Notice2023-18360
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Standardized Work Plan Form for Use With Applications to the Bureau of Health Workforce Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements OMB No. 0906-0049-Extension
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Published
August 25, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58284-58285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18360]
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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:
Standardized Work Plan Form for Use With Applications to the Bureau of
Health Workforce Research and Training Grants and Cooperative
Agreements OMB No. 0906-0049--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 should be received no later than October
24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f686978693848199849db69e848597d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c5c4d5c495e5b435e476c445e5f4d024b435a">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c1c0d1c091e1b031e072c041e1f0d420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a1a0b1a0f181d0518012a0218190b440d051c">[email protected]</span></a> or call Joella Roland, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Standardized Work Plan (SWP)
Form for Use with Applications to the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW)
Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements OMB No. 0906-
0049--Extension.
Abstract: BHW requires applicants for training and research grants
and cooperative agreements to submit work plans via the SWP form.
Information in the SWP describes the timeframes and progress required
during the grant period of performance to address each of the needs
detailed in the Purpose and Need section of the application, as
required in the Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement. Applicants
use the SWP form when they submit their proposals, and award recipients
and Project Officers use the SWP information to assist in monitoring
progress once HRSA makes the awards. After awards are made, recipients
complete a Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) to provide information to
BHW on a quarterly basis on each activity listed in the SWP.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information collected by
the SWP form and QPUs standardizes and streamlines the data used by
HRSA in reviewing applications and monitoring awardees. The form asks
applicants to provide a description of the activities or steps the
applicant will take to achieve each of the objectives proposed during
the entire period of performance. The current standardized format and
data submission by applicants increases efficiency in reviewing,
awarding, and monitoring each project.
The QPU is completed via HRSA's Electronic Handbook system and
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prompts recipients to report on progress of activities that were
submitted using the SWP in the original application. The QPU
automatically populates activities from the recipient's SWP form on a
quarterly basis. For each activity listed in the submitted SWP for any
particular quarter within the project period, recipients select and
submit a single selection response for each activity status from a
pull-down menu with five options: Activity is on Schedule, Activity is
Complete, Timing is off track, Activity will be missed if action is not
taken, and Activity cannot be achieved. Information provided is
utilized by the program staff to regularly assess overall progress of
program requirements and analyze data in order to monitor award
recipient compliance and track progress against proposed targets and
goals. Information gathered allows an improved and more efficient
method for identifying whether projects' goals are being advanced or
achieved, as set forth in 45 CFR 75.342. Program staff also use
information provided over the period of performance to see emerging
trends and to assess whether an award recipient requires technical
assistance to address challenges that the award recipient may be
experiencing with the implementation of the project. Seeking OMB
extension approval comports with the regulatory requirement imposed by
45 CFR 75.206(a), Paperwork clearances.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are applicants for, and recipients
of, BHW's research and training grants and cooperative agreements.
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.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total annual
respondents respondent responses (in hours) burden hours
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Standardized Work Plan (SWP).... 1,000 1 1,000 1.00 1,000
Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) 1,000 4 4,000 .10 400
Form...........................
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Total....................... \1\ 1,000 .............. 5,000 .............. 1,400
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\1\ The 1,000 Standardized Work Plan (SWP) respondents reflects the number of new grant applications submitted
annually. The 1,000 Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) respondents reflects the current volume of funded, active
grants.
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.
[FR Doc. 2023-18360 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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