Notice2026-10081
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to 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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Published
May 20, 2026
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29499-29500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10081]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to 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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than June 22,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1767766772656078657c577f65647639707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85f5e4f5e0f7f2eaf7eec5edf7f6e4abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Standardized Work Plan Form
for Use with Applications to HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce Research
and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements, OMB No. 0906-0049--
Revision
Abstract: HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) requires
applicants for training and research grants and cooperative agreements
to submit work plans via the Standardized Work Plan (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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2026,
vol. 91, No. 44; pp. 11081-82. There were no public comments.
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 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 used by the program staff to regularly
assess overall progress of program requirements and analyze data 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
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hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total annual
respondents respondent responses (in hours) burden hours
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SWP............................. 1,000 1 1,000 1.00 1,000
QPU Form........................ 1,000 4 4,000 0.10 400
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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. 2026-10081 Filed 5-19-26; 8:45 am]
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