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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier OS–0990–032; 60-Day
Notice]
Agency Information Collection
Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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 information collection request
for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
AGENCY:
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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 directed
to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above email address within 60days.
Title: HHS Web Site Customer
Satisfaction Survey—0990–0321—Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Public
Affairs.
Abstract: The results of the HHS Web
Site Customer Satisfaction Survey will
be used to ensure that the content on the
HHS Web sites meets visitor needs and
expectations. The results will also
determine if the site is easy to use and
the content easy to understand.
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. 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
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Form
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
(in hrs.)
Total burden
hours
Survey ..............................................................................................................
48,000
1
12/60
9,600
Seleda Perryman,
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Proposed Project
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
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, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3520, AHIRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
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Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email 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 the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) re-approve generic pre-testing
clearance 0935–0124 for three years to
facilitate AHRQ’s efforts to (1) employ
evaluation-type methods and techniques
to improve AHRQ’s current data
collection and estimation procedures,
(2) develop new collections and
procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and
procedures. AHRQ uses techniques to
simplify data collection and estimation
procedures, reduce respondent burden,
and improve efficiencies to meet the
needs of individuals and small business
respondents who may have reduced
budgets and staff. AHRQ believes that
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developing, testing, and evaluating data
collection and estimation procedures
using survey methods and other
techniques in anticipation of agencysponsored studies can improve its
information collection efforts and the
products it develops and allow AHRQ to
be more responsive to fast-changing
developments in the healthcare research
field.
This clearance request is limited to
research on data collection, toolkit
development, and estimation
procedures and reports and does not
extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation. The
current clearance was granted on April
3rd 2008 and expires on April 30th,
2011.
This generic clearance will allow
AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey
instruments and other data collection
and estimation procedures more quickly
and with greater lead time, thereby
managing project time more efficiently
and improving the quality of the data
AHRQ collects. In some instances, the
ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data
collection and estimation procedures in
anticipation of work or early in a project
may result in the decision not to
proceed with additional activities,
thereby saving both public and private
resources and effectively eliminating
respondent burden.
Many of the tools AHRQ develops are
made available to the private sector to
assist in improving health care quality.
The health and health care environment
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changes rapidly and requires a quick
response from AHRQ to provide refined
tools. This generic clearance will
facilitate AHRQ’ s response to this
changing environment.
These preliminary research activities
will not be used by AHRQ to regulate
or sanction its customers. They will be
entirely voluntary and the
confidentiality of respondents and their
responses will be preserved. Proposed
information collections submitted under
this generic clearance will be reviewed
and acted upon by OMB within 14 days
of submission to OMB.
Method of Collection
The information collected through
preliminary research activities will be
used by AHRQ to employ techniques to
(1) improve AHRQ’s current data
collection and estimation procedures,
(2) develop new collections and
procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and
procedures in anticipation or in
response to changes in the health or
health care field. The end result will be
improvement in AHRQ’s data
collections and procedures and the
quality of data collected, a reduction or
minimization of respondent burden,
increased agency efficiency, and
improved responsiveness to the public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden
hours, over the full 3 years of this
clearance, for the respondents’ time to
participate in the research activities that
may be conducted under this generic
clearance. Mail surveys will be
conducted with about 6,000 persons
(2,000 per year for 3 years) and are
estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail
surveys may also be sent to respondents
via e-mail, and may include a telephone
non-response follow-up. Telephone
non-response follow-up for mailed
surveys is not counted as a telephone
survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600
persons, over 3 years, will participate in
telephone surveys that will take about
40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be
conducted with no more than 3,000
persons and will require no more than
10 minutes to complete. About 1,500
persons will participate in focus groups
which may last up to two hours, while
in-person interviews will be conducted
with 600 persons and will take about 50
minutes. Automated data collection will
be conducted for about 1,500 persons
and could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive
testing will be conducted with about
600 persons and is estimated to take 1
1⁄2 hours to complete. The total burden
over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900
hours (about 2,967 hours per year).
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
burden over 3 years, based on the
respondent’s time to participate in these
research activities. The total cost burden
is estimated to be $298,239.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS
Number of respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Hours per response
Mail/e-mail * ......................................................................................................
Telephone ........................................................................................................
Web-based .......................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
In-person ..........................................................................................................
Automated ** .....................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing *** .........................................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20/60
40/60
10/60
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.5
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
Totals ........................................................................................................
13,800
na
na
8,900
Average hourly wage rate *
Total cost burden
Type of information collection
Total burden
hours
* May
include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of respondents
Type of information collection
Total burden
hours
Mail/e-mail ........................................................................................................
Telephone ........................................................................................................
Web-based .......................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
In-person ..........................................................................................................
Automated ** .....................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing *** .........................................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
$33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
$67,020
13,404
16,755
100,530
20,106
50,265
30,159
Totals ........................................................................................................
13,800
8,900
na
298,239
upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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* Based
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Information collections conducted
under this generic clearance will in
some cases be carried out under
contract. Assuming four data collections
per year (either mail/e-mail, telephone,
Web based or in-person) at an average
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cost of $150,000 each, and two focus
groups, automated data collections or
lab experiments at an average cost of
$20,000 each, total contract costs could
be $640,000 per year.
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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
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AHRQ healthcare research and
healthcare 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.
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
e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Dated: January 4, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
Background and Brief Description
CDC’s mission includes addressing
the leading causes of disease, injury,
and disability in the United States,
including a focus on tobacco control;
improving nutrition, physical activity,
and food safety; reducing healthcareassociated infections; preventing motor
vehicle injuries; preventing teen
pregnancy; and preventing HIV. CDC’s
priorities for approaching improvements
to public health include—strengthening
surveillance, epidemiology, and
laboratory science; better supporting
efforts in states and communities; and
pursuing policies that have an impact.
As such, CDC’s relationship with state,
local, tribal and territorial (STLT)
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Prevention
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
Proposed Project
Surveys of State, Tribal, Local, and
Territorial (STLT) Governmental Health
Agencies—New—Office of the Director,
Office for State, Tribal Local and
Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC).
governmental health officials is key to
its emergency preparedness, health
promotion and disease prevention
responsibilities.
CDC is requesting a three-year
approval for a generic clearance to
assess information related to a myriad of
public health issues that affect STLT
health agencies. Information will be
used to assess situational awareness of
current public health emergencies, make
decisions that will affect planning,
response and recovery activities of
subsequent emergencies, and fill gaps in
knowledge that will strengthen
surveillance, epidemiology, and
laboratory science; better supporting
efforts in states and communities. CDC
will conduct short surveys, across a
range of public health topics, using
standard questionnaire administration
approaches (e.g., phone, Web, e-mail,
and paper, in person).
The burden is calculated based on the
assumption of querying at most 100% of
all available State, territorial (60) and
county (3000) health officials/
employees and a representative sample
of at most 100 municipal/city
employees. CDC estimates that it will
conduct up to 48 queries with State,
territorial or tribal health officials/
employees, 6 queries with county health
employees, and 6 queries with
municipal health employees each year.
The total annualized burden hour
estimate is 40,080. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
No. of
respondents
Type of respondent
No. of
responses per
respondent
Average
Burden per
response
(in Hours)
State, Territorial, Tribal Health Officials/Employees ....................................................................
County Health Employees ...........................................................................................................
Municipal/City Health Employees ................................................................................................
60
3000
100
48
6
6
1
2
2
Total ......................................................................................................................................
........................
........................
........................
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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Dated: January 6, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[Docket No. FDA–2010–N–0273]
Food and Drug Administration
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Activities; Announcement of Office of
Management and Budget Approval;
Current Good Manufacturing Practice
Quality System Regulation
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Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a collection of information entitled
‘‘Current Good Manufacturing Practice
Quality System Regulation’’ has been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Gittleson, Office of Information
Management, Food and Drug
Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., PI50–
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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, HHS.
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) approve the proposed 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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, AHIRQ
invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 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 the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requests that
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) re-approve generic pre-
testing clearance 0935-0124 for three years to facilitate AHRQ's
efforts to (1) employ evaluation-type methods and techniques to improve
AHRQ's current data collection and estimation procedures, (2) develop
new collections and procedures, including toolkits, and (3) revise
existing collections and procedures. AHRQ uses techniques to simplify
data collection and estimation procedures, reduce respondent burden,
and improve efficiencies to meet the needs of individuals and small
business respondents who may have reduced budgets and staff. AHRQ
believes that developing, testing, and evaluating data collection and
estimation procedures using survey methods and other techniques in
anticipation of agency-sponsored studies can improve its information
collection efforts and the products it develops and allow AHRQ to be
more responsive to fast-changing developments in the healthcare
research field.
This clearance request is limited to research on data collection,
toolkit development, and estimation procedures and reports and does not
extend to the collection of data for public release or policy
formation. The current clearance was granted on April 3rd 2008 and
expires on April 30th, 2011.
This generic clearance will allow AHRQ to draft and test toolkits,
survey instruments and other data collection and estimation procedures
more quickly and with greater lead time, thereby managing project time
more efficiently and improving the quality of the data AHRQ collects.
In some instances, the ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data
collection and estimation procedures in anticipation of work or early
in a project may result in the decision not to proceed with additional
activities, thereby saving both public and private resources and
effectively eliminating respondent burden.
Many of the tools AHRQ develops are made available to the private
sector to assist in improving health care quality. The health and
health care environment
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changes rapidly and requires a quick response from AHRQ to provide
refined tools. This generic clearance will facilitate AHRQ' s response
to this changing environment.
These preliminary research activities will not be used by AHRQ to
regulate or sanction its customers. They will be entirely voluntary and
the confidentiality of respondents and their responses will be
preserved. Proposed information collections submitted under this
generic clearance will be reviewed and acted upon by OMB within 14 days
of submission to OMB.
Method of Collection
The information collected through preliminary research activities
will be used by AHRQ to employ techniques to (1) improve AHRQ's current
data collection and estimation procedures, (2) develop new collections
and procedures, including toolkits, and (3) revise existing collections
and procedures in anticipation or in response to changes in the health
or health care field. The end result will be improvement in AHRQ's data
collections and procedures and the quality of data collected, a
reduction or minimization of respondent burden, increased agency
efficiency, and improved responsiveness to the public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden hours, over the full 3 years
of this clearance, for the respondents' time to participate in the
research activities that may be conducted under this generic clearance.
Mail surveys will be conducted with about 6,000 persons (2,000 per year
for 3 years) and are estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail surveys may
also be sent to respondents via e-mail, and may include a telephone
non-response follow-up. Telephone non-response follow-up for mailed
surveys is not counted as a telephone survey in Exhibit 1. Not more
than 600 persons, over 3 years, will participate in telephone surveys
that will take about 40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be conducted
with no more than 3,000 persons and will require no more than 10
minutes to complete. About 1,500 persons will participate in focus
groups which may last up to two hours, while in-person interviews will
be conducted with 600 persons and will take about 50 minutes. Automated
data collection will be conducted for about 1,500 persons and could
take up to 1 hour. Cognitive testing will be conducted with about 600
persons and is estimated to take 1 \1/2\ hours to complete. The total
burden over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900 hours (about 2,967 hours
per year).
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost burden over 3 years, based on
the respondent's time to participate in these research activities. The
total cost burden is estimated to be $298,239.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Burden Hours Over 3 Years
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Number of
Type of information collection Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Mail/e-mail \*\................................. 6,000 1 20/60 2,000
Telephone....................................... 600 1 40/60 400
Web-based....................................... 3,000 1 10/60 500
Focus Groups.................................... 1,500 1 2.0 3,000
In-person....................................... 600 1 1.0 600
Automated \**\.................................. 1,500 1 1.0 1,500
Cognitive Testing \***\......................... 600 1 1.5 900
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 13,800 na na 8,900
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\*\ May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
\**\ May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
\***\ May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ``think aloud'' testing of
prototype Web sites.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Cost Burden Over 3 Years
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Type of information collection respondents hours wage rate \*\ burden
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Mail/e-mail..................................... 6,000 2,000 $33.51 $67,020
Telephone....................................... 600 400 33.51 13,404
Web-based....................................... 3,000 500 33.51 16,755
Focus Groups.................................... 1,500 3,000 33.51 100,530
In-person....................................... 600 600 33.51 20,106
Automated \**\.................................. 1,500 1,500 33.51 50,265
Cognitive Testing \***\......................... 600 900 33.51 30,159
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 13,800 8,900 na 298,239
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\*\ Based upon the average wages for 29-000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ``National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,'' U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Information collections conducted under this generic clearance will
in some cases be carried out under contract. Assuming four data
collections per year (either mail/e-mail, telephone, Web based or in-
person) at an average cost of $150,000 each, and two focus groups,
automated data collections or lab experiments at an average cost of
$20,000 each, total contract costs could be $640,000 per year.
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
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AHRQ healthcare research and healthcare 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: January 4, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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