[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 61610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24889]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)
443-1984.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: Maternal and Child Health Bureau Performance Measures
for Discretionary Grants (OMB No. 0915-0298): Revision
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) intends to continue to
collect performance data for Special Projects of Regional and National
Significance (SPRANS), Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS), and
other grant programs administered by MCHB.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to
continue using reporting requirements for SPRANS projects, CISS
projects, and other grant programs administered by MCHB, including
national performance measures previously approved by OMB, and in
accordance with the ``Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of
1993'' (Pub. L. 103-62). This Act requires the establishment of
measurable goals for federal programs that can be reported as part of
the budgetary process, thus linking funding decisions with performance.
Performance measures for MCHB discretionary grants were initially
approved in January 2003. Approval from OMB is being sought to continue
the use of these measures. Some of these measures are specific to
certain types of programs and will not apply to all grantees. Through
the experience of utilizing these measures, we are enhancing them to
better reflect program goals. Specifically, additional outcome measures
that can be utilized by grantees that predominantly provide
infrastructure services are being developed for submission to OMB.
The estimated response burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Burden hours Total burden
Form respondents respondent responses per response hours
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Grant Report....................................................... 900 1 900 41 36,900
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to
the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Please direct all
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''
Dated: October 3, 2012.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-24889 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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