[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9153-9155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02683]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-24-24CR; Docket No. CDC-2024-0011]


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 information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Global Public Health Data Innovation Performance Monitoring. 
This data collection is designed to help government decision makers 
gather timely, accurate, and comprehensive public health data to 
effectively prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 9, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0011 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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 www.regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (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

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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

    Global Public Health Data Innovation (GPHDI) Performance 
Monitoring--New--Global Health Center (GHC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Global Public Health Data Innovation (GPHDI) initiative, led by 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), aims to equip 
government decision makers with timely, accurate, and comprehensive 
public health data to effectively prevent, detect, and respond to 
public health threats. Challenges, such as limited data access, non-
standardization, workforce limitations, and gaps in data systems and 
governance, often hinder the optimal use of data in public health 
response efforts. To overcome these challenges, GPHDI focuses on 
strengthening global outbreak response, pandemic preparedness, and 
surveillance through improved data availability and utilization. This 
is achieved by modernizing data systems and processes at all levels.
    GPHDI is made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act passed by 
the Congress in 2021 and is rooted in key strategic pillars within CDC, 
namely the Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) and the Global Digital 
Health Strategy (GDHS). DMI is an agency-wide initiative aimed at 
improving data systems infrastructure within the United States. It 
offers valuable insights and artifacts that can be adapted and 
leveraged for the global context of the GPHDI initiative. The goal of 
DMI is to get better, faster, actionable insights for decision making 
at all levels of public health. Complementing this, the GDHS 
incorporates inputs from a multi-partner engagement process, enhancing 
the strategic approach of the initiative.
    GPHDI is a current three-year investment that builds on an existing 
foundation laid by various country governments, donor agencies, and 
multilateral organizations. This investment is specifically allocated 
to advance the initiative in 10 selected countries, including Kenya, 
Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia in Africa; Colombia and Paraguay in 
the South American Region; Georgia and Ukraine in Eastern Europe; 
Thailand in the Central Asia Region; and Honduras in the Central 
American Region. This data collection is aimed at monitoring and 
assessing the contributions of current GPHDI investments in data 
modernization and digital public health infrastructure towards 
improving data availability to prevent, detect, and respond to public 
health threats in the selected countries. The indicators to be 
collected include both structured response-type questions (Yes-No 
answers, coded answers) and narrative response-type questions. CDC 
contractors, RTI International (RTI) will conduct the interviews and 
CDC funded implementing partners (IPs) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) 
point of contacts will provide responses to the indicators based on 
their funded activities. RTI will document the responses from the 
interviews using CDC RedCap. Interviews will be conducted in a live 
one-on-one session between RTI and identified M&E point of contacts at 
the funded IPs. No patient-level or individual level or identifiable 
data will be collected for this project.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 64 annual burden hours. 
Respondents will be responding to this data collection as a part of the 
organizations' funding requirements and obligation. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        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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Implementing partners           Monitoring                    32               1               2              64
 (Monitoring and evaluation      question guide.
 point of contacts).
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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. 2024-02683 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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