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utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of
the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by December 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: When commenting on the
proposed information collections,
please reference the document identifier
or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be received by
the OMB desk officer via one of the
following transmissions: OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax
Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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
Web site address at https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/Paperwork
ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
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:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
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. 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 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-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 that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement without change
of a previously approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments
of 1988 (CLIA) Budget Workload
Reports and Supporting Regulations;
Use: We will use the collected
information to determine the amount of
Federal reimbursement for surveys
conducted. Use of the information
includes program evaluation, audit,
budget formulation and budget
approval. Form CMS–102 is a multipurpose form designed to capture and
record all budget and expenditure data.
Form CMS–105 captures the annual
projected CLIA workload that the State
survey agency will accomplish. Our
regional offices also use the information
to approve the annual projected CLIA
workload. The information is required
as part of the section 1864 agreement
with the state. Form Numbers: CMS–102
and CMS–105 (OMB control number:
0938–0599); Frequency: Quarterly;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
50; Total Annual Responses: 50; Total
Annual Hours: 1,700. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Jeffrey Pleines at 410–786–
0684.)
Dated: November 14, 2017.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB No.: 0970–0401.
Description: Executive Order 12862
directs Federal agencies to provide
service to the public that matches or
exceeds the best service available in the
private sector. In order to work
continuously to ensure that the
Administration for Children and
Families’ programs are effective and
meet our customers’ needs we use a
generic clearance process to collect
qualitative feedback on our service
delivery. This collection of information
is necessary to enable ACF to garner
customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient timely manner, in accord
with our commitment to improving
service delivery. The information
collected from our customers and
stakeholders will help ensure that users
have an effective, efficient and
satisfying experience with the programs.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or change in
operation might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
ACF and its customer and stakeholders.
It will also allow feedback to contribute
directly to the improvement of program
management.
This request is an extension of the
‘‘generic fast-track’’ process offered to
all government agencies by OMB in
2010. Fast-tack means each request
receives approval five days after
submission, if no issues are brought to
ACF’s attention by OMB within the five
days.
Respondents:
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Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours:
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments 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)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (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.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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Administration for Children and
Families
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Variations in Implementation of
Quality Interventions (VIQI) Project:
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 Variations in
Implementation of Quality Interventions
(VIQI): Examining the Quality-Child
Outcomes Relationship in Child Care
and Early Education Project.
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The VIQI Project will inform
policymakers, practitioners, and
stakeholders about effective ways to
support the quality and effectiveness of
early care and education (ECE) centers
for promoting young children’s learning
and development. In partnership with
ECE centers across the United States
that serve young children with diverse
economic backgrounds, the VIQI Project
aims to (1) identify dimensions of
quality within ECE settings that are key
levers for promoting children’s
outcomes; (2) inform what levels of
quality are necessary to successfully
support children’s developmental gains;
(3) identify drivers that facilitate and
inhibit successful implementation of
interventions aimed at strengthening
quality; and (4) understand how these
relations vary across different ECE
settings, staff, and children. To achieve
these aims, the VIQI Project will include
a year-long pilot study that will pilot up
to three curricular and professional
development models, followed by a
year-long impact evaluation and process
study that involve testing the
effectiveness of two curricular and
professional development models that
aim to strengthen teacher practices, the
quality of classroom processes, and
children’s outcomes. The study will
include up to 189 community-based and
Head Start ECE centers spread across
seven different metropolitan areas in the
United States.
To test the effectiveness of the
curricular and professional
development models, the VIQI project
will consist of a 3- or 4-group
experimental design in the pilot study
and a 3-group experimental design in
the impact evaluation and the process
study in which the initial quality and
other characteristics of ECE centers are
measured. The centers then will be
stratified based upon select information
collected—by setting type (e.g., Head
Start and community-based ECE
centers) and initial levels of quality—
and randomly assigned to one of the
intervention conditions where they will
be offered curricular and professional
development supports aimed at
strengthening the quality of classroom
and teacher practices, or to a businessas-usual comparison condition.
In the pilot study, 24 centers in one
metropolitan area will participate in the
VIQI Project. Information about center
and staff characteristics and classroom
and teacher practices will be collected
(1) to stratify and randomly assign
centers; (2) to describe how the different
interventions are implemented and are
experienced by centers and teachers;
and (3) to document the treatment
differentials across research conditions.
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The information will then be used to
adjust and to refine the research design
and measures that will be used in the
impact evaluation and process study.
In the impact evaluation and process
study, 165 centers in seven metropolitan
areas will participate in the VIQI
Project. Information about center and
staff characteristics and classroom and
teacher practices will be collected (1) to
stratify and randomly assign centers; (2)
to identify subgroups of interest; (3) to
describe how the interventions are
implemented and are experienced by
centers and teachers; (4) to document
the treatment differentials across
research conditions; and (5) to assess
the impacts of each of the interventions
on different dimensions of quality and
teacher practices when compared to a
business-as-usual comparison condition
for the impact evaluation sample and
separately for subgroups of interest. In
addition, information about the
background characteristics of families
and children being served in the centers
will be collected, as well as measures of
children’s skills at the beginning and
end of the year-long impact evaluation
for a subset of children in these centers.
This information will also be used (1) to
define subgroups of interest defined by
family and child characteristics, and (2)
to assess the impacts of each of the
interventions on children’s skills for the
full impact evaluation sample and
separately for subgroups of interest.
Lastly, the information on quality,
teacher practices and children’s skills
will be used in a set of analyses that will
rigorously examine the nature of the
quality-to-child outcomes relationship
by exploring the effects of different
dimensions and thresholds (or levels) of
quality on child outcomes for the full
impact evaluation sample and
separately for subgroups of interest.
The data collection instruments for
the VIQI Project include the following:
(1) Instruments for Screening and
Recruitment of ECE Centers will be used
in the pilot study, impact evaluation,
and process study to assess ECE centers’
eligibility, to inform the sampling
strategy, and to recruit ECE centers to
participate in the VIQI Project;
(2) Baseline Instruments for the Pilot
Study, Impact Evaluation, and Process
Study will be used to collect
background information about centers,
classrooms, center staff, and families
and children being served in the
centers. All of the instruments will be
administered at the beginning of the
pilot study, impact evaluation, and
process study, with the exception of the
baseline survey administered to parents
of children enrolled in participating
ECE centers and the protocol for
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB No.: 0970-0401.
Description: Executive Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to
provide service to the public that matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector. In order to work continuously to
ensure that the Administration for Children and Families' programs are
effective and meet our customers' needs we use a generic clearance
process to collect qualitative feedback on our service delivery. This
collection of information is necessary to enable ACF to garner customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient timely manner, in accord with
our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected
from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an
effective, efficient and satisfying experience with the programs. This
feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication,
training or change in operation might improve delivery of products or
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between ACF and its customer and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
This request is an extension of the ``generic fast-track'' process
offered to all government agencies by OMB in 2010. Fast-tack means each
request receives approval five days after submission, if no issues are
brought to ACF's attention by OMB within the five days.
Respondents:
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Survey...................................... 10,000 1 0.5 5,000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments 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) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (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.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-24902 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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