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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
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1. Name of Subcommittee: Healthcare
Effectiveness and Outcomes Research.
Date: June 19, 2012 (Open from 8:00 a.m.
to 8:15 a.m. on June 19 and closed for
remainder of the meeting).
Place: Crowne Plaza Rockville, 3 Research
Court, Rockville, MD 20850.
2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Safety
and Quality Improvement Research.
Date: June 19–20, 2012 (Open from 8:00
a.m. to 8:15 a.m. on June 19 and closed for
remainder of the meeting).
Place: Crowne Plaza Rockville, 3 Research
Court, Rockville, MD 20850.
3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Systems
and Value Research.
Date: June 20, 2012 (Open from 8:00 a.m.
to 8:15 a.m. on June 20 and closed for
remainder of the meeting).
Place: Crowne Plain Rockville, 3 Research
Court, Rockville, MD 20850.
4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care
Research Training.
Date: June 21–22, 2012 (Open from 8:30
a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on June 21 and closed for
remainder of the meeting).
Place: Crowne Plaza Rockville, 3 Research
Court, Rockville, MD 20850.
5. Name of Subcommittee: Healthcare
Information Technology Research.
Date: June 28–29, 2012 (Open from 8:00
a.m. to 8:15 a.m. on June 28 and closed for
remainder of the meeting).
Place: Crowne Plaza Rockville, 3 Research
Court, Rockville, MD 20850.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Impact Studies of the Health
Professions Opportunity Grants.
OMB No.: 0970–0394.
The Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is
proposing data collection activities as
part of the Impact Studies of the Health
Professions Opportunity Grants (HPOGImpact). The goal of HPOG-Impact is to
evaluate the effectiveness of approaches
HPOG grantees use to provide
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) recipients and other
low-income individuals with
opportunities for education, training
and advancement within the health care
field. HPOG-Impact also is intended to
evaluate variation in participant impact
that may be attributable to different
HPOG program components and
models. The impact study design is a
classic experiment in which eligible
applicants for HPOG program services
will be randomly assigned to a
treatment group offered participation in
HPOG and a control group not offered
the opportunity to enroll in HPOG.
To achieve these goals, it is necessary
to collect data about both treatment
group and control group sample
members before enrollment into the
HPOG program. The information
collection proposed will supplement
internet-based collection of information
from HPOG grantees on baseline
characteristics of eligible program
participants. This 30-day notice
describes the universe of data collection
efforts for this study. However, this
information collection request is limited
to the Supplemental Baseline Questions
(for program participants and control
group members) described under 1
below. As part of this submission, we
are also requesting permission to waive
60-day notices necessary for future and
follow-up surveys (described under 2–6
below).
The universe of information
collection proposed for HPOG–Impact
includes:
1. Supplemental Baseline Questions
(for program participants and control
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group members). This survey will
augment data already colleated about
eligible program applicants through the
Performance Reporting System (PRS)
that currently is being used in the
Implementation, Systems and Outcome
Evaluation of the TANF and LowIncome Health Profession Opportunity
Grants (OMB Control No. 0970–0394).
To reduce burden to the extent possible,
HPOG-Impact will use data from the
PRS. The 15-minute ‘‘supplemental
survey’’ will collect any additional
information necessary for HPOG–Impact
and will be administered prior to
random assignment.
2. 12-Month Follow-up Survey. This
survey will be administered
approximately 12 months after baseline
to both treatment and control group
members. It will collect data about
program experiences and outcomes of
interest, including certifications and
educational achievements, job
placement, wages, and benefits. It also
will collect some information about
participants’ tenure and experience in
HPOG programming.
3. Grantee Survey. This survey will be
administered to all HPOG grantees
participating in HPOG-Impact, will
collect information on characteristics of
HPOG programs and will be used to
classify grantees and to identifying
distinct service delivery models.
4. Case studies of selected HPOG
grantees. Through site visits, site
research staff will also use structured
observations and staff and management
interviews to validate the results of the
Grantee Survey.
5. 30–3-Month Follow-up Survey.
This survey will be administered
approximately 30 months after baseline
to both treatment and control group
members. It will collect updated
information about outcomes of interest,
including certifications and educational
achievements, job placement, wages,
and benefits.
6. Follow up data collection on
children of study participants. Data on
child outcomes that may be associated
with parental impacts tied to program
participation and components will be
collected at follow-up. Data collection
will vary depending on children’s ages.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in
HPOG interventions; control group
members.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annual
number of
respondents
Instrument
HPOG Performance Reporting System (PRS) (previously approved). .........
Supplemental Baseline Questions (program participants and control group
members) ...................................................................................................
Supplemental Baseline Questions (grantees) ...............................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,558.
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov
OMB Comment:
OMB is required to make a decision
concerning the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget,
Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
OIRA SUBMISSION@OMB.E0P.GOV,
Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration, for Children and
Families.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
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Academic Development of a Training
Program for Good Laboratory
Practices in High Containment
Environments (U24)
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of grant funds for the
support of a Funding Opportunity
SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
32
2
31.2
5,125
32
1
160
Announcement (FOA) entitled
‘‘Academic Development of a Training
Program for Good Laboratory Practices
in High Containment Environments
(U24).’’ In this FOA, FDA announces its
intention to accept and consider a single
source application for an award to the
University of Texas Medical Branch
(UTMB) Galveston National Laboratory
(GNL) for the development and
implementation of a certified, academic
training course for instruction in Good
Laboratory Practices (GLP) in a
Biosafety Level (BSL) 4 High
Containment Environment. FDA seeks
to support an effort to design a robust,
collaborative, and educational program
using problem-based learning
techniques designed to bring researchers
and regulators together to educate each
other on the challenges related to these
issues and to identify solutions that are
acceptable from both scientific and
regulatory perspectives.
DATES: Important dates are as follows:
1. The application due date is July 16,
2012.
2. The anticipated start date is
September 15, 2012.
3. The opening date is June 18, 2012.
4. The expiration date is July 17,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit the paper
application to: Gladys Melendez Bohler,
Office of Acquisitions and Grants
Services (HFA–500), 5630 Fishers Lane,
rm. 1078, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–
827–7175, email:
gladys.bohler@fda.hhs.gov. For more
information, see section III of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CAPT. Estella Jones, Office of the Chief
Scientist, Food and Drug
Administration, Bldg. 32, rm. 4130,
Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301–796–
0742, Email: estella.jones@fda.hhs.gov.;
or
Lisa Hensley, Office of Counterterrorism
and Emerging Threats, Food and Drug
Administration, Bldg. 32, rm. 4128,
Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301–796–
8518, Email:
lisa.hensley@fda.hhs.gov.; or
Gladys Melendez Bohler, Office of
Acquisitions and Grants Services
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0.25
0.25
Total burden
hours
1,997
1,281
1,280
(HFA–500), 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1078, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–
7175, Email:
gladys.bohler@fda.hhs.gov.
For more information on this funding
opportunity announcement (FOA) and
to obtain detailed requirements, please
refer to the full FOA located at https://
www.fda.gov/EmergencyPreparedness/
MedicalCountermeasures/default.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Request for Application: RFA–FD–12–
024
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:
93.103
A. Background
FDA’s Office of Counterterrorism and
Emerging Threats (OCET) is a leader and
active participant in the public health
community and with the military
defense community, helping to advance
the development, evaluation, and
approval of medical countermeasures to
be used against threats involving
chemical, biological, radiological, or
nuclear (CBRN) agents. In 2010, FDA
launched its Medical Countermeasures
initiative (MCMi) in response to a report
by the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services to assess
the our nation’s emergency readiness
and in answer to a charge by President
Obama to improve our nation’s capacity
to respond faster and more effectively to
CBRN and emerging infectious disease
threats—such as pandemic influenza.
OCET was tasked with leading the
implementation of the MCMi. OCET’s
activities are informed by the
knowledge that protecting the civilian
public and the warfighter against CBRN
agents is a national security priority. A
significant area of engagement for OCET
is its support of innovative science to
advance CBRN countermeasure
development with the goal of improving
access to safe and effective medical
countermeasures, should the need arise.
These efforts are central to
strengthening national preparedness
and security.
The ‘‘Animal Rule’’ (21 CFR 314.600
for drugs; 21 CFR 601.9 for biological
products) permits animal models to be
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Impact Studies of the Health Professions Opportunity Grants.
OMB No.: 0970-0394.
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing data collection
activities as part of the Impact Studies of the Health Professions
Opportunity Grants (HPOG-Impact). The goal of HPOG-Impact is to
evaluate the effectiveness of approaches HPOG grantees use to provide
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other
low-income individuals with opportunities for education, training and
advancement within the health care field. HPOG-Impact also is intended
to evaluate variation in participant impact that may be attributable to
different HPOG program components and models. The impact study design
is a classic experiment in which eligible applicants for HPOG program
services will be randomly assigned to a treatment group offered
participation in HPOG and a control group not offered the opportunity
to enroll in HPOG.
To achieve these goals, it is necessary to collect data about both
treatment group and control group sample members before enrollment into
the HPOG program. The information collection proposed will supplement
internet-based collection of information from HPOG grantees on baseline
characteristics of eligible program participants. This 30-day notice
describes the universe of data collection efforts for this study.
However, this information collection request is limited to the
Supplemental Baseline Questions (for program participants and control
group members) described under 1 below. As part of this submission, we
are also requesting permission to waive 60-day notices necessary for
future and follow-up surveys (described under 2-6 below).
The universe of information collection proposed for HPOG-Impact
includes:
1. Supplemental Baseline Questions (for program participants and
control group members). This survey will augment data already colleated
about eligible program applicants through the Performance Reporting
System (PRS) that currently is being used in the Implementation,
Systems and Outcome Evaluation of the TANF and Low-Income Health
Profession Opportunity Grants (OMB Control No. 0970-0394). To reduce
burden to the extent possible, HPOG-Impact will use data from the PRS.
The 15-minute ``supplemental survey'' will collect any additional
information necessary for HPOG-Impact and will be administered prior to
random assignment.
2. 12-Month Follow-up Survey. This survey will be administered
approximately 12 months after baseline to both treatment and control
group members. It will collect data about program experiences and
outcomes of interest, including certifications and educational
achievements, job placement, wages, and benefits. It also will collect
some information about participants' tenure and experience in HPOG
programming.
3. Grantee Survey. This survey will be administered to all HPOG
grantees participating in HPOG-Impact, will collect information on
characteristics of HPOG programs and will be used to classify grantees
and to identifying distinct service delivery models.
4. Case studies of selected HPOG grantees. Through site visits,
site research staff will also use structured observations and staff and
management interviews to validate the results of the Grantee Survey.
5. 30-3-Month Follow-up Survey. This survey will be administered
approximately 30 months after baseline to both treatment and control
group members. It will collect updated information about outcomes of
interest, including certifications and educational achievements, job
placement, wages, and benefits.
6. Follow up data collection on children of study participants.
Data on child outcomes that may be associated with parental impacts
tied to program participation and components will be collected at
follow-up. Data collection will vary depending on children's ages.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in HPOG interventions; control
group members.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average burden
Instrument of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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HPOG Performance Reporting System (PRS) 32 2 31.2 1,997
(previously approved)..........................
Supplemental Baseline Questions (program 5,125 1 0.25 1,281
participants and control group members)........
Supplemental Baseline Questions (grantees)...... 32 160 0.25 1,280
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,558.
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov
OMB Comment:
OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following:
Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project,
Email: OIRA SUBMISSION@OMB.E0P.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration, for Children and Families.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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