Freedom of Information Act Predisclosure Notice, 14627-14628 [2023-04858]
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for the RWHAP Part B does not
exceed allowable cap
RWHAP Part C Expenditures Report:
• There are no proposed changes to
the RWHAP Part C Expenditures Report.
RWHAP Part D Expenditures Report:
• There are no proposed changes to
the RWHAP Part D Expenditures Report.
HAB EHE Expenditures Reports:
• There are no proposed changes to
the HAB EHE Expenditures Reports.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Accurate allocation,
expenditure, and service contract
records of the recipients receiving
RWHAP and EHE funding are critical to
the implementation of the RWHAP
legislation and EHE initiative
appropriation language and thus are
necessary for HRSA to fulfill its
monitoring and oversight
responsibilities.
Likely Respondents: RWHAP Part A,
Part B, Part C, and Part D recipients.
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
Number of
respondents
Form name
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total
burden
hours
Part A Expenditures Report .................................................
Part B Expenditures Report .................................................
Part C Expenditures Report .................................................
Part D Expenditures Report .................................................
EHE Expenditures Report ....................................................
52
54
346
116
47
1
1
1
1
1
52
54
346
116
47
4
6
4
4
4
208
324
1,384
464
188
Total ..............................................................................
615
........................
615
........................
2,568
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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Freedom of Information Act
Predisclosure Notice
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
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.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
Hours:
This notice informs
submitters who reported COVID–19 data
in 2020 for the High-Impact Area
Distribution that HRSA received a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request for data reported to HHS that
was used in determining COVID–19
SUMMARY:
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High-Impact Area Distribution
payments under the Provider Relief
Fund. Specifically, the request seeks
certain information pertaining to
providers who did not receive COVID–
19 High-Impact Area Distribution
payments. This notice seeks input from
these providers so that HRSA can
respond to the FOIA request.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
submitted to the HRSA FOIA Office via
email at hotspotpdn@hrsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian A. May, FOIA Officer, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 13N112, Rockville,
Maryland 20857; 301–443–1467,
hotspotpdn@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FOIA,
5 U.S.C. 552, compels federal agencies
to release records in its possession,
unless the agency reasonably foresees
that disclosure would harm an
interested protected by one (or more) of
the nine exemptions or disclosure is
prohibited by law. FOIA also requires
that agencies provide FOIA requesters
with reasonably segregated portions of
records, which means that agencies
must release any portion of the records
where an exemption does not apply,
unless technically unable to reasonably
do so.
Explanation of the Action
The HRSA FOIA Office received a
FOIA request for data reported to HHS
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in 2020 that was used in determining
COVID–19 High-Impact Area
Distribution payments under the
Provider Relief Fund. HHS made the
first round of COVID–19 High Impact
Area Distribution payments to 395
hospitals that reported they had 100 or
more COVID–19 admissions during the
period of January 1, 2020. and April 10,
2020. HHS did not make payments to
hospitals that reported they had fewer
than 100 COVID–19 admissions during
the period of January 1, 2020, and April
10, 2020. The FOIA request specifically
seeks data on the hospitals that reported
they had fewer than 100 COVID–19
admissions during the period of January
1, 2020, and April 10, 2020, and
therefore, did not receive a payment in
the first round of the COVID–19 High
Impact Area Distribution.
This notice only applies to hospitals
that reported in the first round of
reporting to HHS that they had fewer
than 100 COVID–19 admissions during
the period of January 1, 2020, and April
10, 2020, and, as a result, did not
receive a payment in round 1 of the
COVID–19 High-Impact Area
Distribution. Comments from any entity
that does not satisfy these conditions
will not be reviewed.
Necessity of the Action
Executive Order No. 12600, 52 FR
23781 (1987), and the HHS FOIA
regulations at 45 CFR 5.42(a) require
HRSA coordinate predisclosure
notifications for records that were
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submitted to HHS, for which HRSA was
deemed a custodian of the requested
data given HRSA’s oversight of the
Provider Relief Fund. HRSA has reason
to believe that information in the
records could reasonably be considered
confidential commercial information
and exempt from disclosure under FOIA
Exemption 4. FOIA Exemption 4 allows
agencies to withhold trade secrets and
commercial or financial information
obtained from a person (business
entities including hospitals are
considered people under the FOIA) and
is privileged or confidential. Both the
Executive Order and HHS FOIA
regulations permit agencies to notify a
voluminous number of submitters by
posting or publishing a notice in a place
where the submitters are reasonably
likely to become aware of it. See
Executive Order 12600 or 45 CFR
5.42(a)(1). This notice satisfies this
requirement. Additionally, HRSA will
send predisclosure notices directly to
hospitals for whom HRSA has contact
information.
HRSA determined that, for those
hospitals that did not receive a payment
in the first round of the COVID–19 High
Impact Area Distribution, the following
responsive data could reasonably be
considered confidential commercial
information and exempt from disclosure
under FOIA Exemption 4:
(1) number of COVID–19 admissions;
and
(2) intensive care unit hospital beds
for each facility (and associated Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services’
Certification Number (CCN))
HRSA must analyze the releasability
of the data prior to making a release
decision. Because organizations
submitted data to HHS that was
identified in the FOIA request, HRSA is
notifying submitters of their full rights
through this predisclosure notice. HHS’s
FOIA regulations provide affected
entities with 10 working days from the
date of this notice to object to disclosure
of part or all of the information
contained in these records.
A person who submits records to the
government may designate part or all of
the information in such records that
they may consider exempt from
disclosure under Exemption 4 of the
FOIA. The designation must be in
writing. See 45 CFR 5.41.
So that HRSA can determine how
providers actually and customarily treat
the disclosure of these data, please
respond to the following questions with
respect to the (1) number of COVID–19
admissions and (2) intensive care unit
hospital beds for each facility (and
associated CCN) and send your
organization’s response to hotspotpdn@
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hrsa.gov in the timeframe referenced in
the dates section of this notice. Please
include your organization’s CCN and
facility name in your response to ensure
that it is attributed correctly.
(1) Do you customarily keep the
requested information private or closely
held? What steps have you taken to
protect the confidentiality of the
requested data, and to whom has it been
disclosed?
(2) What facts support your belief that
this information is commercial or
financial in nature?
(3) Did the government provide you
with an express or implied assurance of
confidentiality when you shared the
information with the government? If so,
please explain.
(4) Were there express or implied
indications at the time the information
was submitted that the government
would publicly disclose the
information? If so, please explain.
(5) How would disclosure of this
information harm an interest protected
by Exemption 4 (such as by causing
foreseeable harm to your economic or
business interests)?
Intended Effects of the Action
In the event that a submitter fails to
respond to the notice within the time
specified, it will be considered to have
no objection to disclosure of the
information. Submitted objections will
be given the appropriate consideration;
however, responses are not an
agreement that HRSA will withhold the
information. If HRSA decides to release
the information over objection, HRSA
will inform submitters, in writing, along
with HRSA’s reasons for the decision to
release. HRSA will include with such
notice a description of the information
to be disclosed or copies of the records
as HRSA intends to release them. HRSA
will also provide submitters with a
specific date that HRSA intends to
disclose the records, which must be at
least 5 working days after the date of the
intent to release notice. HRSA will not
consider any information received after
the date of a disclosure decision.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Center For Scientific Review; Amended
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in
the meeting of the Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel Member
Conflict: Epidemiology and Population
Health, March 28, 2023, 12:00 p.m. to
March 28, 2023, 08:00 p.m., National
Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
which was published in the Federal
Register on February 27, 2023, 88 FR
12388 Doc. 2023–03969.
This meeting is being amended to
change the meeting start time from
12:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m. The meeting is
closed to the public.
Dated: March 3, 2023.
David W Freeman,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Cybersecurity Measures for Surface
Modes
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0074,
abstracted below, to OMB for an
extension of the currently approved
collection under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden. Specifically,
the collection involves the submission
of data concerning the designation of a
Cybersecurity Coordinator; the reporting
of cybersecurity incidents to the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency; the development of a
cybersecurity contingency/recovery
plan to address cybersecurity gaps; and
the completion of a cybersecurity
assessment.
SUMMARY:
Send your comments by April
10, 2023. A comment to OMB is most
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Freedom of Information Act Predisclosure Notice
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs submitters who reported COVID-19 data in
2020 for the High-Impact Area Distribution that HRSA received a Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) request for data reported to HHS that was
used in determining COVID-19 High-Impact Area Distribution payments
under the Provider Relief Fund. Specifically, the request seeks certain
information pertaining to providers who did not receive COVID-19 High-
Impact Area Distribution payments. This notice seeks input from these
providers so that HRSA can respond to the FOIA request.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to the HRSA FOIA Office via
email at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian A. May, FOIA Officer, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 13N112, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443-1467,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552, compels federal
agencies to release records in its possession, unless the agency
reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interested protected
by one (or more) of the nine exemptions or disclosure is prohibited by
law. FOIA also requires that agencies provide FOIA requesters with
reasonably segregated portions of records, which means that agencies
must release any portion of the records where an exemption does not
apply, unless technically unable to reasonably do so.
Explanation of the Action
The HRSA FOIA Office received a FOIA request for data reported to
HHS in 2020 that was used in determining COVID-19 High-Impact Area
Distribution payments under the Provider Relief Fund. HHS made the
first round of COVID-19 High Impact Area Distribution payments to 395
hospitals that reported they had 100 or more COVID-19 admissions during
the period of January 1, 2020. and April 10, 2020. HHS did not make
payments to hospitals that reported they had fewer than 100 COVID-19
admissions during the period of January 1, 2020, and April 10, 2020.
The FOIA request specifically seeks data on the hospitals that reported
they had fewer than 100 COVID-19 admissions during the period of
January 1, 2020, and April 10, 2020, and therefore, did not receive a
payment in the first round of the COVID-19 High Impact Area
Distribution.
This notice only applies to hospitals that reported in the first
round of reporting to HHS that they had fewer than 100 COVID-19
admissions during the period of January 1, 2020, and April 10, 2020,
and, as a result, did not receive a payment in round 1 of the COVID-19
High-Impact Area Distribution. Comments from any entity that does not
satisfy these conditions will not be reviewed.
Necessity of the Action
Executive Order No. 12600, 52 FR 23781 (1987), and the HHS FOIA
regulations at 45 CFR 5.42(a) require HRSA coordinate predisclosure
notifications for records that were
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submitted to HHS, for which HRSA was deemed a custodian of the
requested data given HRSA's oversight of the Provider Relief Fund. HRSA
has reason to believe that information in the records could reasonably
be considered confidential commercial information and exempt from
disclosure under FOIA Exemption 4. FOIA Exemption 4 allows agencies to
withhold trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained
from a person (business entities including hospitals are considered
people under the FOIA) and is privileged or confidential. Both the
Executive Order and HHS FOIA regulations permit agencies to notify a
voluminous number of submitters by posting or publishing a notice in a
place where the submitters are reasonably likely to become aware of it.
See Executive Order 12600 or 45 CFR 5.42(a)(1). This notice satisfies
this requirement. Additionally, HRSA will send predisclosure notices
directly to hospitals for whom HRSA has contact information.
HRSA determined that, for those hospitals that did not receive a
payment in the first round of the COVID-19 High Impact Area
Distribution, the following responsive data could reasonably be
considered confidential commercial information and exempt from
disclosure under FOIA Exemption 4:
(1) number of COVID-19 admissions; and
(2) intensive care unit hospital beds for each facility (and
associated Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Certification
Number (CCN))
HRSA must analyze the releasability of the data prior to making a
release decision. Because organizations submitted data to HHS that was
identified in the FOIA request, HRSA is notifying submitters of their
full rights through this predisclosure notice. HHS's FOIA regulations
provide affected entities with 10 working days from the date of this
notice to object to disclosure of part or all of the information
contained in these records.
A person who submits records to the government may designate part
or all of the information in such records that they may consider exempt
from disclosure under Exemption 4 of the FOIA. The designation must be
in writing. See 45 CFR 5.41.
So that HRSA can determine how providers actually and customarily
treat the disclosure of these data, please respond to the following
questions with respect to the (1) number of COVID-19 admissions and (2)
intensive care unit hospital beds for each facility (and associated
CCN) and send your organization's response to [email protected] in
the timeframe referenced in the dates section of this notice. Please
include your organization's CCN and facility name in your response to
ensure that it is attributed correctly.
(1) Do you customarily keep the requested information private or
closely held? What steps have you taken to protect the confidentiality
of the requested data, and to whom has it been disclosed?
(2) What facts support your belief that this information is
commercial or financial in nature?
(3) Did the government provide you with an express or implied
assurance of confidentiality when you shared the information with the
government? If so, please explain.
(4) Were there express or implied indications at the time the
information was submitted that the government would publicly disclose
the information? If so, please explain.
(5) How would disclosure of this information harm an interest
protected by Exemption 4 (such as by causing foreseeable harm to your
economic or business interests)?
Intended Effects of the Action
In the event that a submitter fails to respond to the notice within
the time specified, it will be considered to have no objection to
disclosure of the information. Submitted objections will be given the
appropriate consideration; however, responses are not an agreement that
HRSA will withhold the information. If HRSA decides to release the
information over objection, HRSA will inform submitters, in writing,
along with HRSA's reasons for the decision to release. HRSA will
include with such notice a description of the information to be
disclosed or copies of the records as HRSA intends to release them.
HRSA will also provide submitters with a specific date that HRSA
intends to disclose the records, which must be at least 5 working days
after the date of the intent to release notice. HRSA will not consider
any information received after the date of a disclosure decision.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-04858 Filed 3-8-23; 8:45 am]
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