Fellowship Alumni                  25               1            8/60
                                         Survey.
PHIFP Alumni..........................  PHIFP Alumni Survey.....              20               1            8/60
PHAP Alumni...........................  PHAP Alumni Survey......             130               1            8/60
SAF Alumni............................  SAF Alumni Survey.......              60               1           10/60
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-02682 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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