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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Management and
Organizational Practices Survey—
Hospitals (MOPS–HP)
Census Bureau, Commerce.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for an additional 60
days of public comment on a proposed
new information collection, the
Management and Organizational
Practices Survey—Hospitals (MOPS–
HP). An information collection request
(ICR) for the MOPS–HP was submitted
to OMB for approval on July 7, 2020 and
is currently pending OMB review.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov.
Please reference Management and
Organizational Practices Survey—
Hospitals (MOPS–HP) in the subject line
of your comments. You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number
USBC–2020–0029, to the Federal eSUMMARY:
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Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record.
No comments will be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov for public viewing
until after the comment period has
closed. Comments will generally be
posted without change. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Edward
Watkins at edward.e.watkins.iii@
census.gov or 301–763–4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to
conduct the Management and
Organizational Practices SurveyHospitals (MOPS–HP) for survey year
2020 as a joint project with Harvard
Business School. The MOPS–HP will
utilize a subset of the Service Annual
Survey mail-out sample and will collect
data on management practices from
Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) at general
medical and surgical hospitals to assist
in studying their relationship to clinical
and financial performance.
A notice seeking public comment on
our plans to conduct this survey was
previously published in the Federal
Register on February 12, 2020, on pages
4623–4624. That notice proposed
collecting data for survey years 2019
and 2014, but collection has been
adjusted due to the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic. The pandemic has further
highlighted the relevance of hospital
management practices, especially as
they relate to hospitals’ abilities to
respond to shocks to their organization
and the health care system. In light of
this, the Census Bureau has modified
the survey proposal to collect data for
reference years 2020 and 2019. This
change seeks to directly measure
management practices and protocols
before and during the pandemic to
obtain a better understanding of how
hospitals have had to adjust and pivot
operations during this public health
emergency.
The Census Bureau also plans to
include two additional questions in the
MOPS–HP content to help improve
measurement of hospital preparedness.
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These questions will provide
information on two elements of
responsiveness, hospitals’ coordinated
deployment of frontline clinical workers
and hospitals’ ability to quickly respond
to needed changes in standardized
clinical protocols. In an effort to limit
respondent burden while adding this
content, adjustments were made to keep
the total number of questions and
estimated burden per response
unchanged. The project plan, schedule,
and collection strategy are being
actively monitored, and adjustments
will be made as necessary, as the Census
Bureau is cognizant and respectful of
the time, resources, and burden placed
on CNOs during the pandemic.
After the close of this second
comment period, the Census Bureau
will submit these planned changes as an
amendment to the ICR, which is
currently pending review at OMB. Any
comments received by the close of the
comment period will be summarized
and included in the amendment.
Currently, no official statistics on
management practices in hospitals exist.
Past research shows these practices are
related to health care providers’ clinical
and financial outcomes. This suggests
that providing measures on management
practices may potentially help the
United States health care system, which
is challenged by rising health care costs,
increased demand from an aging
society, and quality objectives. These
data would permit users to examine
relationships between management
practices and financial outcomes using
Census Bureau data (e.g., revenues) and
relationships with clinical outcomes
using external data sources.
Additionally, these data would provide
hospital administrators and managers
information to evaluate their practices
in comparison to other hospitals at an
aggregate level.
The MOPS–HP content was proposed
by external researchers with past
experience in surveying hospitals on
management practices. Some questions
are adapted from the Management and
Organizational Practices Survey
(MOPS), conducted in the
manufacturing sector, allowing for intersectoral comparisons. Content for the
MOPS–HP includes performance
monitoring, financial and clinical
targets, and incentives. The 39 questions
are grouped into the following sections:
Tenure, Management Practices,
Management Training, Management of
Team Interactions, Staffing and
Allocation of Human Resources,
Standardized Clinical Protocols,
Documentation of Patients’ Medical
Records, and Organizational
Characteristics.
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II. Method of Collection
The MOPS–HP sample will consist of
approximately 3,200 hospital locations
for enterprises classified under General
Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS
6221) and sampled in the Service
Annual Survey (SAS). The survey will
be mailed separately from the 2020 SAS
and collected electronically through the
Census Bureau’s Centurion online
reporting system. Respondents will be
sent an initial letter with instructions
detailing how to log into the instrument
and report their information. These
letters will be addressed to the
location’s CNO. In instances where the
CNO is not identifiable, the letter will
be addressed to the hospital’s
administrative office with attention to
the CNO. Collection is scheduled to
begin in the initial months of 2021.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX.
Form Number(s): MP–2000.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
New Information Collection Request.
Affected Public: General medical and
surgical hospitals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Approximately 3,200.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,400.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 131 and 182.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
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public record. We will include, or
summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–47–2020]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 49—Newark
and Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Authorization of Production Activity;
Catalent Pharma Solutions
(Pharmaceutical Products), Somerset,
New Jersey
On July 17, 2020, Catalent Pharma
Solutions submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board for its facility within Subzone
49T, in Somerset, New Jersey.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (85 FR 47166–47167,
August 4, 2020). On November 16, 2020,
the applicant was notified of the FTZ
Board’s decision that no further review
of the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification was authorized, subject to
the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
Dated: November 16, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Approval of Subzone Status; Sager
Electronics; Carrollton, Texas
On September 17, 2020, the Executive
Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones
(FTZ) Board docketed an application
submitted by the Metroplex
International Trade Development
Corporation, grantee of FTZ 168,
requesting subzone status subject to the
existing activation limit of FTZ 168, on
behalf of Sager Electronics, in
Carrollton, Texas.
The application was processed in
accordance with the FTZ Act and
Regulations, including notice in the
Federal Register inviting public
comment (85 FR 60130, September 24,
2020). The FTZ staff examiners
reviewed the application and
determined that it meets the criteria for
approval. Pursuant to the authority
delegated to the FTZ Board Executive
Secretary (15 CFR Sec. 400.36(f)), the
application to establish Subzone 168G
was approved on November 16, 2020,
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.13,
and further subject to FTZ 168’s
1,955.59-acre activation limit.
Dated: November 16, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–791–826]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand From South Africa: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement
of Final Determination, and Extension
of Provisional Measures
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that prestressed concrete steel wire
strand (PC strand) from South Africa is
being, or is likely to be, sold in the
United States at less than fair value. The
period of investigation is April 1, 2019
through March 31, 2020. Interested
parties are invited to comment on this
preliminary determination.
DATES: Applicable November 19, 2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Management and Organizational Practices Survey--Hospitals
(MOPS-HP)
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 60 days of public
comment on a proposed new information collection, the Management and
Organizational Practices Survey--Hospitals (MOPS-HP). An information
collection request (ICR) for the MOPS-HP was submitted to OMB for
approval on July 7, 2020 and is currently pending OMB review.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to [email protected]. Please reference Management and
Organizational Practices Survey--Hospitals (MOPS-HP) in the subject
line of your comments. You may also submit comments, identified by
Docket Number USBC-2020-0029, to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of the
public record. No comments will be posted to https://www.regulations.gov
for public viewing until after the comment period has closed. Comments
will generally be posted without change. All Personally Identifiable
Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
You may submit attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word,
Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Edward Watkins at [email protected] or 301-763-4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to conduct the Management and
Organizational Practices Survey-Hospitals (MOPS-HP) for survey year
2020 as a joint project with Harvard Business School. The MOPS-HP will
utilize a subset of the Service Annual Survey mail-out sample and will
collect data on management practices from Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs)
at general medical and surgical hospitals to assist in studying their
relationship to clinical and financial performance.
A notice seeking public comment on our plans to conduct this survey
was previously published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2020,
on pages 4623-4624. That notice proposed collecting data for survey
years 2019 and 2014, but collection has been adjusted due to the
ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has further highlighted the
relevance of hospital management practices, especially as they relate
to hospitals' abilities to respond to shocks to their organization and
the health care system. In light of this, the Census Bureau has
modified the survey proposal to collect data for reference years 2020
and 2019. This change seeks to directly measure management practices
and protocols before and during the pandemic to obtain a better
understanding of how hospitals have had to adjust and pivot operations
during this public health emergency.
The Census Bureau also plans to include two additional questions in
the MOPS-HP content to help improve measurement of hospital
preparedness. These questions will provide information on two elements
of responsiveness, hospitals' coordinated deployment of frontline
clinical workers and hospitals' ability to quickly respond to needed
changes in standardized clinical protocols. In an effort to limit
respondent burden while adding this content, adjustments were made to
keep the total number of questions and estimated burden per response
unchanged. The project plan, schedule, and collection strategy are
being actively monitored, and adjustments will be made as necessary, as
the Census Bureau is cognizant and respectful of the time, resources,
and burden placed on CNOs during the pandemic.
After the close of this second comment period, the Census Bureau
will submit these planned changes as an amendment to the ICR, which is
currently pending review at OMB. Any comments received by the close of
the comment period will be summarized and included in the amendment.
Currently, no official statistics on management practices in
hospitals exist. Past research shows these practices are related to
health care providers' clinical and financial outcomes. This suggests
that providing measures on management practices may potentially help
the United States health care system, which is challenged by rising
health care costs, increased demand from an aging society, and quality
objectives. These data would permit users to examine relationships
between management practices and financial outcomes using Census Bureau
data (e.g., revenues) and relationships with clinical outcomes using
external data sources. Additionally, these data would provide hospital
administrators and managers information to evaluate their practices in
comparison to other hospitals at an aggregate level.
The MOPS-HP content was proposed by external researchers with past
experience in surveying hospitals on management practices. Some
questions are adapted from the Management and Organizational Practices
Survey (MOPS), conducted in the manufacturing sector, allowing for
inter-sectoral comparisons. Content for the MOPS-HP includes
performance monitoring, financial and clinical targets, and incentives.
The 39 questions are grouped into the following sections: Tenure,
Management Practices, Management Training, Management of Team
Interactions, Staffing and Allocation of Human Resources, Standardized
Clinical Protocols, Documentation of Patients' Medical Records, and
Organizational Characteristics.
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II. Method of Collection
The MOPS-HP sample will consist of approximately 3,200 hospital
locations for enterprises classified under General Medical and Surgical
Hospitals (NAICS 6221) and sampled in the Service Annual Survey (SAS).
The survey will be mailed separately from the 2020 SAS and collected
electronically through the Census Bureau's Centurion online reporting
system. Respondents will be sent an initial letter with instructions
detailing how to log into the instrument and report their information.
These letters will be addressed to the location's CNO. In instances
where the CNO is not identifiable, the letter will be addressed to the
hospital's administrative office with attention to the CNO. Collection
is scheduled to begin in the initial months of 2021.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
Form Number(s): MP-2000.
Type of Review: Regular submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Affected Public: General medical and surgical hospitals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 3,200.
Estimated Time per Response: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,400.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services
required specifically by the collection.)
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 182.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly
available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-25580 Filed 11-18-20; 8:45 am]
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