[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21249-21250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08446]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-14-14GB]
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, 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
Become a Partner--New--Office of Public Health Preparedness and
Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)
provide strategic direction, ongoing support, and coordination for
CDC's portfolio of emergency preparedness and response activities. CDC
and OPHPR work every day to keep America safe from all-hazards,
focusing on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear as well as
naturally-occurring threats, both foreign and domestic.
OPHPR's mission is critically dependent on effectively engaging
outside partners to maximize resources and overall impact. Therefore,
OPHPR seeks ways to improve its current partner strategy to engage new
partners. Forging strategic alliances with diverse stakeholders is
critical as OPHPR works to keep America safe from all health, safety,
and security threats. Health security is a national challenge that
calls for a national, whole community solution.
New partners who do not have an explicit mission statement related
to public health preparedness and response are difficult to identify;
therefore, OPHPR must use a creative method that allows groups and
individuals to self-identify their interest in partnerships--such as an
online form housed on CDC's public Web site. By identifying new
partners, OPHPR will strengthen its ability to collaborate with a
broader audience of stakeholders thereby, strengthening our collective
voice on public health preparedness issues to keep our nation's health
secure. OPHPR will use the information submitted through this online
form to determine who in our agency would be the best liaison for this
potential partner, and then follow up on this information with a phone
call to further assess how we can begin building and effectively
managing this new relationship.
CDC requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to
collect information for three years.
Description
The ``Become a Partner'' template is a single, double-sided page
that will be used as an online form for anyone voluntarily exploring
how to partner with OPHPR. This form will dramatically reduce the
burden on respondents and employees by allowing self-identification of
partnership interests and collecting information to determine
partnership needs and opportunities. The questions in the form
specifically request name, address, phone, email, Web site, and a
combination of five questions related to partnership interests. The
questions asked will help determine if the interested party wants to
receive information available through OPHPR, if they want to exchange
information that is mutually beneficial for cross-promotion, if they
coordinate any activities that support public health preparedness, and
if they offer additional services to support public health (not already
listed above). Finally, they will be asked to identify the most
relevant partnership interests within OPHPR categories.
Ultimately, the form will allow OPHPR to identify and then engage
interested partners in meaningful collaborations for the purpose of
expanding, enhancing and sustaining public health preparedness and
response infrastructure.
We estimate a total of 200 external governmental and non-
governmental organizational respondents annually. The ``Become a
Partner'' questionnaire is estimated to take 15 minutes and the
``Become a Partner'' follow-up questionnaire is estimated to take 30
minutes to complete. Therefore, the total estimated annualized burden
for this information collection is estimated to be 75 hours.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs.)
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General public; specifically targeting Become a Partner........ 100 1 15/60
external governmental and non-
governmental organizations including
non-profit organizations, trade
associations, academic and research
institutions, and the private sector.
General public; specifically targeting Become a Partner Follow- 100 1 30/60
external governmental and non- Up Questions.
governmental organizations including
non-profit organizations, trade
associations, academic and research
institutions, and the private sector.
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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. 2014-08446 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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