Notice2025-22008
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
December 5, 2025
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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 Fellowship Management System (FMS). The Fellowship Management System is an information technology platform through which CDC invites and manages applications to CDC fellowship programs from potential fellows and host sites. FMS also is used by some programs to monitor fellows' progress.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 232 (Friday, December 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56153-56155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22008]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-26-0765; Docket No. CDC-2025-0915]
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 Fellowship Management System (FMS). The Fellowship Management
System is an information technology platform through which CDC invites
and manages applications to CDC fellowship programs from potential
fellows and host sites. FMS also is used by some programs to monitor
fellows' progress.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 3, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0915 by either of the following methods:
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<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: 404-639-7118;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5837353a183b3c3b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335c5e51735057501d545c45">[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
Fellowship Management System (FMS) (OMB Control No. 0920-0765, Exp.
03/31/2026)--Revision--National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and
Territorial Infrastructure and Workforce (NCSTLTIW), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC's Division of Workforce Development (DWD) requests a three-year
Revision to continue the use of the CDC Fellowship Management System
(FMS) to collect data under the approved OMB Control No. 0920-0765. The
mission of DWD is to provide leadership in public health training and
education, and manage innovative, evidence-based programs to prepare
the health workforce to meet public health challenges of the 21st
century. Professionals in public health, epidemiology, medicine,
economics, information science, veterinary medicine, nursing, public
policy, and other related disciplines seek opportunities, through CDC
fellowships, to broaden their knowledge and skills to improve the
science and practice of public health. CDC fellows are assigned to
state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies; federal
government agencies, including CDC and Department of Health and Human
Services' (HHS) operational divisions; and, in some cases, non-
governmental organizations.
CDC uses FMS to collect, process, and manage data from nonfederal
applicants seeking training or public health support services through
CDC fellowships. FMS is used by CDC to electronically receive
fellowship applications, receive fellowship host site proposals, and,
for some programs, track completion of fellowship activities. FMS is a
flexible, modern, secure, and robust electronic information system able
to meet the unique needs of each CDC fellowship. The system is critical
to efficient data and program management for CDC and essential for
reducing burden and providing a high-quality user experience for
respondents. FMS is key to CDC's ability to protect the public's health
by facilitating training opportunities that strengthen the public
health workforce.
The proposed Revision has two purposes: (1) streamline the
fellowship management functions housed within FMS; and (2) update the
time and respondent burdens. For the first purpose, all functions
related to tracking fellowship alumni, and many functions related to
tracking fellows' activities during their programs, are proposed for
removal from the system. These functions are currently unnecessary, and
in some cases, duplicative of other data management and collection
processes. Embedding them in the new FMS platform was deemed not cost
effective at this time. No other changes to the content of the FMS
Application or Host Site Modules, or to the number and kind of
fellowship programs that use this system, are included in this Revision
request. However, the final information collection forms submitted as
part of the 30-day Federal Register Notice for FMS may contain some
minor content changes to those Modules. If so, these will be clearly
enumerated and described beforehand in a formally submitted change
request.
For the second purpose related to burden changes, this Revision
proposes a modest decrease in total time burden. This is the result of
more comprehensive estimations for fellow and host site applicants'
respondent and time burdens, along with the changes related to
streamlining the functions housed in the system. CDC determined that a
thorough review of application submission trends and a series of pilot
tests to better estimate time burden were warranted for this revision.
The estimated burden per response for this revision request reflects
the empirical results of application trends and pilot testing. For the
FMS Application and Host Site Modules, the burdens based on the pilot
test and feedback led to significant decreases in annual respondents
and significant increases in estimated time burden per respondent. The
time burden increases are conservative and more realistic and do not
represent an increase in actual number or kind of questions asked.
Below the detailed changes in time and respondents are outlined.
FMS Application Module: The estimated annual number of fellowship
applicants is decreased in this request from 5286 to 2500 based on
application submission trends from the most recent approval period. In
accordance with a reduction in the number of applicants, a reduction in
the number of reference letter requests is included as well. Based on
the pilot test, in which CDC encouraged more comprehensive assessment
of time needed to prepare and submit the information included in these
applications, the average burden per response increased from 87 to 163
minutes.
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FMS Host Site Module: As with the FMS Application Module, the
revised number of host site applicants comes from FMS system reporting
for the most recent approval period. New estimated annual number of
host site applicants is decreased from 970 to 560 responses.
Previously, estimates for the FMS Host Site Module's burden per
response were based on the time it would take to fill out the form
itself, assuming that responses were largely prepared or known ahead of
time. The new estimate, created in part with feedback from former host
site applicants, captures the true extent of burden imposed by
discussing, drafting, reviewing, and submitting responses to these
applications. Average burden per response is increased from 75 to 461
minutes.
FMS Activity Tracking Module: Given the significant reduction in
the scope and use of this module, the estimated annual number of
activity tracking respondents is decreased from 555 to 100. No change
to time burden per response is requested, as CDC assessed the currently
approved time burden to be a conservative, accurate estimate.
FMS Alumni Directory: Alumni Module is proposed for deactivation
and thus has no burden in this Revision request.
Across these burden changes, compared to the currently approved
burden of 13,477 hours annually, the new proposed burden is 12,655
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hr) (in hr)
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Fellowship Applicants........ FMS Application 2,500 1 163/60 6,792
Module.
Reference Letter Writers..... FMS Application 5,000 1 15/60 1,250
Module.
Subset of FMS Fellowship FMS Application 220 1 30/60 110
Applicants (FMS Application Module.
Writing Samples).
Public Health Agency or FMS Host Site 560 1 461/60 4,303
Organization Staff. Module.
Public Health Agency or FMS Activity 100 2 30/60 200
Organization Staff. Tracking
Module.
Fellowship Alumni............ FMS Alumni 0 1 37/60 0
Directory.
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Total.................... ............... .............. ................ .............. 12,655
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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. 2025-22008 Filed 12-4-25; 8:45 am]
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