80 FR 22197 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 76 (April 21, 2015)

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 the information collection request entitled National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E). CDC is requesting a 3-year approval for revision to the previously approved project to continue collecting standardized HIV prevention program evaluation data from health departments and community-based organizations (CBOs) who receive federal funds for HIV prevention activities.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-15-0696; Docket No. CDC-2015-0022]


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 the information 
collection request entitled National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring 
and Evaluation (NHM&E). CDC is requesting a 3-year approval for 
revision to the previously approved project to continue collecting 
standardized HIV prevention program evaluation data from health 
departments and community-based organizations (CBOs) who receive 
federal funds for HIV prevention activities.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0022 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 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

    National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) 
(OMB 0920-0696, Expiration 03/31/2016)--Revision--National Center for 
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC is requesting a 3-year approval for revision to the previously 
approved project. The purpose of this revision is to continue 
collecting standardized HIV prevention program evaluation data from 
health departments and community-based organizations (CBOs) who receive 
federal funds for HIV prevention activities. Grantees have the option 
of key-entering or uploading data to a CDC-provided web-based software 
application (EvaluationWeb[supreg]).
    This revision includes changes to the data variables to adjust to 
the different monitoring and evaluation needs of new funding 
announcements without a change in burden.
    The evaluation and reporting process is necessary to ensure that 
CDC receives standardized, accurate, thorough evaluation data from both 
health department and CBO grantees. For these reasons, CDC developed 
standardized NHM&E variables through extensive consultation with 
representatives from health departments, CBOs, and national partners 
(e.g., The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, 
Urban Coalition of HIV/AIDS Prevention Services, and National Minority 
AIDS Council).
    CDC requires CBOs and health departments who receive federal funds 
for HIV prevention to report non-identifying, client-level and 
aggregate-level, standardized evaluation data to: (1) Accurately 
determine the extent to which HIV prevention efforts are carried out, 
what types of agencies are providing services, what resources are 
allocated to those services, to whom services are being provided, and 
how these efforts have contributed to a reduction in HIV transmission; 
(2) improve ease of reporting to better meet these data needs; and (3) 
be accountable to stakeholders by informing them of HIV prevention 
activities and use of funds in HIV prevention nationwide.
    CDC HIV prevention program grantees will collect, enter or upload, 
and report agency-identifying information, budget data, intervention 
information, and client demographics and behavioral risk 
characteristics with an estimate of 200,846 burden hours. Data 
collection will include searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining data,

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document compilation, review of data, and data entry or upload into the 
web-based system.
    There are no additional 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       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Health jurisdiction...........  Health                        69               2           1,377         190,026
                                 Department
                                 Reporting.
Community-Based Organization..  Community-Based              200               2            40.5          16,200
                                 Organization
                                 Reporting.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............         206,226
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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.
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