[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91-92]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33092]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-15-2015; Docket No. CDC-2015-0023]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paper Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for the proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address any of the following: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and information to be collected; (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404)639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: 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
Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation
(Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network)--
New--National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
(NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description
In January 2015, CDC launched a new phase of funding for its autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) surveillance program through a new cooperative
agreement: ``Enhancing Public Health Surveillance of Autism Spectrum
Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities through the Autism and
Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network'' under the
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DD15-1501. Through this
cooperative agreement, funding is provided to enhance tracking at eight
existing sites and to launch two new sites. Awards were made to state/
local health departments and/or their designated representatives,
including Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Johns
Hopkins University, Rutgers University, University of Arizona,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Minnesota, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University in
St. Louis. Four sites received funding to carry out Component A, which
focuses on surveillance of ASD and either cerebral palsy or
intellectual disability among 8-year-olds. Six sites received funding
to carry out both Component A as well as Component B, which focuses on
surveillance of ASD among 4-year-olds. In addition to the sites funded
under the cooperative agreement, CDC also administers a site in
Atlanta, Georgia, commonly known as the Metropolitan Atlanta
Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (MADDSP).
CDC seeks to request OMB approval to collect performance monitoring
and program evaluation information from all sites participating in the
Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (including the
site administered by CDC). Over the course of the four-year funding
cycle, each site will provide feedback via site-specific interviews, a
Checklist, Worksheets, and Performance Measures at six month and two-
year intervals. The interviews will occur on pre-established individual
site calls that CDC conducts monthly with each grantee. The Worksheets
and Performance Measures will be submitted to CDC by completing a
Microsoft Excel-based data collection tool and emailing the information
to a designated CDC contact. By conducting brief telephone interviews
and developing a user-friendly data collection tool in Microsoft Excel,
CDC anticipates that the reporting and tracking burden for awardees
will be reduced due to: (1) Use of pre-established meeting time to
conduct interviews, (2) awardees' familiarity with the software, which
reduces training burden; and (3) the compatibility of the templates
with other record keeping processes that are already in place for many
awardees. CDC staff and contractors will be responsible for converting
each awardee's submissions into a secure Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
for reporting and analysis. CDC anticipates that respondent burden will
be slightly higher at the initial six-month submission and will also be
slightly higher for sites completing Component A&B compared to just
Component A.
The information to be collected will help CDC and awardees assure
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements, support program
evaluation efforts, and obtain information needed to respond to
inquiries about program activities and program impact from Congress and
other stakeholders.
OMB approval is requested for three years. Participation is
required as a condition of cooperative agreement funding. There are no
costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated burden
hours are 122.
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 hours)
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Component A only (initial six-month Interview............... 5 1 3/60
submission). Worksheets.............. 5 1 90/60
Performance Measure..... 5 1 30/60
Component A&B (initial six-month Interview............... 6 1 3/60
submission). Worksheets.............. 6 1 120/60
Performance Measures.... 6 1 42/60
Component A only (subsequent six-month Interview............... 5 5 3/60
and two-year submissions). Worksheets.............. 5 5 60/60
Performance Measures.... 5 5 18/60
Component A&B (subsequent six-month Interview............... 6 5 3/60
and two-year submissions). Worksheets.............. 6 5 90/60
Performance Measures.... 6 5 30/60
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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. 2015-33092 Filed 12-31-15; 8:45 am]
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