[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17860-17861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05162]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-new]


Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and 
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed 
collection for public comment.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before May 13, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by calling 
(202) 264-0041 and [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D and 
project title for reference, to Sherrette A. Funn, email: 
[email protected], [email protected] or call (202) 264-0041 the Reports 
Clearance Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    Title of the Collection: OASH Periodic Performance Project Report 
(PPR) for Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
    Type of Collection: New.
    OMB No. 0990-NEW-Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) 
is seeking OMB approval on a new information collection, the OASH 
Standard Periodic Performance Project Report (PPR) for Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements (hereafter the OASH PPR). The purpose of this 
data collection is to gather quantitative and qualitative information 
common to the assessment of recipient performance on individual grants 
and cooperative agreements (collectively, grants) managed in OASH. OASH 
will collect common data elements measuring the performance of each 
recipient against the approved grant project plan, including progress 
toward goals and outcomes as required by 45 CFR 75.342(b)(2).
    OASH oversees a broad range of grant programs within the Office of 
the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The 
current active OASH programs with discretionary grants (with assistance 
listing number) include: Public Awareness Campaigns on Embryo Adoption 
(93.007); Research on Research Integrity (93.085); Advancing System 
Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health (93.088); Community 
Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Programs (93.137); Family 
Planning Services (93.217); Family Planning Personnel Training 
(93.260); Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program (93.297); Public Health 
Service Evaluation Funds (93.343); Research, Monitoring and Outcomes 
Definitions for Vaccine Safety (93.344); Minority HIV/AIDS Fund 
(93.899); Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research Grants 
(93.974); and National Health Promotion (93.990). OASH grants span a 
wide range of project types, including service, demonstration project, 
evaluation, research, training, and conference projects. Within each 
program, the awards are subdivided into cohorts aligned with the 
notices of funding opportunity under which OASH competed the awards. 
Currently, there are 47 cohorts of active awards across OASH. In any 
given year, OASH programs collectively monitor 450-550 active awards 
with another 200-300 inactive awards awaiting final reports as a 
prerequisite to closing the grant.
    The collection is needed to enhance project performance information 
and simplify reporting under 45 CFR 75.301. Each recipient currently 
must submit a quarterly Federal Financial Report (FFR or SF-425) (45 
CFR 75.341) and a periodic Performance Progress Report (PPR) for each 
grant (45 CFR 75.342(b)(2). PPR reporting periods in OASH are scheduled 
quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, depending on the need determined 
by the program office using a narrative format that can vary by cohort. 
The PPR schedule is specifically aligned with the quarterly FFRs 
whenever possible to create a complete snapshot of the project's 
progress at the end of the reporting period.
    The common elements identified in the new collection for OASH 
programs will standardize the collection of the required information 
(45 CFR 75.342(b)(2)) including: (1) a comparison of the actual 
accomplishments to the objectives of the award for the period; (2) the 
reasons why established goals were not met; and (3) pertinent 
information, analysis and explanation of cost overruns or high unit 
costs. The common elements include reporting on publications, including 
data sets and other work products, to facilitate implementation of OSTP 
Memorandum Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access Federally 
Funded Research (August 25, 2022). The new information collection will 
limit the content of the report to those activities taking place during 
the reporting period (i.e., quarterly, semiannually, or annually). The 
information collection is structured to facilitate program review 
across reporting periods. This will allow OASH to identify and improve 
program outcomes, share lessons learned, and spread the adoption of 
promising practices among its grant recipients and other HHS awarding 
agencies.
    The content of the new collection is structured for web-based data 
collection under 7 headings: Report Header; Project Progress; 
Significant Project

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Accomplishments; Broader Program Impacts; Products and Dissemination; 
Collaboration and Partnering Activities; and Project Evaluation 
Activities. Information will be prepopulated based on the login 
credentials for the user submitting the report and the specific grant 
being reported. Not all grants will have reportable activities under 
all headings (e.g., not all grants have an evaluation component 
embedded in the project). However, most OASH grants will have 
reportable information under most headings. Program offices with 
additional reporting programmatic information collections will 
eventually transition collection of any overlapping data elements to 
this OASH PPR. During the transition, OASH will not require grant 
recipients to provide the same information twice.
    Likely Respondents: Members and staff from academia, community 
organizations, local/state/federal government, private sector, and 
tribal government and services organizations.

                                          Annualized Burden Hour Table
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                                                                     Number of        Average
     Forms (if necessary)       Respondents  (if     Number of    responses  per    burden per     Total  burden
                                   necessary)       respondents     respondents      response          hours
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OASH PPR......................  OASH grant                   800               3               1            2400
                                 recipients.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............            2400
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Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-05162 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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