Notice2022-15767
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
July 25, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Improving Performance Measurement and Monitoring by CDC Programs: The Performance Measures Project. CDC is requesting approval for a revision to the previously approved project to work with selected CDC programs to provide tools, templates and technical assistance to develop and implement performance measures for CDC funded public health initiatives.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 141 (Monday, July 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44121-44122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15767]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-1282; Docket No. CDC-2022-0092]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: 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 and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled Improving Performance Measurement
and Monitoring by CDC Programs: The Performance Measures Project. CDC
is requesting approval for a revision to the previously approved
project to work with selected CDC programs to provide tools, templates
and technical assistance to develop and implement performance measures
for CDC funded public health initiatives.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 23,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0092 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road,
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) or by U.S. mail to the address listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 404-639-7570;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#741b1916341710175a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afc0c2cdefcccbcc81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>.
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. In addition, the PRA also requires
federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Improving Performance Measurement and Monitoring by CDC Programs:
The Performance Measures Project (OMB Control No. 0920-1282, Exp. 01/
31/2023)--Revision--Office of the Associate Director for Policy and
Strategy (OADPS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Each year, approximately 75% of the CDC's congressionally
appropriated funding goes to extramural organizations, including state
and local partners, via contracts, grants, and, most commonly,
cooperative agreements. The
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availability of funding for grants and cooperative agreements is
announced through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). CDC awards up
to 100 new, non-research NOFOs each year (each funded for one to five
years). These awards may have only a few funded recipients or more than
50 (such as when a CDC program provides funding to all states and
territories).
CDC programs develop logic models for each NOFO, describing the key
programmatic strategies and activities and the short/medium/long-term
outcomes funded recipients are expected to achieve during their period
of performance. Programs develop performance measures customized to a
NOFO-specific public health initiative to assess actions prescribed by
the logic model with the immediate goal of monitoring progress and the
long-term goal of improving performance.
Monitoring and reporting of program performance is required of any
non-federal entity receiving federal funds under 45 CFR 75.342 which
states; ``the non-Federal entity must monitor its activities under
Federal awards to assure compliance with applicable Federal
requirements and performance expectations are being achieved''. Under
this requested approval, CDC programs customize a sample ``Performance
Measure Technical Specification Instrument'' and a sample ``Performance
Measure Reporting Instrument'' to measure, at the local level, the
desired public health outcomes of a particular public health
initiative, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
Individual collection requests submitted under this Generic approval
will include the tailored forms and a supplementary template. CDC
programs developing new, non-research NOFOs are eligible to
participate.
Currently three CDC programs have received OMB approval to collect
performance measure data using the 0920-1282 Generic Information
Collection. Two additional programs are in final CDC clearance for
submitting their Generic ICR (GenIC) requests and three programs are
actively developing applications. As CDC programs begin to normalize
operations following the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous other CDC programs
have showed strong interest in participating in the Performance
Measures Project (PMP) when: (1) they develop new NOFOs or; (2)
transition current performance measure data collection from the HHS
Public Health Emergency (PHE) PRA waiver for Coronavirus Disease 2019
[COVID-19] to the PMP GenIC for ongoing performance data collection.
This revision is requested to allow participating CDC programs to
continue performance measure data collection through the remaining
approval period and for additional programs to use the GenIC for future
performance measure data collection.
This revision reflects expanded technical assistance that the
Program Performance and Evaluation Office (PPEO) provides to CDC
programs. CDC program eligibility to participate in PMP will be
expanded as follows:
(1) Given the recent increase in grants and other funding
mechanisms used at CDC to enhance programmatic flexibility, PMP
eligibility will expand to include all available funding mechanisms for
eligible programs.
(2) PPEO is providing increasing technical assistance to
international programs. Eligibility will expand to include both
domestic and international programs.
(3) Many CDC programs are operating under the 21st Century Cures
Act PHE PRA COVID-19 Emergency Waiver. This PHE PRA Waiver is likely to
be terminated in 2022. PMP will prioritize transitioning CDC program
performance measure data collection from the PHE PRA Waiver to PMP.
(4) Some CDC programs are developing common performance metrics
across multiple public health initiatives. PMP will prioritize cross-
NOFO collaboration with these programs to increase efficiency.
(5) As programs transition back to normal function after the COVID-
19 pandemic, there has been increased interest in PMP. The revision
will increase the number of programs that may participate from 25
Programs to 40, resulting in an increase of estimated annual burden
hours from 35,000 to 56,000.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 56,000 annual burden
hours. Participation of respondents is voluntary. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Recipients of CDC funds for Performance 1400 1 40 56,000
public health initiatives. Measures
Project
Information
Collection Tool.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 56,000
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-15767 Filed 7-22-22; 8:45 am]
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