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use by Federal grant-making agencies.
Agencies may use the SF–424 (Short) for
grant programs not requiring all the data
that is required on the SF–424 core data
set and form. This information
collection request also includes two
additional government-wide forms, the
Key Contacts form and the Project
Abstract form, each of which can be
used in conjunction with the SF–424 to
collect supplemental applicant data.
The Key Contacts form is an optional
form that the agencies may use to collect
additional key contact or point of
contact information. The Project
Abstract form is also an optional form
that provides the mechanism for the
applicant to attach a file that contains
an abstract of the project, in a format
specified by the agency.
The SF–424 (Short) and supplemental
data set and forms are currently
available for use as part of the electronic
application process of Grants.gov,
which was deployed in October 2003
and is part of the implementation of the
Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999
(Pub. L. 106–107). Currently, six
agencies plan to continue the use of the
SF–424 (Short) in lieu of the SF–424 for
eligible grant programs.
Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting,
on occasion.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
government; Farms; Not-for-profit
institutions, and Business or other forprofit.
Annual Number of Respondents:
8549.
Total Annual Responses: 8549.
Average Burden per Response: 25
min.
Total Annual Hours: 3562.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be
received within 60 days, and directed to
the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at
the following address: Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of
the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for
Resources and Technology, Office of
Resources Management, Attention:
Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990–NEW),
Room 537–H, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
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Dated: January 18, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: OS–04040–0005; 60day notice]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Grants.gov Program Management Office,
one of the 26 E-Government initiatives,
managed by the Department of Health
and Human Services is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collection for public comment.
Interested individuals are invited to
send comments regarding any aspect of
this collection of information 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.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension.
Title of Information Collection: SF–
424 Individual.
Form/OMB No.: 4040–0005.
Use: The discretionary SF–424 was
established as the government-wide
standard data set and form for
Discretionary grant applications on July
31, 2003 [Federal Register Notice 68 FR
44974]. The SF–424 consolidates grant
application related data and forms
currently used by Federal grant-making
agencies and organizations for their
discretionary grant programs and
replaces numerous agency-specific
forms. The effect has been to reduce the
administrative burden to the Federal
grants community, which includes
applicants/grantees and Federal staff
involved in grants-related activities. Use
of the standard data elements was
implemented through the electronic
grants application process of Grants.gov,
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which was deployed in October 2003
and is part of the implementation of the
Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999
(Pub. L. 106–107). Federal agencies and
applicants under discretionary grant
programs now use the standard SF–424
discretionary data set and definitions for
paper and electronic applications.
Federal agencies will not be required to
use the SF–424 (I) nor be required to
collect all of the information included
in the proposed data set. The agency
will identify the data that must be
provided by applicants through
instructions that will accompany the
application package.
Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting,
on occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Annual Number of Respondents:
5,827.
Total Annual Responses: 6,949.
Average Burden per Response: 24.72
min.
Total Annual Hours: 2,863.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be
received within 60 days, and directed to
the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at
the following address: Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of
the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for
Resources and Technology, Office of
Resources Management, Attention:
Sherrette Funn-Coleman (4040–0005),
Room 537–H, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
Dated: January 19, 2007.
Charles Havekost,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meetings
In accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act as
amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the
Agency for Healthcare Research and
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Quality (AHRQ) announces meetings of
scientific peer review groups. The
subcommittees listed below are part of
the Agency’s Health Services Research
Initial Review Group Committee.
The subcommittee meetings will be
closed to the public in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant
applications are to be reviewed and
discussed at these meetings. These
discussions are likely to involve
information concerning individuals
associated with the applications,
including assessments of their personal
qualifications to conduct their proposed
projects. This information is exempt
from mandatory disclosure under the
above-cited statutes.
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1. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care
Research Training.
Date: February 8–9, 2007 (Open from 9
a.m. to 9:15 a.m. on February 8 and closed
for remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference
Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville,
Maryland 20850.
2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care
Quality and Effectiveness Research.
Date: February 22–23, 2007 (Open from 8
a.m. to 8:15 a.m. on February 22 and closed
for remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference
Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville,
Maryland 20850.
3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care
Technology and Decision Sciences.
Date: February 22, 2007 (Open from 8:30
a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and closed for remainder of
the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference
Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville,
Maryland 20850.
4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Systems
Research.
Date: March 1, 2007 (Open from 8 a.m. to
8:15 a.m. and closed for remainder of the
meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference
Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville,
Maryland 20850.
Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain
a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the
nonconfidential portions of the meetings
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell,
Committee Management Officer, Office of
Extramural Research, Education and Priority
Populations, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Suite
2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone
(301) 427–1554.
Agenda items for these meetings are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: January 18, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day-07–0601]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 371–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The National Tobacco Control
Program (NCTP) Chronicles Progress
Reporting System—Revision—(OMB
No. 0920–0601), National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Tobacco use is the single most
preventable cause of death and disease
in the United States and most people
begin using tobacco in early
adolescence. Annually, causes more
than 430,000 deaths in the nation,
costing approximately $50–70 billion in
medical expenses alone. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
seeking a 3 year Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for a
revision of a reporting system called the
Chronicle. The collection of this
information is part of a federal reporting
requirement for funds received by states
from the CDC through the National
Tobacco Control Program (NTCP).
The Office on Smoking and Health
currently has clearance for the NTCP
Chronicle, OMB# 0920–0601, a webbased program monitoring system. This
Reporting system allows CDC increased
ability to analyze program monitoring
data received through state submission
of bi-annually progress reports, to
provide national summaries of progress
toward the objectives contained in
Healthy People 2010 and, as well as
CDC-specified goals and performance
measures. The system also allows CDC
to rapidly respond to outside inquiries
concerning a specific tobacco control
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activity occurring in the state tobacco
control programs. The revision to the
existing web-based program monitoring
data collection system serves to append
the original quantitative and narrative
format. This will result in increased
quality of the content of the tobacco
control data reported, and continues to
provide for an electronic means for
efficient collection and transmission to
the CDC headquarters.
In January 2004, the Office on
Smoking and Health launched the NTCP
Chronicle, an online program planning
and reporting tool that assists states in
developing comprehensive tobacco
control program plans and in
responding to federal reporting
requirements. Using a standardized
format based on OSH’s program
framework, the Chronicle enables
grantees to describe their CDC-funded
program activities and expected
outcomes. By collecting and housing
this information within a searchable
database, OSH can effectively fulfill its
cooperative agreement obligations,
namely to monitor, evaluate and
compare individual programs, provide
technical assistance to increase the
efficacy of state-driven initiatives, and
to assess and report aggregate
information regarding the overall
effectiveness of the National Tobacco
Control Program (NTCP). The NTCP
Chronicle is complementary to the
Grants.Gov electronic grant submission
process by facilitating development of
the key elements for inclusion in
addressing federal cooperative
agreement requirements, thus helping
insure effective evidence- and sciencebased program planning and
development efforts of state public
health departments. This submission
represents a request for a revision of a
currently approved data collection. The
revised content includes modifications
to some of the Program Report
assessment questions, a reduction in the
number of fields a cooperative
agreement recipient is required to
respond to, and a recalculation to
provide a more realistic burden estimate
of the amount of time required to
complete the Progress Report.
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
816.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Notice of Meetings
In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act as amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the Agency for Healthcare
Research and
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Quality (AHRQ) announces meetings of scientific peer review groups. The
subcommittees listed below are part of the Agency's Health Services
Research Initial Review Group Committee.
The subcommittee meetings will be closed to the public in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5
U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications are to
be reviewed and discussed at these meetings. These discussions are
likely to involve information concerning individuals associated with
the applications, including assessments of their personal
qualifications to conduct their proposed projects. This information is
exempt from mandatory disclosure under the above-cited statutes.
1. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care Research Training.
Date: February 8-9, 2007 (Open from 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. on
February 8 and closed for remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), John
Eisenberg Conference Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland
20850.
2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care Quality and Effectiveness
Research.
Date: February 22-23, 2007 (Open from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. on
February 22 and closed for remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), John
Eisenberg Conference Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland
20850.
3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care Technology and Decision
Sciences.
Date: February 22, 2007 (Open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and
closed for remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), John
Eisenberg Conference Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland
20850.
4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Systems Research.
Date: March 1, 2007 (Open from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed
for remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), John
Eisenberg Conference Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland
20850.
Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members,
agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of the meetings
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer,
Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations,
AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Suite 2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850,
Telephone (301) 427-1554.
Agenda items for these meetings are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Dated: January 18, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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