Notice2026-04493
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Standardized Work Plan Form for Use with Applications to the Bureau of Health Workforce Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements, OMB No. 0906-0049-Revision
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March 6, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to OMB. Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11081-11082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04493]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Public
Comment Request; Standardized Work Plan Form for Use with Applications
to the Bureau of Health Workforce Research and Training Grants and
Cooperative Agreements, OMB No. 0906-0049--Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to OMB. Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 5,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4d4c5d4c1d6d3cbd6cfe4ccd6d7c58ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f18190819483869e839ab199838290df969e87">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 13N82, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8afaebfaeff8fde5f8e1cae2f8f9eba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1767766772656078657c577f65647639707861">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deaebfaebbaca9b1acb59eb6acadbff0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6616071603141109140d260e14150748010910">[email protected]</span></a> or call (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Standardized Work Plan (SWP)
Form for Use with Applications to HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce
(BHW) Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements, OMB No.
0906-0049--Revision
Abstract: HRSA BHW requires applicants for training and research
grants and cooperative agreements to submit work plans via the SWP
form. Information in the SWP describes the timeframes and progress
required during the grant period of performance to address each of the
needs detailed in the Purpose and Need section of the application, as
required in the Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement. Applicants
use the SWP form when they submit their proposals, and award recipients
and Project Officers use the SWP information to assist in monitoring
progress once HRSA makes the awards. After awards are made, recipients
complete a Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) to provide information to
BHW on a quarterly basis on each activity listed in the SWP.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The QPU is completed via
HRSA's Electronic Handbook system and prompts recipients to report on
progress of activities that were submitted using the SWP in the
original application. The QPU automatically populates activities from
the recipient's SWP form on a quarterly basis. For each activity listed
in the submitted SWP for any particular quarter within the project
period, recipients select and submit a single selection response for
each activity status from a pull-down menu with five options: (1)
Activity is on
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Schedule, (2) Activity is Complete, (3) Timing is off track, (4)
Activity will be missed if action is not taken, and (5) Activity cannot
be achieved. This information collection request seeks to split
``Timing is Off Track'' into three options; (1) Timing is Off Track:
Barrier Resolved/Proceeding, (2) Activity no longer needed/applicable,
and (3) Barrier Not Resolved.
Information provided is utilized by the program staff to regularly
assess overall progress of program requirements and analyze data in
order to monitor award recipient compliance and track progress against
proposed targets and goals. Information gathered allows an improved and
more efficient method for identifying whether projects' goals are being
advanced or achieved, as set forth in 2 CFR 200.329. Program staff also
use information provided over the period of performance to see emerging
trends and to assess whether an award recipient requires technical
assistance to address challenges that the award recipient may be
experiencing with the implementation of the project. Seeking OMB
approval of this revision comports with the regulatory requirement
imposed by 2 CFR 200.207(a) and 200.329(b).
Likely Respondents: Respondents are applicants for, and recipients
of, BHW's research and training grants and cooperative agreements.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total annual
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in burden hours
respondent hours)
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Standardized Work Plan (SWP).... 1,000 1 1,000 1.00 1,000
Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) 1,000 4 4,000 0.10 400
Form...........................
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Total....................... \1\ 1,000 .............. 5,000 .............. 1,400
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\1\ The 1,000 SWP respondents reflect the number of new grant applications submitted annually. The 1,000 QPU
respondents reflect the current volume of funded, active grants.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-04493 Filed 3-5-26; 8:45 am]
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