Notice2024-02683
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
February 9, 2024
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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 information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Global Public Health Data Innovation Performance Monitoring. This data collection is designed to help government decision makers gather timely, accurate, and comprehensive public health data to effectively prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9153-9155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02683]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-24-24CR; Docket No. CDC-2024-0011]
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 information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled Global Public Health Data Innovation Performance Monitoring.
This data collection is designed to help government decision makers
gather timely, accurate, and comprehensive public health data to
effectively prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before April 9, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-
0011 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#66090b042605020548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9df2f0ffddfef9feb3faf2eb">[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
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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
Global Public Health Data Innovation (GPHDI) Performance
Monitoring--New--Global Health Center (GHC), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Global Public Health Data Innovation (GPHDI) initiative, led by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), aims to equip
government decision makers with timely, accurate, and comprehensive
public health data to effectively prevent, detect, and respond to
public health threats. Challenges, such as limited data access, non-
standardization, workforce limitations, and gaps in data systems and
governance, often hinder the optimal use of data in public health
response efforts. To overcome these challenges, GPHDI focuses on
strengthening global outbreak response, pandemic preparedness, and
surveillance through improved data availability and utilization. This
is achieved by modernizing data systems and processes at all levels.
GPHDI is made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act passed by
the Congress in 2021 and is rooted in key strategic pillars within CDC,
namely the Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) and the Global Digital
Health Strategy (GDHS). DMI is an agency-wide initiative aimed at
improving data systems infrastructure within the United States. It
offers valuable insights and artifacts that can be adapted and
leveraged for the global context of the GPHDI initiative. The goal of
DMI is to get better, faster, actionable insights for decision making
at all levels of public health. Complementing this, the GDHS
incorporates inputs from a multi-partner engagement process, enhancing
the strategic approach of the initiative.
GPHDI is a current three-year investment that builds on an existing
foundation laid by various country governments, donor agencies, and
multilateral organizations. This investment is specifically allocated
to advance the initiative in 10 selected countries, including Kenya,
Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia in Africa; Colombia and Paraguay in
the South American Region; Georgia and Ukraine in Eastern Europe;
Thailand in the Central Asia Region; and Honduras in the Central
American Region. This data collection is aimed at monitoring and
assessing the contributions of current GPHDI investments in data
modernization and digital public health infrastructure towards
improving data availability to prevent, detect, and respond to public
health threats in the selected countries. The indicators to be
collected include both structured response-type questions (Yes-No
answers, coded answers) and narrative response-type questions. CDC
contractors, RTI International (RTI) will conduct the interviews and
CDC funded implementing partners (IPs) monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
point of contacts will provide responses to the indicators based on
their funded activities. RTI will document the responses from the
interviews using CDC RedCap. Interviews will be conducted in a live
one-on-one session between RTI and identified M&E point of contacts at
the funded IPs. No patient-level or individual level or identifiable
data will be collected for this project.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 64 annual burden hours.
Respondents will be responding to this data collection as a part of the
organizations' funding requirements and obligation. There is no cost to
respondents other than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Implementing partners Monitoring 32 1 2 64
(Monitoring and evaluation question guide.
point of contacts).
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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. 2024-02683 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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