Notice2024-05162
Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment Request
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Published
March 12, 2024
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17860-17861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05162]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-new]
Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95c6fdf0e7e7f0e1e1f0bbd3e0fbfbd5fdfde6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db88b3bea9a9beafafbef59daeb5b59bb3b3a8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a> or by calling
(202) 264-0041 and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#17474556575f5f4439505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bceceefdfcf4f4ef92fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D and
project title for reference, to Sherrette A. Funn, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#287b404d5a5a4d5c5c4d066e5d46466840405b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aefdc6cbdcdccbdadacb80e8dbc0c0eec6c6dd80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a4a485b5a525249345d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ccccedddcd4d4cfb2dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a> or call (202) 264-0041 the Reports
Clearance Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (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.
Title of the Collection: OASH Periodic Performance Project Report
(PPR) for Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
Type of Collection: New.
OMB No. 0990-NEW-Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
is seeking OMB approval on a new information collection, the OASH
Standard Periodic Performance Project Report (PPR) for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements (hereafter the OASH PPR). The purpose of this
data collection is to gather quantitative and qualitative information
common to the assessment of recipient performance on individual grants
and cooperative agreements (collectively, grants) managed in OASH. OASH
will collect common data elements measuring the performance of each
recipient against the approved grant project plan, including progress
toward goals and outcomes as required by 45 CFR 75.342(b)(2).
OASH oversees a broad range of grant programs within the Office of
the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The
current active OASH programs with discretionary grants (with assistance
listing number) include: Public Awareness Campaigns on Embryo Adoption
(93.007); Research on Research Integrity (93.085); Advancing System
Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health (93.088); Community
Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Programs (93.137); Family
Planning Services (93.217); Family Planning Personnel Training
(93.260); Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program (93.297); Public Health
Service Evaluation Funds (93.343); Research, Monitoring and Outcomes
Definitions for Vaccine Safety (93.344); Minority HIV/AIDS Fund
(93.899); Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research Grants
(93.974); and National Health Promotion (93.990). OASH grants span a
wide range of project types, including service, demonstration project,
evaluation, research, training, and conference projects. Within each
program, the awards are subdivided into cohorts aligned with the
notices of funding opportunity under which OASH competed the awards.
Currently, there are 47 cohorts of active awards across OASH. In any
given year, OASH programs collectively monitor 450-550 active awards
with another 200-300 inactive awards awaiting final reports as a
prerequisite to closing the grant.
The collection is needed to enhance project performance information
and simplify reporting under 45 CFR 75.301. Each recipient currently
must submit a quarterly Federal Financial Report (FFR or SF-425) (45
CFR 75.341) and a periodic Performance Progress Report (PPR) for each
grant (45 CFR 75.342(b)(2). PPR reporting periods in OASH are scheduled
quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, depending on the need determined
by the program office using a narrative format that can vary by cohort.
The PPR schedule is specifically aligned with the quarterly FFRs
whenever possible to create a complete snapshot of the project's
progress at the end of the reporting period.
The common elements identified in the new collection for OASH
programs will standardize the collection of the required information
(45 CFR 75.342(b)(2)) including: (1) a comparison of the actual
accomplishments to the objectives of the award for the period; (2) the
reasons why established goals were not met; and (3) pertinent
information, analysis and explanation of cost overruns or high unit
costs. The common elements include reporting on publications, including
data sets and other work products, to facilitate implementation of OSTP
Memorandum Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access Federally
Funded Research (August 25, 2022). The new information collection will
limit the content of the report to those activities taking place during
the reporting period (i.e., quarterly, semiannually, or annually). The
information collection is structured to facilitate program review
across reporting periods. This will allow OASH to identify and improve
program outcomes, share lessons learned, and spread the adoption of
promising practices among its grant recipients and other HHS awarding
agencies.
The content of the new collection is structured for web-based data
collection under 7 headings: Report Header; Project Progress;
Significant Project
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Accomplishments; Broader Program Impacts; Products and Dissemination;
Collaboration and Partnering Activities; and Project Evaluation
Activities. Information will be prepopulated based on the login
credentials for the user submitting the report and the specific grant
being reported. Not all grants will have reportable activities under
all headings (e.g., not all grants have an evaluation component
embedded in the project). However, most OASH grants will have
reportable information under most headings. Program offices with
additional reporting programmatic information collections will
eventually transition collection of any overlapping data elements to
this OASH PPR. During the transition, OASH will not require grant
recipients to provide the same information twice.
Likely Respondents: Members and staff from academia, community
organizations, local/state/federal government, private sector, and
tribal government and services organizations.
Annualized Burden Hour Table
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Number of Average
Forms (if necessary) Respondents (if Number of responses per burden per Total burden
necessary) respondents respondents response hours
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OASH PPR...................... OASH grant 800 3 1 2400
recipients.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2400
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Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-05162 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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