[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32129-32131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13797]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-15-15AME; Docket No. CDC-2015-0043]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a Monitoring and
Reporting System for the National Tobacco Control Program. CDC will use
the information collected to monitor cooperative agreement awardees and
to identify facilitators and challenges to program implementation and
achievement of outcomes.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0043 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology
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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.
Proposed Project
Monitoring and Reporting System for the National Tobacco Control
Program--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works with
states, territories, tribal organizations, and the District of Columbia
(collectively referred to as ``state-based'' programs) to develop,
implement, manage, and evaluate tobacco prevention and control
programs. Support and guidance for these programs have been provided
through cooperative agreement funding and technical assistance
administered by CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Partnerships and collaboration with
other federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, local
communities, public and private sector organizations, and major
voluntary associations have been critical to the success of these
efforts.
NCCDPHP cooperative agreements DP15-1509 (National State-Based
Tobacco Control Programs) and DP14-1410PPHF14 (Public Health Approaches
for Ensuring Quitline Capacity) continue to support efforts since 1999
to build state health department infrastructure and capacity to
implement comprehensive tobacco prevention and control programs.
Through these cooperative agreements, health departments in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam are funded to
implement evidence-based environmental, policy, and systems strategies
and activities designed to reduce tobacco use, secondhand smoke
exposure, tobacco-related disparities and associated disease,
disability, and death.
CDC plans to request OMB approval to collect information from the
53 state-based programs funded under both DP15-1509 and DP14-
1410PPHF14. Awardees will report information about their work plan
objectives, activities, and performance measures. Each awardee will
submit an Annual Work Plan Progress Report using an Excel-based Work
Plan Tool. The estimated burden per response is 3 hours for each Annual
Work Plan Progress report. In addition, each awardee will submit an
Annual Budget Progress Report using an Excel-based Budget Tool. The
estimated burden per response is two hours for each Annual Budget
Progress Report.
In Year 1, each awardee will have additional burden related to
initial population of the reporting tools. Initial population of the
Work Plan Tool is estimated to be 6 hours per response, and initial
population of the Budget Tool is estimated to be 4 hours per response.
Initial population of the tools is a one-time activity which is
annualized over the 3 years of the information collection request. Due
to annualization, the 53 awardees are represented as 18 awardees (53/3)
in the burden table. After completing the initial population of the
tools, pertinent information only needs to be updated for each annual
report. The same instruments will be used for all information
collection and reporting.
Awardees will upload their information to www.grants.gov on an
annual basis to satisfy routine cooperative agreement reporting
requirements. Although reporting is required once per year, data entry
can occur on a real-time basis. As a result, the reporting tools can
also be used for ongoing program management, and support more
effective, data-driven technical assistance between NCCDPHP and
awardees.
CDC will use the information collected to monitor each awardee's
progress and to identify facilitators and challenges to program
implementation and achievement of outcomes. Monitoring allows CDC to
determine whether an awardee is meeting performance and budget goals
and to make adjustments in the type and level of technical assistance
provided to them, as needed, to support attainment of their performance
measures. Monitoring and evaluation activities also allow CDC to
provide oversight of the use of federal funds, and to identify and
disseminate information about successful prevention and control
strategies implemented by awardees. These functions are central to
NCCDPHP's broad mission of reducing the burden of chronic diseases.
Finally, the information collection will allow CDC to monitor the
increased emphasis on partnerships and programmatic collaboration, and
is expected to reduce duplication of effort, enhance program impact and
maximize the use of federal funds.
OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation in the
information collection is required as a condition of funding. There are
no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
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State Tobacco Control Managers Initial 18 1 6 108
Population of
the Work Plan
Tool.
Annual Work Plan 53 1 3 159
Progress Report.
Initial 18 1 4 72
Population of
the Budget Tool.
Annual Budget 53 1 2 106
Progress Report.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 445
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Leroy A. 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. 2015-13797 Filed 6-4-15; 8:45 am]
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