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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) allow the renewal of the
generic information collection project:
‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room #5036, Rockville,
MD 20850, or by e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality.’’
AHRQ plans to employ the latest
techniques to improve its current data
collections by developing new surveys,
or information collection tools and
methods, and by revising existing
collections in anticipation of, or in
response to, changes in the healthcare
field, for a three-year period. The
clearance request is limited to research
on in formation collection tools and
methods, and related reports and does
not extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation.’’
A generic clearance for this work
allows AHRQ to draft and test
information collection tools and
methods more quickly and with greater
lead time, thereby managing project
time more efficiently and improving the
quality of the methodological data the
agency collects.
In some instances the ability to
pretest/pilot-test information collection
surveys, tools and methods, in
anticipation of work, or early in a
project, may request in the decision not
to proceed with particular survey
activities. This would save both public
and private resources and effectively
eliminate or reduce respondent burden.
Many of the tools AHRQ develops are
made available to users in the private
sector. The healthcare environment
changes rapidly and inquires a quick
response from the agency to provide
appropriately refined tools. A generic
clearance for this methodological work
will facilitate the agency’s timely
development of information collection
tools and methods suitable for use in
changing conditions.
It is particularly important to refine
AHRQ’s tools because they have a
widespread impact. These tools are
frequently made available to help the
private sector to improve health care
quality by enabling the gathering of
useful data for analysis. They are also
used to provide information about
health care quality to consumers and
purchasers so that they can make
marketplace choices to influence and
improve health care quality. The current
clearance will expire January 31, 2008.
This is a request for a generic approval
from OMB to test information collection
instruments and methods over the next
three years.
Methods of Collection
Participation in the testing of
information collection tools and
methods will be fully voluntary and
non-participation will have no effect on
eligibility for, or receipt of, future
AHRQ health services research support
or on future opportunities to participate
in research or to obtain informative
research results. Specific estimation
procedures, when used, will be
described when we notify OMB as to
actual studies conducted under the
clearance.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Number of
respondents
Type of research activity
Estimated time
per respondent
(minutes)
Total burden
hours
100
2,400
7,600
200
100
100
60
20
30
90
60
60
100
800
3,800
300
100
100
Totals ........................................................................................................................
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Face-to-Face Interviews ..................................................................................................
Field Tests (short) ............................................................................................................
Field Tests (long) .............................................................................................................
Lab Experiments ..............................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................................
Cognitive Interviews .........................................................................................................
10,500
Not Applicable
5,200
This information collection will not
impose a cost burden on the
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Expenses (equipment, overhead,
printing, and support staff) will be
incurred by AHRQ components as part
of their normal operating budgets. No
additional cost to the Federal
Government is anticipated. Any
deviation from these limits will be
noted in reports made to OMB with
respect to a particular study or studies
conducted under the clearance.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 7, 2007
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by September
14, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information by fax
202.395.6974 to the OMB Desk Officer
for AoA, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen.Daniels@aoa.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
The Supplemental form to the
Financial Status Report for all AoA Title
III Grantees provides an understanding
of how projects funded by the Older
Americans Act are being administered
by grantees, in conformance with
legislative requirements, pertinent
Federal regulations and other applicable
instructions and guidelines issued by
Administration on Aging (AoA). This
information will be used for Federal
oversight of Title III Projects. AoA
estimates the burden of this collection
of information as follows: 56 State
Agencies on Aging respond
semiannually which should be an
average burden of 1 hour per State
agency per submission.
Dated: August 9, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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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) 639–5960 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.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension
of Supplemental Form to the Financial
Status Report for all AoA Title III
Grantees
Administration on Aging, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging
(AoA) is announcing that the proposed
collection of information listed below
has been submitted to the Office of
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Proposed Project
National HIV Behavioral Surveillance
System (NHBS)—New— National
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this data collection is
to monitor behaviors related to Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection
among persons at high risk for infection
in the United States. The primary
objectives of the system are to obtain
data from samples of persons at risk to:
(a) Describe the prevalence and trends
in risk behaviors; (b) describe the
prevalence of and trends in HIV testing
and HIV infection; (c) describe the
prevalence of and trends in use of HIV
prevention services; (d) identify met and
unmet needs for HIV prevention
services in order to inform health
departments, community based
organizations, community planning
groups and other stakeholders. This
project addresses the goals of CDC’s HIV
prevention strategic plan, specifically
the goal of strengthening the national
capacity to monitor the HIV epidemic to
better direct and evaluate prevention
efforts.
Data are collected through in-person
interviews conducted with persons
systematically selected from 25
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
throughout the United States; these 25
MSAs were chosen based on having
high AIDS prevalence. Persons at risk
for HIV infection to be interviewed for
NHBS include men who have sex with
men (MSM), injecting drug users (IDU),
and heterosexual persons living in
census tracts that have high HIV/AIDS
prevalence (HET). A brief screening
interview will be used to determine
eligibility for participation in the full
survey. The data from the full survey
will provide estimates of behavior
related to the risk of HIV and other
sexually transmitted diseases, prior
testing for HIV, and use of HIV
prevention services. All persons
interviewed will also be offered an HIV
test. No other federal agency
systematically collects this type of
information from persons at risk for HIV
infection. This data will have
substantial impact on prevention
program development and monitoring at
the local, state, and national levels.
CDC estimates that NHBS will
involve, per year in each of the 25
MSAs, eligibility screening for 50 to 200
persons and eligibility screening plus
the survey with 500 eligible
respondents, resulting in a total of
37,500 eligible survey respondents and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) allow the renewal of the generic
information collection project: ``Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 5036,
Rockville, MD 20850, or by e-mail at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from AHRQ's Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.''
AHRQ plans to employ the latest techniques to improve its current
data collections by developing new surveys, or information collection
tools and methods, and by revising existing collections in anticipation
of, or in response to, changes in the healthcare field, for a three-
year period. The clearance request is limited to research on in
formation collection tools and methods, and related reports and does
not extend to the collection of data for public release or policy
formation.''
A generic clearance for this work allows AHRQ to draft and test
information collection tools and methods more quickly and with greater
lead time, thereby managing project time more efficiently and improving
the quality of the methodological data the agency collects.
In some instances the ability to pretest/pilot-test information
collection surveys, tools and methods, in anticipation of work, or
early in a project, may request in the decision not to proceed with
particular survey activities. This would save both public and private
resources and effectively eliminate or reduce respondent burden.
Many of the tools AHRQ develops are made available to users in the
private sector. The healthcare environment changes rapidly and inquires
a quick response from the agency to provide appropriately refined
tools. A generic clearance for this methodological work will facilitate
the agency's timely development of information collection tools and
methods suitable for use in changing conditions.
It is particularly important to refine AHRQ's tools because they
have a widespread impact. These tools are frequently made available to
help the private sector to improve health care quality by enabling the
gathering of useful data for analysis. They are also used to provide
information about health care quality to consumers and purchasers so
that they can make marketplace choices to influence and improve health
care quality. The current clearance will expire January 31, 2008. This
is a request for a generic approval from OMB to test information
collection instruments and methods over the next three years.
Methods of Collection
Participation in the testing of information collection tools and
methods will be fully voluntary and non-participation will have no
effect on eligibility for, or receipt of, future AHRQ health services
research support or on future opportunities to participate in research
or to obtain informative research results. Specific estimation
procedures, when used, will be described when we notify OMB as to
actual studies conducted under the clearance.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
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Estimated time
Type of research activity Number of per respondent Total burden
respondents (minutes) hours
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Face-to-Face Interviews................................... 100 60 100
Field Tests (short)....................................... 2,400 20 800
Field Tests (long)........................................ 7,600 30 3,800
Lab Experiments........................................... 200 90 300
Focus Groups.............................................. 100 60 100
Cognitive Interviews...................................... 100 60 100
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Totals................................................ 10,500 Not Applicable 5,200
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This information collection will not impose a cost burden on the
respondents beyond that associated with their time to provide the
required data. There will be no additional costs for capital equipment,
software, computer services, etc.
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Expenses (equipment, overhead, printing, and support staff) will be
incurred by AHRQ components as part of their normal operating budgets.
No additional cost to the Federal Government is anticipated. Any
deviation from these limits will be noted in reports made to OMB with
respect to a particular study or studies conducted under the clearance.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act
legislation, comments on AHRQ's information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health care information dissemination
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's estimate of burden (including hours
and costs) of the proposed collection(s) of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information upon the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: August 7, 2007
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 07-3991 Filed 8-14-07; 8:45 am]
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