84 FR 20134 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Performance Progress and Monitoring Report (PPMR). This collection of information assists CDC in being responsible for the stewardship of funds provided via contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, from CDC to partners throughout the world, while providing excellent, professional services to our partners and stakeholders.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20134-20136]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09463]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60-Day-19-1132; Docket No. CDC-2019-0035]


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 effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Performance Progress and 
Monitoring Report (PPMR). This collection of information assists CDC in 
being responsible for the stewardship of funds provided via contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, from CDC to partners throughout the 
world, while providing excellent, professional services to our partners 
and stakeholders.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 8, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0035 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:  To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and 
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and

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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 the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Performance Progress and Monitoring Report (PPMR) (OMB Control No. 
0920-1132, Expiration 08/31/2019)--Revision--Office of Science (OS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Each year, approximately 80% of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention's (CDC) budget is distributed via contracts, grants and 
cooperative agreements, from the Office of Financial Resources (OFR) to 
partners throughout the world in an effort to promote health, prevent 
disease, injury and disability and prepare for new health threats. OFR 
is responsible for the stewardship of these funds while providing 
excellent, professional services to our partners and stakeholders.
    Currently, CDC uses the Performance Progress and Monitoring Report 
(PPMR--OMB Control Number: 0920-1132, Expiration Date: 08/31/2019), a 
progress report form for Non-Research awards to collect information 
semi-annually from Awardees regarding the progress made over specified 
time periods on CDC funded projects. The PPMR was originally modified 
from SF-PPR (OMB Control Number: 0970-0406, Expiration Date: 10/31/
2015), a similar progress report that was owned by the Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS). The PPMR was created by CDC to provide an agency-
wide collection tool that would be able to obtain data on the progress 
of CDC Awardees for the purposes of evaluation, and to bring the 
Awardee reporting procedure into compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA).
    The information collected enables the accurate, reliable, uniform, 
and timely submission to CDC of each Awardee's work plans and progress 
reports, including strategies, activities and performance measures. The 
information collected by the PPMR is designed to align with, and 
support the goals outlined for each of the CDC Awardees. Collection and 
reporting of the information will occur in an efficient, standardized, 
and user-friendly manner that will generate a variety of routine and 
customizable reports. The PPMR will allow each Awardee to summarize 
activities and progress towards meeting performance measures and goals 
over a specified time period specific to each award. CDC will also have 
the capacity to generate reports that describe activities across 
multiple Awardees. In addition, CDC will use the information collection 
to respond to inquiries from HHS, Congress and other stakeholder 
inquiries about program activities and their impact.
    This Revision request is being submitted to allow CDC to continue 
collection of this valuable information from Awardees for an additional 
three years, and to amend the procedures by which the information can 
be collected. Currently, the submission process requires Awardees to 
submit a completed PDF version of the PPMR by uploading it to 
www.grants.gov in accordance with program guidance and award terms and 
conditions. While this method will continue to be utilized, CDC now 
requests that Awardees be permitted to submit the PPMR, and associated 
forms directly to the Programs that will be performing the evaluation. 
This method of submission will occur via the use of a fillable PDF and 
Excel-based versions of the PPMR Reporting Tool.
    Use of this mechanism and the ability of Awardees to submit 
information related to program evaluation directly to evaluators is 
expected to greatly increase the use of the PPMR and its associated 
forms. Centers, Institutes and Offices within CDC will use the PPMR 
with varying frequency, however with the opportunity to submit 
evaluation information directly, the total number of responses per year 
could be increased by 2,000. The total annual burden is estimated to 
increase to 13,014 hours. There is no cost to respondents other than 
their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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CDC Award Recipients..........  Performance                5,200               1               2          10,400
                                 Progress and
                                 Monitoring
                                 Report (PPMR)--
                                 Att. A-F.
CDC Award Recipients..........  Performance                1,632               1            5/60             136
                                 Progress and
                                 Monitoring
                                 Report (PPMR)--
                                 Att. G.
NHSS Award Recipients.........  Performance                   60               1              41           2,478
                                 Progress and
                                 Monitoring
                                 Report (PPMR)--
                                 Att. A-F.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,014
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-09463 Filed 5-7-19; 8:45 am]
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