[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66617-66619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27047]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-13-0841]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
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summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to Ron Otten, 1600
Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Management Information System for Comprehensive Cancer Control
Programs--Revision (OMB No. 0920-0841, exp. 1/31/2013)--National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
From 2007-2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) provided funding to all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
seven tribes/tribal organizations, and seven territories/U.S. Pacific
Island jurisdictions through the National Cancer Prevention and Control
Program (CDC Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DP07-703). Since
2010, the 65 awardees have used an electronic management information
system to submit semi-annual progress reports to CDC (``Management
Information System for Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs,'' OMB No.
0920-0841, exp. 1/31/2013). The progress reports satisfied federal
reporting requirements and allowed CDC to provide targeted technical
assistance to awardees while monitoring their activities and progress.
The electronic MIS also provided CDC with the capacity to respond in a
timely manner to requests for information from the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and other sources.
In June 2012, CDC initiated a new five-year funding cycle (``Cancer
Prevention and Control Program for State, Territorial and Tribal
Organizations,'' CDC FOA DP12-1205). New cooperative agreements were
established with all 65 states, territories, and jurisdictions. In
addition to maintaining established core cancer prevention and control
activities, the new cooperative agreements reflect increased emphasis
on awardee-based policy and environmental approaches to improving
health outcomes. New performance measures have been developed to
monitor these outcomes and are being incorporated into the MIS. Each
state- or territory-based program director will continue to submit
semi-annual progress reports to CDC.
CDC issued a related but distinct funding opportunity for states
and territories that are poised to accelerate the development of their
policy and environmental approaches to cancer control (``Demonstrating
the Capacity of Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs to Implement
Policy and Environmental Cancer Control Interventions,'' FOA DP10-
1017). Additional cooperative agreements, which are specific to
demonstration program objectives, were awarded to 13 of the 65 states,
jurisdictions and territories. Demonstration program activities will be
aligned with the existing comprehensive cancer control program in a
manner that minimizes duplication, capitalizes on existing activities,
and fosters rapid implementation, and will be facilitated by a state-
or territory-based policy task force coordinator. However, because
demonstration program activities are funded under discrete cooperative
agreements, CDC will require separate semi-annual progress reports to
monitor the activities and resources which are specific to
demonstration program objectives.
CDC plans to request OMB approval of modifications to the MIS-based
reporting system including: (1) Minor changes to core MIS data elements
for all 65 awardees, and (2) separate data collection and progress
reporting for demonstration program awardees, and (3) revised burden
estimates based on a modified method for estimating respondent burden.
In the initial OMB approval for MIS-based reporting, total
respondent burden was based on a long-term average burden per response.
CDC acknowledges that response burden actually varies over the award
period, with time commitments for data entry and training being
greatest during the first six to twelve months of the award period.
After initial population of the MIS has been completed, ongoing
maintenance of the system is limited to entering changes, progress
information, and new activities, and the burden per response decreases
substantially. The revised method for estimating respondent burden
distinguishes between these phases.
For the 65 state- and territory-based cancer prevention and control
programs, CDC estimates the initial burden of populating the MIS at
four hours per response. Some of the information entered into the MIS
during the previous cooperative agreement period will be downloaded to
minimize respondent burden in the new funding period, but awardees will
be responsible for verifying this information and entering new
objectives. After completing these steps, the estimated burden for
ongoing system maintenance and semi-annual reporting is three hours per
response.
For the 13 states and territories that are also participating in
the demonstration program, the initial burden of populating the MIS is
estimated to be six hours per response. Awardees will be responsible
for entering information about the new objectives, staff, and other
resources for demonstration program activities, which is not available
from existing sources. Thereafter, the estimated burden for ongoing
system maintenance and semi-annual reporting is estimated at three
hours per response.
OMB approval will be requested for three years. CDC will use the
information collection to identify training and technical assistance
needs, monitor compliance with cooperative agreement requirements,
evaluate progress made in achieving program-specific goals, and obtain
information needed to respond to Congressional and other inquiries
regarding program activities and effectiveness. Data will be collected
electronically twice per year. There are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Burden per
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hr) (in hr)
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Program Director for State- or Data Elements 22 1 4 88
Territory-Based Cancer for All CPC
Prevention and Control Programs:
Program. Initial MIS
Population.
Data Elements 65 2 3 390
for All CPC
Programs: Semi-
annual
Reporting.
State- or Territory-Based Data Elements 5 1 6 30
Policy Task Force Coordinator. for CPC
Demonstration
Program:
Initial MIS
Population.
Data Elements 13 2 3 78
for CPC
Demonstration
Program: Semi-
annual
Reporting.
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Total......................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 586
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Dated: October 29, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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