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as much as $200 an hour. The
respondent recommends GSA measure
the burden by the number of hours or
determine a more accurate hourly rate.
Response: The $68/hour rate consists
of a $50/hour base rate and $18/hour
(36% above the base rate) for fringe
benefits. The 36% fringe benefit rate
was taken from Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–76,
which recommends cost factors to
ensure that specific government costs
are calculated in a standard and
consistent manner to reasonably reflect
the cost of performing commercial
activities with government personnel.
The standard A–76 cost factor for fringe
benefits is 36.25%; GSA opted to round
to the nearest whole number for the
basis of its burden estimates.4
Regarding the base rate, GSA believes
these disclosure functions are typically
performed by contract administrators
with occasional assistance from higherpaid professionals, such as attorneys
and consultants. The most comparable
labor category to a contract
administrator that was analyzed by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a
buyer and purchasing agent, whose
responsibilities include negotiating
contracts. BLS’s most recently
published hourly rate for this type of
professional was $28.14/hour;5
incorporating the 36% fringe benefit
factor, the total rate is $38.27/hour.
However, GSA chose to use the higher
$68/hour rate to account for the
occasional involvement of higher-paid
professionals.
Comment: The respondent calculates
the annual PRC burden to be $850
million when applying GSA’s hourly
rate ($68/hour) to their estimate of 12.5
million hours a year. As a result, the
value of price reductions should exceed
$850 million in order for the PRC’s
benefits to outweigh its costs.
Response: GSA requires these
disclosures as one method of meeting its
statutory obligations to provide the
‘‘lowest cost alternative,’’ but GSA is
exploring alternative methods. As part
of GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting
proposed rule,6 GSA proposed removing
the basis of award requirement of the
PRC when FSS contractors agreed to
report transactional data to GSA.
Comment: The respondent provided
comments in opposition to GSAR case
4 See Circular A–76 Figure C1, available at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a076_
a76_incl_tech_correction/.
5 See the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
Outlook Handbook for Buyers and Purchasing
Agents, available at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
business-and-financial/buyers-and-purchasingagents.htm#tab-1.
6 See GSAR Case 2013–G504; Docket 2014–0020;
Sequence 1 [80 FR 11619 (Mar. 4, 2015)].
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2013–G504, Transactional Data
Reporting.
Response: GSA is not providing
responses to comments on Transactional
Data Reporting because they are not
directly related to this information
collection request.
D. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary and whether it
will have practical utility; whether our
estimate of the public burden of this
collection of information is accurate,
and based on valid assumptions and
methodology; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC
20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please
cite OMB Control No. 3090–0235, FSS
Pricing Disclosures, in all
correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office
of Government-wide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–16–0017]
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
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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
Application for Training (OMB No.
0920–0017), Expiration 05/31/2016)—
Revision—Division of Scientific
Education and Professional
Development, Center for Surveillance,
Epidemiology and Laboratory Services,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC offers public health training to
professionals worldwide. Employees of
hospitals, universities, medical centers,
laboratories, state and federal agencies,
and state and local health departments
apply for training to learn up-to-date
public health and health care practices.
CDC is accredited by multiple
accreditation organizations to award
continuing education for public health
and healthcare professions.
CDC requires health professionals
seeking continuing education (learners)
to use the Training and Continuing
Education Online (TCEO) system to
establish a participant account by
completing the TCEO New Participant
Registration form. CDC/CSELS relies on
this form to collect the information
needed to coordinate learner registration
for training activities including
classroom study, conferences, and elearning.
The TCEO Proposal is a form course
developers will use the TCEO system to
apply for their training activities to
receive continuing education
accreditation through CDC. Introduction
of this mechanism will allow course
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developers to electronically complete
and submit continuing education
proposals.
CDC requests OMB approval to
continue to (1) continue to collect
information through the TCEO New
Participant Registration form to grant
public health professionals the
continuing education they need to
maintain professional licenses and
certifications, create a transcript or
summary of training at the participant’s
request, generate management reports,
and maintain training statistics; and (2)
establish a new electronic information
collection, the TCEO Proposal that
allows CDC or CDC partner course
developers to electronically submit
training and continuing education
proposals for accreditation.
CDC’s TCEO system provides an
efficient and effective way for CDC to
comply with accreditation organization
requirements. Accreditation
organizations require a method of
tracking participants who complete an
education activity and several require
collection of profession-specific data.
Some accrediting organizations require
a permanent record that includes the
participant’s name, address, and phone
number to facilitate retrieval of
historical information about when a
participant competed a course or several
courses during a time period. These data
provide the basis for a transcript or for
determining whether a person is
enrolled in more than one course. CDC
uses the email address to verify the
participant’s electronic request for
transcripts, verify course certificates,
and send confirmation that a participant
is registered for a course. Collection of
demographic and profession-specific
data through the TCEO New Participant
Registration allows CDC to comply with
accreditation organization requirements.
The TCEO Proposal will expedite
submission, review, and accreditation
processes and provide CDC with the
information necessary to meet
accreditation organization requirements,
accredit, and effectively manage training
activities. Examples of data to be
collected for CDC to process continuing
education proposals and meet
accreditation organization requirements
includes name, email address, phone
number, and organization name.
These forms do not duplicate request
for information from participants or
course developers. Data are collected
only once per new registration or once
per course.
These information collection
instruments have provided, and will
continue to provide CDC with the
information necessary to manage and
conduct training activities pertinent to
its mission to strengthen the skills of the
current workforce through quality,
accredited, competency-based training.
The annual burden table has been
updated to reflect (1) discontinuance of
the National Laboratory Training
Network Registration form, (2) an
increase in learners seeking continuing
education, particularly through elearning activities (16,667 burden
hours), (3) the introduction of the new
TCEO Proposal (600 burden hours), for
a total 17,267 burden hours. There are
no costs to respondents.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Form name
Health Professionals ...............
Training and Continuing Education Online New Participant
Registration Form.
Training and Continuing Education Online Proposal .............
Health Educators ....................
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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Administration for Children and
Families
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Building Bridges and Bonds
(B3) Study: Data Collection.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE) proposes to collect information
as part of the Building Bridges and
Bonds (B3) study. B3 will inform
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policymakers, program operators, and
stakeholders about effective ways for
fatherhood programs to support fathers
in their parenting and employment. In
particular, partnering with programs
that serve low-income fathers to
promote responsible fatherhood, the B3
study will examine the effectiveness of
strategies used to (1) engage fathers in
program activities, (2) develop and
support parenting and co-parenting
skills, and (3) advance the employment
of disadvantaged fathers. The study will
include up to six sites and specific
interventions will vary by site.
B3 includes an impact evaluation and
a process study. The impact evaluation
will involve randomly assigning
individuals to a treatment or
comparison condition and comparing
key outcomes including employment;
earnings; child support; father/child
contact, shared activities, and
relationship quality; father’s
commitment to his child, parenting
skills, and parenting efficacy; co-
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs)
200,000
1
5/60
120
1
5
parenting relationship quality; and
criminal justice outcomes.
The process study will describe and
document each newly established
intervention and how it operated to
provide insight into the treatment
differentials and the context for
interpreting findings of the impact study
and highlight lessons to the field.
Data collection instruments for the B3
study include the following: (1)
Screening for program eligibility. (2)
nFORM management information
system (MIS) to record study and
participation information. (3) Baseline
and follow-up surveys for the impact
study. (4) Staff surveys and interviews,
focus groups with participants and
mothers, mobile device surveys for
participants, and post-session debrief
forms to inform the process study.
Respondents: Fathers seeking services
from one of the six Responsible
Fatherhood Programs in the B3 study
and staff members working at the B3
sites.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-16-0017]
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
Application for Training (OMB No. 0920-0017), Expiration 05/31/
2016)--Revision--Division of Scientific Education and Professional
Development, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC offers public health training to professionals worldwide.
Employees of hospitals, universities, medical centers, laboratories,
state and federal agencies, and state and local health departments
apply for training to learn up-to-date public health and health care
practices. CDC is accredited by multiple accreditation organizations to
award continuing education for public health and healthcare
professions.
CDC requires health professionals seeking continuing education
(learners) to use the Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO)
system to establish a participant account by completing the TCEO New
Participant Registration form. CDC/CSELS relies on this form to collect
the information needed to coordinate learner registration for training
activities including classroom study, conferences, and e-learning.
The TCEO Proposal is a form course developers will use the TCEO
system to apply for their training activities to receive continuing
education accreditation through CDC. Introduction of this mechanism
will allow course
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developers to electronically complete and submit continuing education
proposals.
CDC requests OMB approval to continue to (1) continue to collect
information through the TCEO New Participant Registration form to grant
public health professionals the continuing education they need to
maintain professional licenses and certifications, create a transcript
or summary of training at the participant's request, generate
management reports, and maintain training statistics; and (2) establish
a new electronic information collection, the TCEO Proposal that allows
CDC or CDC partner course developers to electronically submit training
and continuing education proposals for accreditation.
CDC's TCEO system provides an efficient and effective way for CDC
to comply with accreditation organization requirements. Accreditation
organizations require a method of tracking participants who complete an
education activity and several require collection of profession-
specific data. Some accrediting organizations require a permanent
record that includes the participant's name, address, and phone number
to facilitate retrieval of historical information about when a
participant competed a course or several courses during a time period.
These data provide the basis for a transcript or for determining
whether a person is enrolled in more than one course. CDC uses the
email address to verify the participant's electronic request for
transcripts, verify course certificates, and send confirmation that a
participant is registered for a course. Collection of demographic and
profession-specific data through the TCEO New Participant Registration
allows CDC to comply with accreditation organization requirements.
The TCEO Proposal will expedite submission, review, and
accreditation processes and provide CDC with the information necessary
to meet accreditation organization requirements, accredit, and
effectively manage training activities. Examples of data to be
collected for CDC to process continuing education proposals and meet
accreditation organization requirements includes name, email address,
phone number, and organization name.
These forms do not duplicate request for information from
participants or course developers. Data are collected only once per new
registration or once per course.
These information collection instruments have provided, and will
continue to provide CDC with the information necessary to manage and
conduct training activities pertinent to its mission to strengthen the
skills of the current workforce through quality, accredited,
competency-based training.
The annual burden table has been updated to reflect (1)
discontinuance of the National Laboratory Training Network Registration
form, (2) an increase in learners seeking continuing education,
particularly through e-learning activities (16,667 burden hours), (3)
the introduction of the new TCEO Proposal (600 burden hours), for a
total 17,267 burden hours. There are no costs to respondents.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs)
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Health Professionals............... Training and Continuing 200,000 1 5/60
Education Online New
Participant Registration
Form.
Health Educators................... Training and Continuing 120 1 5
Education Online Proposal.
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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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