80 FR 59165 - Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Evaluation of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program (OD)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 190 (October 1, 2015)
National Institutes of Health
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 190 (October 1, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-25003 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 59165-59166] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-25003] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Evaluation of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program (OD) SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on 06/03/2015 (Vol. 80, No. 106, Pages 31610-31611) and allowed 60 days for public comment. Zero public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The Office of Science Education/SEPA, National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or [[Page 59166]] implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, Attention: NIH Desk Officer. DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this publication. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments or request more information on the proposed project contact: Tony Beck, Ph.D., Office of Science Education/SEPA, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 206, Bethesda, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free number 301-435-0805 or email your request, including your address to: [email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing. Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program, 0925--NEW, the Office of Science Education/SEPA, within the Office of the Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), an office of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), within the Office of the Director (OD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Need and Use of Information Collection: The Science Education Partnership Award Program is a program in the Office of the Research Infrastructure Programs within the Office of Research Infrastructure Program of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. The program provides 5-year grants for PK-12 educational projects, science centers, and museum exhibits to increase students' interest in pursuing science-related careers, deliver topical and interactive information about NIH-funded medical research, and cultivate an understanding about healthy living habits among the general public. SEPA is undertaking an evaluation to examine the extent to which SEPA grants awarded from 2004 through 2014 have met goals related to project structure, partnership formation, and evaluation quality. The evaluation will utilize archival grant project data (e.g., SEPA solicitations, project proposals, annual and final reports, and summative evaluations). The evaluation will also collect new data to (1) determine the extent to which the SEPA portfolio is aligned with the program's overall goals; (2) assess how the SEPA Program has contributed to the creation and/or enrichment of beneficial productive partnerships; and (3) determine the extent to which the SEPA Program is generating a rigorous evidence-based system that provides high-quality evaluations to inform the knowledge base. The goal of this process evaluation is to provide SEPA, program staff, the NIH, and other interested stakeholders with information about how the program is operating, the extent to which projects address the program's multiple goals, and the extent to which project-level evaluations are informing and enhancing the quality of work in the field. OMB approval is requested for one year. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 523. Estimated of Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Data collection Number of Number of burden per Total annual Type of respondent type respondents responses per response (in burden hours respondent hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PI............................ Web survey...... 156 1 30/60 78 Telephone script 34 1 5/60 3 to schedule interview. Telephone 34 1 1 34 interview. Telephone script 34 1 5/60 3 to schedule site visit. Site visit 6 1 90/60 9 interview. Project partner............... Web survey...... 312 1 30/60 156 Telephone script 74 1 5/60 7 to schedule interview. Telephone 74 1 1 74 interview. Telephone script 74 1 5/60 7 to schedule site visit. Site visit 6 1 90/60 9 interview. Other key staff............... Telephone script 90 1 5/60 8 to schedule site visit. Site visit 90 1 90/60 135 interview. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total..................... ................ 558 .............. .............. 523 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: September 24, 2015. Lawrence A. Tabak, Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health. [FR Doc. 2015-25003 Filed 9-30-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140-01-P
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improvement package; identify systems- interest for the cohort of ten rural and expert workgroup will be held in
level measures to monitor process and tribal communities. Communities will Washington, DC, in October 2015.
progress of individual communities and be notified of the application outcome FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the initiative as a whole; and provide in late September 2015. For its expert Marie Y. Mann, MD, MPH, FAAP,
structured technical assistance to the workgroup, AAP has identified and Division of Services for Children with
selected communities. invited experts in social service Special Health Needs, Maternal and
In consultation with MCHB, ACF, and delivery, rural health, and quality Child Health Bureau, Health Resources
the White House Rural Council, the improvement. A meeting of and Services Administration, 5600
AAP has developed guidance, and participating communities and the Fishers Lane, Room 13–103, Rockville,
solicited for and reviewed letters of Maryland 20857; MMann@hrsa.gov.
FY 2015
FY 2015 estimated
Grantee/organization name Grant No. State authorized supplemental
funding level funding
The American Academy of Pediatrics ........................................................... U43MC09134 IL $800,031 $171,691
Dated: September 24, 2015. Academy for State Health Policy, In fiscal year 2015, MCHB will
James Macrae, Washington, DC. expand the SIA Learning Community
Acting Administrator. Amount of the award: $281,810 for 2 and provide technical assistance to four
[FR Doc. 2015–24960 Filed 9–30–15; 8:45 am] years. new D70 grantees, which will receive
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Authority: Section 311(a) of the Public targeted technical assistance to achieve
Health Service (PHS) Act. shared resource, cross-system care
CFDA Number: 93.110. coordination and alignment with MCH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Project period: The period of the 3.0.
HUMAN SERVICES supplemental support is from FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
September 1, 2015, to August 31, 2017. Lynnette S. Araki, via email Laraki@
Health Resources and Services Justification for the Exception to hrsa.gov, or via telephone: (301) 443–
Administration Competition: Currently, the National 6204.
Academy for State Health Policy
National Organizations for State and (NASHP) is serving as the national Dated: September 24, 2015.
Local Officials (NOSLO) Cooperative technical assistance provider to the 12 James Macrae,
Agreement D70 grantee states supported by MCHB Acting Administrator.
through the Systems Integration Grant [FR Doc. 2015–24964 Filed 9–30–15; 8:45 am]
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Program. In order to do this, NASHP BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
Administration (HRSA), HHS. must expand the scope of this objective
ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive to provide the targeted technical
Supplemental Funding Award. assistance to the D70 states through a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
‘‘Systems Integration Academy’’ (SIA). HUMAN SERVICES
SUMMARY: HRSA will be providing Redefining the new scope and activities
supplemental funds to support activities under the SIA requires significant staff National Institutes of Health
for the Center for Health Policy/National effort and reprioritization of other major
Academy for State Health Policy Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day
activities in NASHP’s approved
(NASHP), to support the expanded Comment Request; Evaluation of the
application. The SIA began in
program and costs for the Systems Science Education Partnership Award
November 2014; representatives from
Integration Academy (SIA) that were not (SEPA) Program (OD)
the twelve D70 state grantees
foreseen in the awardee’s approved participated. Subsequently, three SUMMARY: Under the provisions of
application. The supplemental funds technical assistance webinars to support Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
will be used to augment the awardee’s the state teams’ work have been Reduction Act of 1995, the National
current activities to provide targeted convened. A technical assistance needs Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted
technical assistance to a Learning assessment was developed and to the Office of Management and Budget
Community of 16 states from awarded disseminated to the state teams, and the (OMB) a request for review and
HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health information received will be used to approval of the information collection
Bureau (MCHB) State Implementation guide other technical assistance listed below. This proposed information
Grants for Enhancing the System of activities within the SIA learning collection was previously published in
Services for Children and Youth with community. NASHP coordinated and the Federal Register on 06/03/2015
Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) developed the State Implementation (Vol. 80, No. 106, Pages 31610–31611)
through Systems Integration (D70). The Grants to Enhance Systems Integration and allowed 60 days for public
purpose of this supplement is to expand for CYSHCN: Systems Integration comment. Zero public comments were
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the Learning Community and provide Academy In-Person Meeting. NASHP received. The purpose of this notice is
technical assistance to the D70 grantees launched a shared platform for the SIA to allow an additional 30 days for public
to achieve a shared resource, cross- to support the SIA states’ cross-state comment. The Office of Science
system care coordination, and MCH 3.0 learning community. This platform Education/SEPA, National Institutes of
alignment. supports the exchange of resources and Health, may not conduct or sponsor,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: provides an interactive forum for use by and the respondent is not required to
Intended recipient of the award: the current 12 states throughout the respond to, an information collection
Center for Health Policy/National course of the project. that has been extended, revised, or
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implemented on or after October 1, mail.nih.gov. Formal requests for met goals related to project structure,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid additional plans and instruments must partnership formation, and evaluation
OMB control number. be requested in writing. quality. The evaluation will utilize
Direct Comments to OMB: Written Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the archival grant project data (e.g., SEPA
comments and/or suggestions regarding Science Education Partnership Award solicitations, project proposals, annual
the item(s) contained in this notice, (SEPA) Program, 0925—NEW, the Office and final reports, and summative
especially regarding the estimated of Science Education/SEPA, within the evaluations). The evaluation will also
public burden and associated response Office of the Research Infrastructure collect new data to (1) determine the
time, should be directed to the: Office Programs (ORIP), an office of the extent to which the SEPA portfolio is
of Management and Budget, Office of Division of Program Coordination, aligned with the program’s overall goals;
Regulatory Affairs, OIRA_submission@ Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (2) assess how the SEPA Program has
omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202–395–6974, (DPCPSI), within the Office of the contributed to the creation and/or
Attention: NIH Desk Officer. Director (OD) at the National Institutes enrichment of beneficial productive
of Health (NIH). partnerships; and (3) determine the
DATES: Comment Due Date: Comments
Need and Use of Information extent to which the SEPA Program is
regarding this information collection are Collection: The Science Education
best assured of having their full effect if generating a rigorous evidence-based
Partnership Award Program is a
received within 30 days of the date of system that provides high-quality
program in the Office of the Research
this publication. evaluations to inform the knowledge
Infrastructure Programs within the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
base. The goal of this process evaluation
Office of Research Infrastructure
obtain a copy of the data collection is to provide SEPA, program staff, the
Program of the Division of Program
plans and instruments or request more NIH, and other interested stakeholders
Coordination, Planning, and Strategic
information on the proposed project Initiatives. The program provides 5-year with information about how the
contact: Tony Beck, Ph.D., Office of grants for PK–12 educational projects, program is operating, the extent to
Science Education/SEPA, Office of science centers, and museum exhibits to which projects address the program’s
Research Infrastructure Programs, increase students’ interest in pursuing multiple goals, and the extent to which
Division of Program Coordination, science-related careers, deliver topical project-level evaluations are informing
Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and interactive information about NIH- and enhancing the quality of work in
Office of the Director, National funded medical research, and cultivate the field.
Institutes of Health, 6701 Democracy an understanding about healthy living OMB approval is requested for one
Boulevard, Room 206, Bethesda, MD habits among the general public. SEPA year. There are no costs to respondents
20892 or call non-toll-free number 301– is undertaking an evaluation to examine other than their time. The total
435–0805 or email your request, the extent to which SEPA grants estimated annualized burden hours are
including your address to: beckl@ awarded from 2004 through 2014 have 523.
ESTIMATED OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per Total annual
Type of respondent Data collection type responses per
respondents response burden hours
respondent (in hours)
PI ................................... Web survey .......................................................... 156 1 30/60 78
Telephone script to schedule interview ............... 34 1 5/60 3
Telephone interview ............................................. 34 1 1 34
Telephone script to schedule site visit ................ 34 1 5/60 3
Site visit interview ................................................ 6 1 90/60 9
Project partner ............... Web survey .......................................................... 312 1 30/60 156
Telephone script to schedule interview ............... 74 1 5/60 7
Telephone interview ............................................. 74 1 1 74
Telephone script to schedule site visit ................ 74 1 5/60 7
Site visit interview ................................................ 6 1 90/60 9
Other key staff ............... Telephone script to schedule site visit ................ 90 1 5/60 8
Site visit interview ................................................ 90 1 90/60 135
Total ....................... .............................................................................. 558 ........................ ........................ 523
Dated: September 24, 2015. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
Lawrence A. Tabak, HUMAN SERVICES hereby given of the following meeting.
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health. The meeting will be closed to the
National Institutes of Health public in accordance with the
[FR Doc. 2015–25003 Filed 9–30–15; 8:45 am]
provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4)
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as
Institute of Child Health and Human amended. The grant applications and
Development; Notice of Closed the discussions could disclose
Meeting confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the and personal information concerning
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as individuals associated with the grant
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