Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review, 26762-26763 [2014-10617]

Download as PDF 26762 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 90 / Friday, May 9, 2014 / Notices Leroy A. Richardson, Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2014–10618 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention To request additional information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Proposed Project Ready CDC—New—Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and (e) Assess information collection costs. Background and Brief Description Under the Authority of Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responsible for administering the Ready CDC program. Ready CDC is an educational intervention designed to increase awareness about personal and family preparedness and increase the number individuals who are prepared for a disaster in their community. As a response agency, CDC is responsible for responding to national and international disasters. One component of ensuring staff are prepared to respond to disasters is ensuring that the workforce has their personal and family preparedness plans in place. Research has shown that individuals are more likely to respond to an event if they perceive that their family is prepared to function in their absence during an emergency. The Ready CDC educational intervention consists of a Personal Preparedness Workshop as well as three targeted communications to reinforce concepts discussed during the workshop. A pilot program has already been implemented, targeting only CDC federal employees with a responder role. The audience for this proposed intervention will be all CDC employees, including both federal staff and contractors. CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for three [30Day–14–14IZ] years to collect information that will measure the initial preparedness of participants, satisfaction with the Personal Preparedness Workshops, and the change in individual knowledge and behaviors related to personal and family preparedness. CDC has developed three data collection instruments: (1) PreWorkshop Survey; (2) Ready CDC Workshop Evaluation; and (3) FollowUp Survey. Collectively, these instruments are needed to gather, process, aggregate, evaluate, and disseminate information describing the program’s processes and outcomes. The information will be used by CDC to document progress toward meeting established program goals and objectives, to evaluate outcomes generated by the Ready CDC Personal Preparedness Workshops and to respond to data inquiries made by other agencies of the federal government. Survey instrument questions will gather perceptions about personal and regional preparedness from the perspective of the participant. Each participant will be surveyed three times, once before and twice after their participation in the Personal Preparedness Workshop. It is estimated that there will be a total of 600 respondents per year with an estimated time for data collection of twenty minutes each on the Preworkshop survey, five minutes each on the Ready CDC Workshop Evaluation, and ten minutes each on the Follow-Up Survey. Instruments will be administered electronically (by including a link to the survey Web site with the email invitation) with an option for paper copy administration. The Follow-Up Survey will be used to document changes in the categories of questions dealing with preparedness from the initial pre-workshop survey. The estimated total time for data collection is 35 minutes, resulting in an annualized estimated burden of 350 hours. There are no costs to respondents except their time. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Type of respondent Form name CDC Federal Employees and Contractors ..... CDC Federal Employees and Contractors ..... CDC Federal Employees and Contractors ..... Pre-Workshop Survey .................................... Ready CDC Workshop Evaluation ................. Follow-Up Survey ........................................... VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:53 May 08, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM Number of responses per respondent 600 600 600 09MYN1 1 1 1 Average burden per response (in hours) 20/60 5/60 10/60 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 90 / Friday, May 9, 2014 / Notices LeRoy Richardson, Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2014–10617 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS–1467–N] Medicare Program; The Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP Panel) Summer Meeting, August 25–26, 2014 BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. [CDC–2013–0024; Docket Number NIOSH– 270] SUMMARY: AGENCY: Dated: May 2, 2014. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This notice announces the summer meeting of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel) for 2014. The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (the Administrator) on the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) groups and their associated weights, and hospital outpatient therapeutic services supervision issues. DATES: Meeting Dates: The second semiannual meeting in 2014 is scheduled for the following dates and times. The times listed in this notice are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and are approximate times; consequently, the meetings may last longer than the times listed in this notice, but will not begin before the posted times: • Monday, August 25, 2014, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT • Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT Meeting Information Updates: The actual meeting hours and days will be posted in the agenda. As information and updates regarding the onsite, webcast, and teleconference meeting, and agenda become available, they will be posted to the CMS Web site at: https://cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Guidance/FACA/Advisory PanelonAmbulatoryPayment ClassificationGroups.html [FR Doc. 2014–10666 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] Deadlines BILLING CODE 4163–19–P Deadline for Presentations and Comments Presentations and Comments can be submitted by email only. Presentations or comments and form CMS–20017 must be in the Designated Federal Official’s (DFO’s) email inbox (APC Panel@cms.hhs.gov) by 5 p.m. EDT, Friday, July, 25, 2014. Presentations and comments that are not received by the Issuance of Final Publication National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). AGENCY: Notice of issuance of final publication. ACTION: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the availability of the following publication: ‘‘NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014– 2018’’ [2014–122]. SUMMARY: This document may be obtained at the following link: https:// www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2014-122/. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Stephanie Pratt, NIOSH Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, Mail Stop H–1808, Morgantown, WV 26505. (304) 285–5992 (not a toll free number). VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:53 May 08, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26763 due date will be considered late and will not be included on the agenda. (See below for submission instructions for electronic submissions.) Meeting Registration Timeframe: Monday, June 30, 2014 through Friday, August 01, 2014 at 5 p.m. EDT. Participants planning to attend this meeting in person must register online, during the above specified timeframe at: https://www.cms.gov/apps/events/ default.asp. On this Web page, double click the ‘‘Upcoming Events’’ hyperlink, and then double click the ‘‘HOP Panel’’ event title link and enter the required information. Include any requests for special accommodations. Note: Participants who do not plan to attend this meeting in person should not register. No registration is required for participants who plan to view the meeting via webcast. In commenting, please refer to file code CMS–1467–N. Because of staff and resource limitations, we cannot accept comments and presentations by facsimile (FAX) transmission or hard copy. Meeting Location, Webcast, and Teleconference: The meeting will be held in the Auditorium, CMS Central Office, 7500 Security Boulevard, Woodlawn, Maryland 21244–1850. Alternately, the public may either view this meeting via a webcast or listen by teleconference. During the scheduled meeting, webcasting is accessible online at: https://cms.gov/live. Teleconference dialin information will appear on the final meeting agenda, which will be posted on the CMS Web site when available at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Guidance/FACA/Advisory PanelonAmbulatoryPayment ClassificationGroups.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DFO: Carol Schwartz, DFO, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop: C4–04– 25, Woodlawn, MD 21244–1850. Phone: (410) 786–3985. Email: APCPanel@ cms.hhs.gov. Send email copies to the following address: Email: APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov. News Media: Representatives must contact our Public Affairs Office at (202) 690–6145. Advisory Committees’ Information Lines: The phone number for the CMS Federal Advisory Committee Hotline is (410) 786–3985. Web sites: For additional information on the Panel and updates to the Panel’s activities, we refer readers to view our Web site at: https://www.cms.gov/ Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/ FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatory PaymentClassificationGroups.html. E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM 09MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26762-26763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10617]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-14-14IZ]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and 
(e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written comments and/or 
suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice should be 
directed to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Ready CDC--New--Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response 
(OPHPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Under the Authority of Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 241), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 
responsible for administering the Ready CDC program. Ready CDC is an 
educational intervention designed to increase awareness about personal 
and family preparedness and increase the number individuals who are 
prepared for a disaster in their community. As a response agency, CDC 
is responsible for responding to national and international disasters. 
One component of ensuring staff are prepared to respond to disasters is 
ensuring that the workforce has their personal and family preparedness 
plans in place. Research has shown that individuals are more likely to 
respond to an event if they perceive that their family is prepared to 
function in their absence during an emergency.
    The Ready CDC educational intervention consists of a Personal 
Preparedness Workshop as well as three targeted communications to 
reinforce concepts discussed during the workshop. A pilot program has 
already been implemented, targeting only CDC federal employees with a 
responder role. The audience for this proposed intervention will be all 
CDC employees, including both federal staff and contractors.
    CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for 
three years to collect information that will measure the initial 
preparedness of participants, satisfaction with the Personal 
Preparedness Workshops, and the change in individual knowledge and 
behaviors related to personal and family preparedness.
    CDC has developed three data collection instruments: (1) Pre- 
Workshop Survey; (2) Ready CDC Workshop Evaluation; and (3) Follow-Up 
Survey. Collectively, these instruments are needed to gather, process, 
aggregate, evaluate, and disseminate information describing the 
program's processes and outcomes. The information will be used by CDC 
to document progress toward meeting established program goals and 
objectives, to evaluate outcomes generated by the Ready CDC Personal 
Preparedness Workshops and to respond to data inquiries made by other 
agencies of the federal government.
    Survey instrument questions will gather perceptions about personal 
and regional preparedness from the perspective of the participant. Each 
participant will be surveyed three times, once before and twice after 
their participation in the Personal Preparedness Workshop.
    It is estimated that there will be a total of 600 respondents per 
year with an estimated time for data collection of twenty minutes each 
on the Pre-workshop survey, five minutes each on the Ready CDC Workshop 
Evaluation, and ten minutes each on the Follow-Up Survey.
    Instruments will be administered electronically (by including a 
link to the survey Web site with the email invitation) with an option 
for paper copy administration. The Follow-Up Survey will be used to 
document changes in the categories of questions dealing with 
preparedness from the initial pre-workshop survey.
    The estimated total time for data collection is 35 minutes, 
resulting in an annualized estimated burden of 350 hours.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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CDC Federal Employees and Contractors.  Pre-Workshop Survey.....             600               1           20/60
CDC Federal Employees and Contractors.  Ready CDC Workshop                   600               1            5/60
                                         Evaluation.
CDC Federal Employees and Contractors.  Follow-Up Survey........             600               1           10/60
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-10617 Filed 5-8-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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