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Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act), as
amended, CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L.
113–186), and 42 U.S.C. 9858. The Plan,
submitted on the ACF–118, is required
triennially, and remains in effect for 3
years. The Plan provides ACF and the
public with a description of, and
assurance about the states’ and
territories’ child care programs. These
Plans are the applications for CCDF
funds.
The Office of Child Care (OCC) has
given thoughtful consideration to the
comments received and has made
changes to the Plan Preprint document
following the publication of the 60-day
public comment period. The comments
and changes are addressed in the
request package to the OMB.
Consistent with the statute and
regulations, ACF requests revision of the
ACF–118A with minor modifications.
This 30-day second Public Comment
Period provides an opportunity for the
public to submit comments to the OMB.
Respondents: State and Territory Lead
Agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number
of respondents
Total number
of responses
per respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Annual burden
hours
Child Care and Development Fund Plan for States and
Territories (ACF–118) .....................................................
56
1
200
11,200
3,733
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,733.
Authority: Pub. L. 113–186 and 42 U.S.C.
9858.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request: Information
Collection Request Title: Voluntary
Partner Surveys To Implement
Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services
Administration, OMB No. 0915–0212—
Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
SUMMARY:
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Comments on this ICR must be
received no later than February 16,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Voluntary Partner Surveys to Implement
Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services Administration,
OMB No. 0915–0212—Extension
Abstract: In response to Executive
Order 12862, HRSA is proposing to
conduct voluntary customer surveys of
its partners to assess strengths and
weaknesses in program services and
processes. HRSA partners are typically
state or local governments, health care
facilities, health care consortia, health
care providers, and researchers. HRSA
is requesting continued approval for a
generic clearance from OMB to conduct
the partner surveys.
Partner surveys to be conducted by
HRSA might include, for example, mail
or telephone surveys of grantees to
determine satisfaction with grant
processes or technical assistance
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provided by a contractor, or in-class
evaluation forms completed by
providers who receive training from
HRSA grantees, to measure satisfaction
with the training experience. Results of
these surveys will be used to plan and
redirect resources and efforts as needed
to improve services and processes.
Focus groups may also be used to gain
partner input into the design of mail
and telephone surveys. Focus groups,
in-class evaluation forms, mail surveys,
and telephone surveys are expected to
be the preferred data collection
methods.
A generic approval allows HRSA to
conduct a limited number of partner
surveys without a full-scale OMB
review of each survey. If this generic
received continued approval,
information on each individual partner
survey will not be published in the
Federal Register.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. 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. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
In-class evaluations .............................................................
Mail/Telephone surveys .......................................................
Focus groups .......................................................................
40,000
12,000
250
1
1
1
40,000
12,000
250
.05
.25
1.50
2,000
3,000
375
Total ..............................................................................
52,250
........................
52,250
........................
5,375
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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OMB No. 0990–New—HHS
Teletracking COVID–19 Portal
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New]
Agency Information Collection
Request; 30-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Submit your comments to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov
or (202) 795–7714. When submitting
comments or requesting information,
please include the document identifier
0990–New and project title for
reference.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, OS/
DHHS has submitted the following
proposed collection of information to
OMB for review and clearance.
ADDRESSES:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
announcing it has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance the
following collection of information.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before January 14, 2021.
SUMMARY:
OMB Control Number
Abstract: The data collected through
this ICR informs the Federal
Government’s understanding of disease
patterns and furthers the development
of policies for prevention and control of
disease spread and impact related to the
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID–19).
One of the most important uses of the
data collected through this ICR is to
determine critical allocations of limited
supplies (e.g., protective equipment and
medication). For instance, this
collection has been used to distribute
Remdesivir, a vital therapeutic that HHS
distributes to the American healthcare
system, via distinct data calls on regular
intervals. As of July 10, HHS reduced
the number requests for data from
hospitals to support allocations of
Remdesivir. HHS has stopped sending
out one-time requests for data to aid in
the distribution of Remdesivir or any
other treatments or supplies. This
consolidated daily reporting is the only
mechanism used for the distribution
calculations, and daily reports are
needed to ensure accurate calculations.
Type of Respondent: We acknowledge
the burden placed on many hospitals,
including resource constraints, and have
allowed for some flexibilities, such as
back-submissions or submitting every
business days, with the understanding
that respondents may not have
sufficient staff working over the
weekend. It is our belief that collection
of this information daily is the most
effective way to detect outbreaks and
needs for Federal assistance over time,
by hospital and geographical area, and
to alert the appropriate officials for
action. It’s requested that 5,500
hospitals, submit data daily on the
number of patients tested for COVID–19,
as well as information on bed capacity
and requirements for other supplies.
The HHS Teletracking COVID–19
Portal (U.S. Healthcare COVID–19
Portal) includes some data that were
initially submitted by hospitals to HHS
through CDC’s National Healthcare
Safety Network (NHSN) COVID–19
Module (OMB Control No. 0920–1290,
approved 03/26/2020). Over the last
several months time, the guidance for
which data elements should be sent to
HHS and through which method was
updated at the request of the White
House Coronavirus Task Force and
other leaders to better inform the
response.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
(electronic portal)
Number of
responses per
respondents
Total annual
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
5500 ............
HHS Teletracking COVID–19 Portal ......................................
365
2,007,500
1.75
3,513,125
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request: Information Collection Request Title: Voluntary
Partner Surveys To Implement Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services Administration, OMB No. 0915-0212--Extension
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR must be received no later than February 16,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Voluntary Partner Surveys to
Implement Executive Order 12862 in the Health Resources and Services
Administration, OMB No. 0915-0212--Extension
Abstract: In response to Executive Order 12862, HRSA is proposing
to conduct voluntary customer surveys of its partners to assess
strengths and weaknesses in program services and processes. HRSA
partners are typically state or local governments, health care
facilities, health care consortia, health care providers, and
researchers. HRSA is requesting continued approval for a generic
clearance from OMB to conduct the partner surveys.
Partner surveys to be conducted by HRSA might include, for example,
mail or telephone surveys of grantees to determine satisfaction with
grant processes or technical assistance provided by a contractor, or
in-class evaluation forms completed by providers who receive training
from HRSA grantees, to measure satisfaction with the training
experience. Results of these surveys will be used to plan and redirect
resources and efforts as needed to improve services and processes.
Focus groups may also be used to gain partner input into the design
of mail and telephone surveys. Focus groups, in-class evaluation forms,
mail surveys, and telephone surveys are expected to be the preferred
data collection methods.
A generic approval allows HRSA to conduct a limited number of
partner surveys without a full-scale OMB review of each survey. If this
generic received continued approval, information on each individual
partner survey will not be published in the Federal Register.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. 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. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
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Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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In-class evaluations............ 40,000 1 40,000 .05 2,000
Mail/Telephone surveys.......... 12,000 1 12,000 .25 3,000
Focus groups.................... 250 1 250 1.50 375
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Total....................... 52,250 .............. 52,250 .............. 5,375
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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