Notice2023-23860
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
October 30, 2023
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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 continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled The Division of Workforce Development (DWD) Fellowship Alumni Assessment. Information will be collected from graduates of selected public health fellowships to assess the impact of fellowship programs and improve their management.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74193-74194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23860]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-1078; Docket No. CDC-2023-0086]
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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled The Division of Workforce Development (DWD) Fellowship Alumni
Assessment. Information will be collected from graduates of selected
public health fellowships to assess the impact of fellowship programs
and improve their management.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before December 29,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0086 by any 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#6c03010e2c0f080f420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1aeaca381a2a5a2efa6aeb7">[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
The Division of Workforce Development (DWD) Fellowship Alumni
Assessment (OMB Control No. 0920-1078, Exp. 02/29/2024)--Revision--
National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health
Infrastructure and Workforce (NCSTLTPHIW), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign
and in the U.S. CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in part, through a
competent and capable public health workforce. One mechanism for
developing the public health workforce is through fellowship programs
like those sponsored and supported by the Division of Workforce
Development (DWD).
A robust public health workforce has sufficient workforce,
organizational, and systems capacity to deliver essential public health
services and protect the public's health. In 2023, after a CDC
reorganization agency-wide, a number of CDC career fellowships were
consolidated within one new division, DWD, which has a lead role in
public health workforce development. Across all of its branches, DWD
manages or supports many full-time, cross-cutting career fellowship
programs that support CDC and State, Tribal, local, and Territorial
health departments, and partner organizations. Through these programs,
DWD strives to provide quality training for current and future members
of the public health workforce to ensure they have foundational and
contemporary public health skills. Nearly all these programs serve as a
pathway to CDC career communities and are an important source of supply
for the public health workforce.
In 2015, CDC obtained OMB approval to conduct follow-up surveys of
alumni who had completed the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP)
(OMB Control No. 0920-1078). Findings from the PHAP alumni surveys have
improved CDC's understanding of alumni retention and career progression
in the public health workforce and have informed management of the
PHAP. In the current Revision, CDC proposes to build on lessons learned
in PHAP fellowship evaluation. CDC will broaden the scope of
information collection to accommodate the full portfolio of DWD
fellowships, which currently include the Epidemiology Elective Program
(EEP), Evaluation Fellowship (EF), Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS),
CDC E-Learning Institute, Future Leaders in Infectious and Global
Health Threats (FLIGHT), Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS), CDC
Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship, Preventive
Medicine Residency and Fellowship, Population Health Training in Place
Program (PHTPP), Science Ambassador Fellowship (SAF), and PHAP. In
addition to expanding the respondent
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universe for fellowship alumni, this ICR is intentionally removing the
host site supervisor component included in the original ICR. This
revision will specifically focus on fellowship alumni only. A new ICR
will be created for the host site supervisor survey.
Each year, new cohorts ranging from three to 200 individuals are
enrolled across these fellowship programs. While each fellowship
differs in focus area, type of fellow, and projects, they all have the
same mission: to train and provide learning opportunities to early- and
mid-career professionals who contribute to the public health workforce.
Post-fellowship, it is the goal that alumni seek employment within the
public health system (i.e., Federal, State, Tribal, local, or
Territorial health agencies, or non-governmental organizations).
CDC will apply a common approach to assessing how fellowship
participation impacts the job placement, retention in the public health
workforce, and career progression of alumni. DWD Fellowship Alumni
Surveys will be administered to individual program alumni at three
different time points (one year, three years, and five years post-
program completion). Each fellowship program will invite their
program's alumni to participate. Fellowships will be deploying surveys
specific to their programs. Assessment questions will remain consistent
at each administration timepoint (i.e., one year, three years, or five
years post-program completion). The language, however, will be updated
for each survey administration to reflect the appropriate time period.
Surveys will be administered electronically; a link to the survey will
be provided in an email invitation. CDC will discontinue the Host Site
Supervisor Survey previously approved for the PHAP fellowship alumni.
CDC will use survey findings to document program outcomes,
demonstrate evidence of impact, and inform decision making about future
program direction. The results of these surveys may be published in
peer reviewed journals and/or in non-scientific publications such as
practice reports and/or fact sheets. OMB approval is requested for
three years. The estimated burden is eight minutes per respondent per
survey, and the total annualized estimated burden is 519 hours.
Participation is voluntary and there are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average burden
Number of Number of time per Total response
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in burden (in
respondent hours) hours)
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DWD Fellowship Alumni......... DWD Alumni 1- 1300 1 8/60 173
Year Survey.
DWD Fellowship Alumni......... DWD Alumni 3- 1300 1 8/60 173
Year Survey.
DWD Fellowship Alumni......... DWD Alumni 5- 1300 1 8/60 173
Year Survey.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 519
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-23860 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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