[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57640-57641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22806]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-13-13TD]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
``So What? Telling a Compelling Story'' Template--New--Office of
Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Background: Stories are difficult to gather and track; therefore,
OPHPR must use a creative method to collect relevant stories on the
impacts of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grant in
state and local health departments and at the community level. Several
resources and tools exist within CDC and partner organizations to share
stories but the stories tend to be dated or already used in another
capacity. OPHPR must be proactive in leveraging this template to
collect new, timely anecdotes, described as ``leads'' in the rest of
this notice, versus full stories, in order to describe the current
successes and challenges public health officials face implementing the
PHEP grant and associated activities.
CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to
collect information for three years.
Description: The storytelling template is a single page, double-
sided guide for storytellers, described as ``sources'' in the remainder
of this notice. With this tool, developers intend to dramatically
reduce the burden on respondents and employees who may otherwise engage
in complete story development with each new event. In this manner,
staff may tease out pertinent and timely leads for potential
development at a later date based on the needs of leadership.
Development of a complete story from this template will occur with a
small percentage of the leads. The text specifically requested is the
source's name, telephone number, email address, organization, job
title, the topic of the compelling story, a headline, and up to three
key bullet points. The intent of this template is to guide the
development of bullets and headlines describing successes, impacts, and
other funding-related activities.
The goals of these leads are shaped by four topics:
1. Showcasing the nature of the preparedness and response
challenge: Something observed at ground level that clearly illustrates
why preparedness and response work is necessary.
2. Illustrating the public health contribution: Examples that prove
public health preparedness and response not only makes a difference,
but also describe the unique approach public health brings to emergency
response.
3. Supporting the evidence-base: Examples that compliment
qualitative research on evidence based interventions.
4. Demonstrating return on investment: Leads describing awareness
of how funds are used and demonstrating fiscal responsibility and
transparency.
OPHPR representatives intend to collect story leads from a variety
of sources including CDC Field Staff, state health officers, local
health department directors, preparedness planners, non-public health
preparedness and response partners, the public and volunteer group
members.
The developers plan to leverage existing communications channels if
the leads are used or developed into more lengthy stories. Just as
stories are used currently, leads from this template will be
potentially used in congressional inquiries, leadership presentations,
annual reports, and CDC OPHPR Web sites.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annual burden hours are 95.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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CDC Field Staff, state health ``So What? Telling a 100 1 30/60
officers, local health department Compelling Story''.
directors, preparedness planners, non-
public health preparedness and
response partners, the public and
volunteer group members.
CDC Field Staff, state health ``So What? Telling a 30 1 1.5
officers, local health department Compelling Story''
directors, preparedness planners, non- Follow-Up Questions.
public health preparedness and
response partners, the public and
volunteer group members.
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-22806 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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