Department of Health and Human Services June 16, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces publication and serves as Notice for the extramural community on recent policy changes made for the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR). This Notice implements additional disclosure requirements and post-award reporting requirements for small business concerns (SBCs) for covered relationships. In addition, this serves as notification of NIH's due diligence program to assess security risks and denial of award when foreign relationships or commitments with countries of concern pose a significant risk as provided in the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 at https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ183/PLAW-117publ183.pd f under these programs. This policy serves as an update to section 18. Grants to For Profit Organizations of the NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/HTML5/section_18/ 18_grants_to_for-profit_organizations.htm and will be incorporated in the FY24 publication. In addition, the NIH Application Guide will be updated to reflect instructions for submission of required documentation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Heat-related Changes in Cognitive Performance. This data collection is designed to evaluate and assess the cognitive impacts of heat exposure on workers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of Government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Healthcare Outbreak Prevention and Response Curriculum for Public Health Departments. This data collection will allow CDC to evaluate whether the CDC-developed trainings are reaching the intended audience and achieving the intended goal of strengthening public health workforce capacity to prevent and respond to Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance (HAI/AR) outbreaks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of approximately $2,000,000, with an expected total funding of approximately $11,500,000 over a five-Year period, to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Republic of South Africa. The award will support research studies on influenza and other respiratory pathogens of public health import in South Africa.