Notice2026-01619
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
January 27, 2026
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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 National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC). The purpose of the collection is to support program management of the National Network of Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinical Prevention Training Center (NNPTC) and to evaluate the reach and impact of the NNPTC's training activities.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3498-3499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01619]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-26-0995; Docket No. CDC-2026-0100]
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 National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC). The purpose of the collection is
to support program management of the National Network of Sexually
Transmitted Disease Clinical Prevention Training Center (NNPTC) and to
evaluate the reach and impact of the NNPTC's training activities.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 30, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2026-
0100 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#4c23212e0c2f282f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e41434c6e4d4a4d00494158">[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
National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) (OMB Control No. 0920-0995, Exp. 3/
31/2026)--Extension--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis,
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of
STD Prevention (DSTDP) requests an Extension of the currently approved
information collection request (ICR) that comprises the National
Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training
Centers (NNPTC) Abbreviated Health Professional Application for
Training (NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT) for a period of 12 months. This
Extension ICR will allow the NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT to continue to
serve as the official training application form used for training
activities conducted by the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Prevention Training Centers' (PTCs) grantees funded by the (CDC).
The PTCs are funded by CDC/DSTDP to provide training and capacity-
building including information, training, technical assistance, and
technology transfer. The PTCs offer classroom and experiential
training, web-based training, clinical consultation, and capacity
building assistance to maintain and enhance the capacity of health care
professionals to control and prevent STDs and HIV. The NNPTC
Abbreviated HPAT is used to monitor and evaluate performance and reach
of grantees that offer STD and HIV prevention training, training
assistance, and capacity building assistance to physicians, nurses,
disease intervention specialists, health educators, etc. During the
previously approved period, data was collected to monitor and evaluate
the performance of the NNTPC grantees and the NNPTC program. These data
provided the NNPTC with necessary information to improve program
processes and operations to improve the quality of STD prevention and
treatment.
The 4,500 respondents (who will engage in a total of 11,680
respondent instances) represent an average of the number of health
professionals trained by PTC grantees during a grant year. The
evaluation instruments collect data on the impact of the training by
the NNPTC. This data collection is necessary to assess and evaluate the
performance of the grantees in delivering training and to standardize
training registration processes across the PTCs.
The NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT allows CDC grantees to use a single
instrument when collecting demographic data from its training and
capacity building participants, regarding their: (1) occupations,
professions, and functional roles; (2) principal employment settings;
(3) location of
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their work settings; and (4) programmatic and population foci of their
work. The NNPTC HPAT takes approximately three minutes to complete.
This data collection provides CDC with information to determine whether
the training grantees are reaching their target audiences in terms of
provider type, the types of organizations in which participants work,
the focus of their work and the population groups and geographic areas
served. The evaluation instruments are used to assess training and
capacity-building outcomes (knowledge, confidence, intention to use
information, actual changes made as a result of training) immediately
after and again 90 days after training events. The evaluation
instruments vary based on the type of training offered and take between
approximately 10 minutes to complete (for intensive multi-day
trainings) to three minutes to complete (for short didactic or webinar
sessions). In the latest grant year, 94% of participants reported
having most or all of the knowledge on a topic after completing the
training; 88% of participants reported feeling confident or very
confident in their skills after completing the training. Of
participants that completed the pre- and post- training knowledge and
confidence evaluation, 77% indicated an increase in knowledge and 67%
reported an increase in skills confidence. Aside from minor updates to
ensure compliance with Executive Orders issued since January 2025,
there are no substantive changes to the previously approved data
collection instruments.
The CDC's Funding Opportunity Announcement PS 20-2024, National
Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training
Centers (NNPTC), requires the collection of national demographic
information on grantees' trainees and national evaluation outcomes.
There is no change to the previously approved burden estimate. The
estimated annualized burden hours for this data collection are 453
hours. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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 (hours) (hours)
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Healthcare Professionals...... NNPTC 4,500 1 3/60 225
Abbreviated
Health
Professional
Application for
Training (NNPTC
HPAT).
Healthcare Professionals...... Immediate Post- 4,500 1 1/60 75
Course email
invitation.
Healthcare Professionals...... 3 Month Long- 660 1 1/60 11
Term email
invitation.
Healthcare Professionals...... Basic Post- 1200 1 3/60 60
Course
Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals...... Basic Long-Term 400 1 3/60 20
Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals...... Intensive 300 1 10/60 50
Complete Post-
Course
Evaluation.
Healthcare Professionals...... Intensive 120 1 6/60 12
Complete Long-
Term Evaluation.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 453
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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. 2026-01619 Filed 1-26-26; 8:45 am]
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