Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review, 66007-66008 [2015-27431]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 208 / Wednesday, October 28, 2015 / Notices Subcontractors, published in the Federal Register, is being withdrawn and is no longer accepting comments. DATES: Effective: October 28, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement Analyst, GSA, at 202–501–1448, or via email to curtis.glover@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose The notice, published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 60383, on October 6, 2015, requesting comments regarding a new information collection, 9000–00XX; Payment to Small Business Subcontractors, is being withdrawn. The notice is being withdrawn because it is associated with a rule which is still in process, and has not been published. Comments are no longer being sought at this time; however, the public will have a chance to comment once the rule is published. Edward Loeb, Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. Proposed Project Formative Research and Tool Development (OMB Control No. 0920– 0840, Expiration 02/29/2016)— Extension—National Center for HIV/ AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 2015–27432 Filed 10–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day–16–0840] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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; VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:16 Oct 27, 2015 Jkt 238001 (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. Direct written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice 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. Background and Brief Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/ AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) requests a threeyear approval and extension of the ‘‘Formative Research and Tool Development’’ generic information collection plan. This information collection request is designed to allow NCHHSTP to conduct formative research information collection activities used to inform many aspects of surveillance, communications, health promotion, and research project development for NCHHSTP’s 4 priority diseases (HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STD/ STI), viral hepatitis, tuberculosis elimination and the Division of School and Adolescent Heath (DASH). Formative research is the basis for developing effective strategies including communication channels, for influencing behavior change. It helps researchers identify and understand the characteristics—interests, behaviors and needs—of target populations that influence their decisions and actions. Formative research is integral in developing programs as well as improving existing and ongoing programs. Formative research also looks at the community in which a public PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 66007 health intervention is being or will be implemented and helps the project staff understand the interests, attributes and needs of different populations and persons in that community. Formative research is research that occurs before a program is designed and implemented, or while a program is being conducted. NCHHSTP formative research is necessary for developing new programs or adapting programs that deal with the complexity of behaviors, social context, cultural identities, and health care that underlie the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB in the U.S, as well as for school and adolescent health. CDC conducts formative research to develop public-sensitive communication messages and user friendly tools prior to developing or recommending interventions, or care. Sometimes these studies are entirely behavioral but most often they are cycles of interviews and focus groups designed to inform the development of a product. Products from these formative research studies will be used for prevention of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis. Findings from these studies may also be presented as evidence to diseasespecific National Advisory Committees, to support revisions to recommended prevention and intervention methods, as well as new recommendations. Much of CDC’s health communication takes place within campaigns that have fairly lengthy planning periods— timeframes that accommodate the standard Federal process for approving data collections. Short term qualitative interviewing and cognitive research techniques have previously proven invaluable in the development of scientifically valid and populationappropriate methods, interventions, and instruments. This request includes studies investigating the utility and acceptability of proposed sampling and recruitment methods, intervention contents and delivery, questionnaire domains, individual questions, and interactions with project staff or electronic data collection equipment. These activities will also provide information about how respondents answer questions and ways in which question response bias and error can be reduced. This request also includes collection of information from public health programs to assess needs related to initiation of a new program activity or expansion or changes in scope or implementation of existing program E:\FR\FM\28OCN1.SGM 28OCN1 66008 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 208 / Wednesday, October 28, 2015 / Notices activities to adapt them to current needs. The information collected will be used to advise programs and provide capacity-building assistance tailored to the identified needs. Overall, these development activities are intended to provide information that will increase the success of the surveillance or research projects through increasing response rates and decreasing response error, thereby decreasing future data collection burden to the public. The studies that will be covered under this request will include one or more of the following investigational modalities: (1) Structured and qualitative interviewing for surveillance, research, interventions and material development, (2) cognitive interviewing for development of specific data collection instruments, (3) methodological research (4) usability testing of technology-based instruments and materials, (5) field testing of new methodologies and materials, (6) investigation of mental models for health decision-making, to inform health communication messages, and (7) organizational needs assessments to support development of capacity. Respondents who will participate in individual and group interviews (qualitative, cognitive, and computer assisted development activities) are selected purposively from those who respond to recruitment advertisements. In addition to utilizing advertisements for recruitment, respondents who will participate in research on survey methods may be selected purposively or systematically from within an ongoing surveillance or research project. Participation of respondents is voluntary. The total burden hours are 55,820. There is no cost to participants other than their time. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Type of respondent Form name General public ................................................. Healthcare providers ....................................... General public ................................................. Healthcare providers ....................................... General public ................................................. Healthcare providers ....................................... General Public ................................................ Healthcare providers ....................................... General public ................................................. Healthcare providers ....................................... Screener Att6 ................................................. Screener Att6 ................................................. Consent Forms Att9 ....................................... Consent Forms Att9 ....................................... Individual interview Att4 ................................. Individual Interview Att4 ................................. Focus Group Interview Att7 ........................... Focus Group Interview Att7 ........................... Survey of Individual Att5 ................................ Survey of Individual Att5 ................................ 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. 2015–27431 Filed 10–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Project: Implementation Plan Guidance for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program. Title: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan. OMB No.: 0970–0389. Description: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as added by § 2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111–148), VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:16 Oct 27, 2015 Jkt 238001 created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and authorized the Secretary of HHS (in Section 511(h)(2)(A)) to award grants to Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to conduct an early childhood home visiting program. The legislation set aside 3 percent of the total MIECHV program appropriation (authorized in Section 511(j)) for grants to tribal entities. Tribal MIECHV grants, to the greatest extent practicable, are to be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV grants to states and jurisdictions (authorized in Section 511(c)), and include conducting a needs assessment and establishing quantifiable, measurable benchmarks. The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care and Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development, in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, plans to awarded grants for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Tribal Home Visiting). The Tribal Home Visiting grant awards PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 68,208 29,232 34,104 14,616 5,544 2,376 3,360 1,440 25,200 10,800 Number of responses per respondent Average hours per response 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10/60 10/60 5/60 5/60 1 1 2 2 30/60 30/60 will support 5-year cooperative agreements to conduct community needs assessments, plan for and implement high-quality, culturallyrelevant, evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk Tribal communities, and participate in research and evaluation activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting among Native populations. In Year 1 of the cooperative agreement, grantees must (1) conduct a comprehensive community needs and readiness assessment and (2) develop a plan to respond to identified needs. Specifically, grantees will be required to conduct or update a needs and readiness assessment, and develop an implementation plan to respond to those needs, including a plan for performance measurement and CQI and participating in or conducting rigorous evaluation activities. Grantees will be expected to submit the needs assessment and implementation plan within 10 months of the Year 1 award date. Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Year 1 Grantees. E:\FR\FM\28OCN1.SGM 28OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66007-66008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27431]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-16-0840]


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. Direct written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice 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

    Formative Research and Tool Development (OMB Control No. 0920-0840, 
Expiration 02/29/2016)--Extension--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
Hepatitis, STD, TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for 
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) requests a 
three-year approval and extension of the ``Formative Research and Tool 
Development'' generic information collection plan. This information 
collection request is designed to allow NCHHSTP to conduct formative 
research information collection activities used to inform many aspects 
of surveillance, communications, health promotion, and research project 
development for NCHHSTP's 4 priority diseases (HIV/AIDS, sexually 
transmitted diseases/infections (STD/STI), viral hepatitis, 
tuberculosis elimination and the Division of School and Adolescent 
Heath (DASH).
    Formative research is the basis for developing effective strategies 
including communication channels, for influencing behavior change. It 
helps researchers identify and understand the characteristics--
interests, behaviors and needs--of target populations that influence 
their decisions and actions.
    Formative research is integral in developing programs as well as 
improving existing and ongoing programs. Formative research also looks 
at the community in which a public health intervention is being or will 
be implemented and helps the project staff understand the interests, 
attributes and needs of different populations and persons in that 
community. Formative research is research that occurs before a program 
is designed and implemented, or while a program is being conducted.
    NCHHSTP formative research is necessary for developing new programs 
or adapting programs that deal with the complexity of behaviors, social 
context, cultural identities, and health care that underlie the 
epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB in the U.S, as 
well as for school and adolescent health.
    CDC conducts formative research to develop public-sensitive 
communication messages and user friendly tools prior to developing or 
recommending interventions, or care. Sometimes these studies are 
entirely behavioral but most often they are cycles of interviews and 
focus groups designed to inform the development of a product.
    Products from these formative research studies will be used for 
prevention of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), viral 
Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis. Findings from these studies may also be 
presented as evidence to disease-specific National Advisory Committees, 
to support revisions to recommended prevention and intervention 
methods, as well as new recommendations.
    Much of CDC's health communication takes place within campaigns 
that have fairly lengthy planning periods--timeframes that accommodate 
the standard Federal process for approving data collections. Short term 
qualitative interviewing and cognitive research techniques have 
previously proven invaluable in the development of scientifically valid 
and population-appropriate methods, interventions, and instruments.
    This request includes studies investigating the utility and 
acceptability of proposed sampling and recruitment methods, 
intervention contents and delivery, questionnaire domains, individual 
questions, and interactions with project staff or electronic data 
collection equipment. These activities will also provide information 
about how respondents answer questions and ways in which question 
response bias and error can be reduced.
    This request also includes collection of information from public 
health programs to assess needs related to initiation of a new program 
activity or expansion or changes in scope or implementation of existing 
program

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activities to adapt them to current needs. The information collected 
will be used to advise programs and provide capacity-building 
assistance tailored to the identified needs.
    Overall, these development activities are intended to provide 
information that will increase the success of the surveillance or 
research projects through increasing response rates and decreasing 
response error, thereby decreasing future data collection burden to the 
public. The studies that will be covered under this request will 
include one or more of the following investigational modalities: (1) 
Structured and qualitative interviewing for surveillance, research, 
interventions and material development, (2) cognitive interviewing for 
development of specific data collection instruments, (3) methodological 
research (4) usability testing of technology-based instruments and 
materials, (5) field testing of new methodologies and materials, (6) 
investigation of mental models for health decision-making, to inform 
health communication messages, and (7) organizational needs assessments 
to support development of capacity. Respondents who will participate in 
individual and group interviews (qualitative, cognitive, and computer 
assisted development activities) are selected purposively from those 
who respond to recruitment advertisements.
    In addition to utilizing advertisements for recruitment, 
respondents who will participate in research on survey methods may be 
selected purposively or systematically from within an ongoing 
surveillance or research project. Participation of respondents is 
voluntary. The total burden hours are 55,820. There is no cost to 
participants other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   Average hours
                                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General public........................  Screener Att6...........          68,208               1           10/60
Healthcare providers..................  Screener Att6...........          29,232               1           10/60
General public........................  Consent Forms Att9......          34,104               1            5/60
Healthcare providers..................  Consent Forms Att9......          14,616               1            5/60
General public........................  Individual interview               5,544               1               1
                                         Att4.
Healthcare providers..................  Individual Interview               2,376               1               1
                                         Att4.
General Public........................  Focus Group Interview              3,360               1               2
                                         Att7.
Healthcare providers..................  Focus Group Interview              1,440               1               2
                                         Att7.
General public........................  Survey of Individual              25,200               1           30/60
                                         Att5.
Healthcare providers..................  Survey of Individual              10,800               1           30/60
                                         Att5.
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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. 2015-27431 Filed 10-27-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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