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Prevention
[60Day–15–0650; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0064]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on the Prevention Research
Centers Program National Evaluation
Reporting System. The information
collection system is designed to monitor
progress on a set of evaluation
indicators; demonstrate public health
impact and accountability to Congress,
CDC leadership, partner organizations,
and communities; increase PRC Program
visibility; generate knowledge and share
information within and outside the PRC
Program; and facilitate PRC Program
improvement.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before October 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0064 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,
MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
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To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
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personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Prevention Research Centers Program
National Evaluation Reporting System
(OMB No. 0920–0650, exp. 5/31/2016)—
Revision—National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 1984, Congress passed Public Law
98–551 directing the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) to
establish Centers for Research and
Development of Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention. In 1986, the CDC
received lead responsibility for this
program, referred to as the Prevention
Research Centers (PRC) Program. PRC
Program awardees are managed as a
CDC cooperative agreement with awards
made for five years.
In 2013, the CDC published program
announcement DP14–001 for the current
PRC Program funding cycle (September
30, 2014—September 29, 2019). Twentysix PRCs were selected through a
competitive, external, peer-review
process; the program is currently in its
first year of the five year funding cycle.
Each PRC is housed within an
accredited school of public health or an
accredited school of medicine or
osteopathy with a preventive medicine
residency program. The PRCs conduct
outcomes-oriented, applied prevention
research on a broad range of topics
using a multi-disciplinary and
community-engaged approach. Research
projects involve faculty from the funded
school and various departments within
the university, as well as community
partners. Partners include, but are not
limited to, state, local, and tribal health
departments, departments of education,
schools and school districts,
community-based organizations, health
providers, and other health
organizations. Partners collaborate with
the PRCs to assess community needs;
identify research priorities; set research
agendas; conduct research projects and
related activities such as training and
technical assistance; and disseminate
research results to public health
practitioners, researchers, and the
general public.
Each PRC receives funding from the
CDC to establish its core infrastructure
and functions and support a core
research project. Core research foci
reflect each PRC’s area of expertise and
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community needs. Most PRC core
research aligns with the health
disparities and goals outlined in
Healthy People 2020. In addition to core
research projects, most PRCs are
awarded funding to complete special
interest projects (SIPs) and conduct
other research projects.
The DP14–001 program
announcement included language that
was used to develop and operationalize
a set of 24 PRC Program evaluation
indicators. The PRC Program evaluation
indicators were collaboratively
developed in 2013 and 2014 with
internal and external stakeholders and
correspond to the PRC Program
conceptual framework (or logic model).
The PRC Program logic model identifies
program inputs, activities, outputs, and
outcomes. The list of indicators was
revised to better reflect program needs
and capture center and research
activities, outputs, and outcomes.
The CDC is currently approved to
collect information from the PRCs
through a structured telephone
interview and a web-based survey
hosted by a third-party. The web-based
survey is designed to collect
information on the PRCs’ collaborations
with health departments; formal
training programs and other training
activities; and other-funded research
projects conducted separate from their
core projects or SIP research. Structured
telephone interviews with key PRC
informants allow PRC Program staff to
collect indicator data that do not lend
themselves to a survey-based
methodology and require a qualitative
approach.
CDC requests OMB approval to revise
the information collection plan as
follows:
(1) The content of the web-based
survey will be updated to more closely
align with revised evaluation indicators
and/or to reflect the current needs of the
PRC Program. In addition, the webbased survey will be migrated from a
third party platform to a web-based data
collection system hosted on CDC
servers. Although the estimated burden
per response will increase, the revised
data collection system will be
comprehensive and will reduce the
need for follow-up clarification by PRC
Program awardees.
(2) CDC will continue to conduct
annual interviews (herein key informant
interviews) with PRC staff to capture
qualitative data about PRC activities and
outcomes; however, the content of the
in-depth interview will vary from year
to year. In the previous OMB approval
period, the annual interview focused on
implementation of environmental and
systems-wide strategies. CDC will
continue to collect this information on
a bi-annual basis (Key Informant
Interview Part I). In alternate years,
interview content will focus on PRC
partnerships (Key Informant Interview
Part II).
(3) CDC will bi-annually conduct
focus group discussions to capture
additional qualitative information about
network formation and cohesion. Biannually, PRC Program awardees will be
required to participate in focus group
discussions about PRC Network
formation and cohesion. In the same
years, PRC Program awardees will be
invited and encouraged, but not
required, to participate in focus group
discussions about Thematic Network
formation and cohesion.
CDC will continue to use the
information reported by PRCs to
identify training and technical
assistance needs, respond to requests for
information from Congress and other
sources, monitor grantees’ compliance
with cooperative agreement
requirements, evaluate progress made in
achieving goals and objectives, and
describe the impact and effectiveness of
the PRC Program.
The CDC currently funds 26 PRCs and
each center will annually report the
required information to the CDC. The
annualized estimated burden is
expected to increase. This increase
equates to an estimated weekly burden
of one hour per respondent and more
fully accounts for the burden of
preparing responses, as well as the
burden of reporting responses. Webbased data collection will occur on an
annual basis. The Key Informant
Interview (Part I) will be conducted in
years 2 and 4 of the current funding
cycle, and the Key Informant Interview
(Part II) will be conducted in year 3 of
the current funding cycle. During the
three-year OMB approval period, this
equates to two Part I interviews and one
Part II interview per PRC Program
awardee. Both focus group discussions
will take place in years 2 and 4 of the
current funding cycle. This equates to
one PRC Network focus group
discussion and one Thematic Network
focus group discussion per PRC Program
awardee during the three year OMB
approval period. Responses are
annualized in the burden table below.
The proposed web-based data
collection system will allow data entry
during the entire year, which will
enable respondents to distribute burden
throughout each funding year. Response
burden may decrease significantly in
years 2 through 5, since the web-based
data collection system will replicate a
number of data elements from year to
year, and respondents will only need to
enter changes.
OMB approval is requested for 3
years. CDC plans to implement revised
reporting requirements in December
2015. PRC Program awardees are
required to participate in information
collection. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondent
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Prevention Research Center.
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Average burden
per response
(in hrs.)
Total burden
(in hrs.)
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1
48
1,248
Key Informant Interview (Part I) ...........
Key Informant Interview (Part II) ..........
Focus Group Discussion: PRCs Network.
Focus Group Discussion: Thematic
Networks.
Total ...............
Web-based Data Collection .................
17
9
17
1
1
1
3
3
3
51
27
51
17
1
3
51
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10143, CMS–
10572 and CMS–10564]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates 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.
DATES: Comments must be received by
October 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
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document(s) that are accepting
comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number ll, Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995.
2. Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
(410) 786–1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–
1326.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES).
CMS–10143 Monthly File of Medicaid/
Medicare Dual Eligible Enrollees
CMS–10572 Transparency in
Coverage Reporting by Qualified Health
Plan Issuers
CMS–10564 Home Health Face-toFace Encounter Clinical Templates
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
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Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Monthly File of
Medicaid/Medicare Dual Eligible
Enrollees; Use: The monthly data file is
provided to CMS by states on dually
eligible Medicaid and Medicare
beneficiaries, listing the individuals on
the Medicaid eligibility file, their
Medicare status and other information
needed to establish subsidy level, such
as income and institutional status. The
file is used to count the exact number
of individuals who should be included
in the phased-down state contribution
calculation that month. CMS merges the
data with other data files and
establishes Part D enrollment for those
individuals on the file. The file may be
used by CMS partners to obtain accurate
counts of duals on a current basis. Form
Number: CMS–10143 (OMB Control
Number: 0938–0958); Frequency:
Monthly; Affected Public: State, Local,
or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 51; Total Annual
Responses: 612; Total Annual Hours:
6,120. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Vasanthi
Kandasamy at 410–786–0433).
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection (Request for a
new OMB control number); Title of
Information Collection: Transparency in
Coverage Reporting by Qualified Health
Plan Issuers; Use: Section 1311(e)(3) of
the Affordable Care Act requires issuers
of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs), to
make available and submit transparency
in coverage data. This data collection
would collect certain information from
QHP issuers in Federally-facilitated
Exchanges and State-based Exchanges
that rely on the federal IT platform (i.e.,
HealthCare.gov). HHS anticipates that
consumers may use this information to
inform plan selection.
Although this proposed data
collection is limited to certain QHP
issuers, HHS intends to phase in
implementation for other entities over
time. As stated in the final rule Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act;
Establishment of Exchanges and
Qualified Health Plans; Exchange
Standards for Employers (77 FR 18310;
March 27, 2012), broader
implementation will continue to be
addressed in separate rulemaking issued
by HHS, and the Departments of Labor
and the Treasury (the Departments). For
State-based Exchanges not addressed in
the current proposal, standards will be
proposed later.
Consistent with Public Health Service
Act (PHS Act) section 2715A, which
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-0650; Docket No. CDC-2015-0064]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Prevention
Research Centers Program National Evaluation Reporting System. The
information collection system is designed to monitor progress on a set
of evaluation indicators; demonstrate public health impact and
accountability to Congress, CDC leadership, partner organizations, and
communities; increase PRC Program visibility; generate knowledge and
share information within and outside the PRC Program; and facilitate
PRC Program improvement.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0064 by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Prevention Research Centers Program National Evaluation Reporting
System (OMB No. 0920-0650, exp. 5/31/2016)--Revision--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 1984, Congress passed Public Law 98-551 directing the Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish Centers for Research
and Development of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. In 1986,
the CDC received lead responsibility for this program, referred to as
the Prevention Research Centers (PRC) Program. PRC Program awardees are
managed as a CDC cooperative agreement with awards made for five years.
In 2013, the CDC published program announcement DP14-001 for the
current PRC Program funding cycle (September 30, 2014--September 29,
2019). Twenty-six PRCs were selected through a competitive, external,
peer-review process; the program is currently in its first year of the
five year funding cycle.
Each PRC is housed within an accredited school of public health or
an accredited school of medicine or osteopathy with a preventive
medicine residency program. The PRCs conduct outcomes-oriented, applied
prevention research on a broad range of topics using a multi-
disciplinary and community-engaged approach. Research projects involve
faculty from the funded school and various departments within the
university, as well as community partners. Partners include, but are
not limited to, state, local, and tribal health departments,
departments of education, schools and school districts, community-based
organizations, health providers, and other health organizations.
Partners collaborate with the PRCs to assess community needs; identify
research priorities; set research agendas; conduct research projects
and related activities such as training and technical assistance; and
disseminate research results to public health practitioners,
researchers, and the general public.
Each PRC receives funding from the CDC to establish its core
infrastructure and functions and support a core research project. Core
research foci reflect each PRC's area of expertise and
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community needs. Most PRC core research aligns with the health
disparities and goals outlined in Healthy People 2020. In addition to
core research projects, most PRCs are awarded funding to complete
special interest projects (SIPs) and conduct other research projects.
The DP14-001 program announcement included language that was used
to develop and operationalize a set of 24 PRC Program evaluation
indicators. The PRC Program evaluation indicators were collaboratively
developed in 2013 and 2014 with internal and external stakeholders and
correspond to the PRC Program conceptual framework (or logic model).
The PRC Program logic model identifies program inputs, activities,
outputs, and outcomes. The list of indicators was revised to better
reflect program needs and capture center and research activities,
outputs, and outcomes.
The CDC is currently approved to collect information from the PRCs
through a structured telephone interview and a web-based survey hosted
by a third-party. The web-based survey is designed to collect
information on the PRCs' collaborations with health departments; formal
training programs and other training activities; and other-funded
research projects conducted separate from their core projects or SIP
research. Structured telephone interviews with key PRC informants allow
PRC Program staff to collect indicator data that do not lend themselves
to a survey-based methodology and require a qualitative approach.
CDC requests OMB approval to revise the information collection plan
as follows:
(1) The content of the web-based survey will be updated to more
closely align with revised evaluation indicators and/or to reflect the
current needs of the PRC Program. In addition, the web-based survey
will be migrated from a third party platform to a web-based data
collection system hosted on CDC servers. Although the estimated burden
per response will increase, the revised data collection system will be
comprehensive and will reduce the need for follow-up clarification by
PRC Program awardees.
(2) CDC will continue to conduct annual interviews (herein key
informant interviews) with PRC staff to capture qualitative data about
PRC activities and outcomes; however, the content of the in-depth
interview will vary from year to year. In the previous OMB approval
period, the annual interview focused on implementation of environmental
and systems-wide strategies. CDC will continue to collect this
information on a bi-annual basis (Key Informant Interview Part I). In
alternate years, interview content will focus on PRC partnerships (Key
Informant Interview Part II).
(3) CDC will bi-annually conduct focus group discussions to capture
additional qualitative information about network formation and
cohesion. Bi-annually, PRC Program awardees will be required to
participate in focus group discussions about PRC Network formation and
cohesion. In the same years, PRC Program awardees will be invited and
encouraged, but not required, to participate in focus group discussions
about Thematic Network formation and cohesion.
CDC will continue to use the information reported by PRCs to
identify training and technical assistance needs, respond to requests
for information from Congress and other sources, monitor grantees'
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements, evaluate progress
made in achieving goals and objectives, and describe the impact and
effectiveness of the PRC Program.
The CDC currently funds 26 PRCs and each center will annually
report the required information to the CDC. The annualized estimated
burden is expected to increase. This increase equates to an estimated
weekly burden of one hour per respondent and more fully accounts for
the burden of preparing responses, as well as the burden of reporting
responses. Web-based data collection will occur on an annual basis. The
Key Informant Interview (Part I) will be conducted in years 2 and 4 of
the current funding cycle, and the Key Informant Interview (Part II)
will be conducted in year 3 of the current funding cycle. During the
three-year OMB approval period, this equates to two Part I interviews
and one Part II interview per PRC Program awardee. Both focus group
discussions will take place in years 2 and 4 of the current funding
cycle. This equates to one PRC Network focus group discussion and one
Thematic Network focus group discussion per PRC Program awardee during
the three year OMB approval period. Responses are annualized in the
burden table below.
The proposed web-based data collection system will allow data entry
during the entire year, which will enable respondents to distribute
burden throughout each funding year. Response burden may decrease
significantly in years 2 through 5, since the web-based data collection
system will replicate a number of data elements from year to year, and
respondents will only need to enter changes.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. CDC plans to implement
revised reporting requirements in December 2015. PRC Program awardees
are required to participate in information collection. There are no
costs to respondents other than 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 (in Total burden (in
respondents respondent hrs.) hrs.)
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Prevention Research Center.................. Web-based Data Collection..... 26 1 48 1,248
Key Informant Interview (Part 17 1 3 51
I).
Key Informant Interview (Part 9 1 3 27
II).
Focus Group Discussion: PRCs 17 1 3 51
Network.
Focus Group Discussion: 17 1 3 51
Thematic Networks.
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Total................................... .............................. ................. ................. ................. 1,428
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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. 2015-19799 Filed 8-11-15; 8:45 am]
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