Notice2024-02682
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
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February 9, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9150-9152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02682]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-24-1078]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``The Division of Workforce Development (DWD)
Fellowship Alumni Assessment'' to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed
Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations''
notice on October 30, 2023, to obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. CDC received one comment related to the previous
notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
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CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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 submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
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
an agency-wide CDC reorganization, 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 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 this 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 includes the Epidemiology Elective Program (EEP), Evaluation
Fellowship Program(EFP), Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Future
Leaders in Infectious and Global Health Threats (FLIGHT), Laboratory
Leadership Service (LLS), CDC Steven M. Teutsch Prevention
Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship, Public Health Informatics Fellowship
Program (PHIFP), and the Science Ambassador Fellowship (SAF), in
addition to the Public Health Associate Program (PHAP). This ICR is
also 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 any host site
supervisor surveys these fellowships may seek to conduct.
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.
All share a common goal that, post-fellowship, alumni seek employment
within the public health system (i.e., Federal, State, Tribal, local,
or Territorial health agencies, or non-governmental organizations).
Given this common goal, 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. There is a core set of assessment questions
that all fellowship programs will use. Each program can also add
fellowship-specific questions to their surveys to ensure relevance of
the surveys to each program's alumni. Surveys will be administered
electronically; a link to the survey will be provided in an email
invitation. 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
between 8-25 minutes per respondent per survey, and the total
annualized estimated burden is 175 hours. Participation is voluntary
and there are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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EEP Alumni............................ EEP Alumni Survey....... 135 1 20/60
EFP Alumni............................ EFP Alumni Survey....... 60 1 8/60
EIS/LLS Alumni........................ EIS/LLS Alumni Survey... 210 1 25/60
FLIGHT Alumni......................... FLIGHT Alumni Survey.... 5 1 8/60
PE Fellowship Alumni.................. PE Fellowship Alumni 25 1 8/60
Survey.
PHIFP Alumni.......................... PHIFP Alumni Survey..... 20 1 8/60
PHAP Alumni........................... PHAP Alumni Survey...... 130 1 8/60
SAF Alumni............................ SAF Alumni Survey....... 60 1 10/60
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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. 2024-02682 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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