81 FR 21351 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 69 (April 11, 2016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 69 (April 11, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-08195 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 21351-21352] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08195] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30Day-16-0017] 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 Paperwork 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 agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 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 Application for Training (OMB No. 0920-0017), Expiration 05/31/ 2016)--Revision--Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description CDC offers public health training to professionals worldwide. Employees of hospitals, universities, medical centers, laboratories, state and federal agencies, and state and local health departments apply for training to learn up-to-date public health and health care practices. CDC is accredited by multiple accreditation organizations to award continuing education for public health and healthcare professions. CDC requires health professionals seeking continuing education (learners) to use the Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO) system to establish a participant account by completing the TCEO New Participant Registration form. CDC/CSELS relies on this form to collect the information needed to coordinate learner registration for training activities including classroom study, conferences, and e-learning. The TCEO Proposal is a form course developers will use the TCEO system to apply for their training activities to receive continuing education accreditation through CDC. Introduction of this mechanism will allow course [[Page 21352]] developers to electronically complete and submit continuing education proposals. CDC requests OMB approval to continue to (1) continue to collect information through the TCEO New Participant Registration form to grant public health professionals the continuing education they need to maintain professional licenses and certifications, create a transcript or summary of training at the participant's request, generate management reports, and maintain training statistics; and (2) establish a new electronic information collection, the TCEO Proposal that allows CDC or CDC partner course developers to electronically submit training and continuing education proposals for accreditation. CDC's TCEO system provides an efficient and effective way for CDC to comply with accreditation organization requirements. Accreditation organizations require a method of tracking participants who complete an education activity and several require collection of profession- specific data. Some accrediting organizations require a permanent record that includes the participant's name, address, and phone number to facilitate retrieval of historical information about when a participant competed a course or several courses during a time period. These data provide the basis for a transcript or for determining whether a person is enrolled in more than one course. CDC uses the email address to verify the participant's electronic request for transcripts, verify course certificates, and send confirmation that a participant is registered for a course. Collection of demographic and profession-specific data through the TCEO New Participant Registration allows CDC to comply with accreditation organization requirements. The TCEO Proposal will expedite submission, review, and accreditation processes and provide CDC with the information necessary to meet accreditation organization requirements, accredit, and effectively manage training activities. Examples of data to be collected for CDC to process continuing education proposals and meet accreditation organization requirements includes name, email address, phone number, and organization name. These forms do not duplicate request for information from participants or course developers. Data are collected only once per new registration or once per course. These information collection instruments have provided, and will continue to provide CDC with the information necessary to manage and conduct training activities pertinent to its mission to strengthen the skills of the current workforce through quality, accredited, competency-based training. The annual burden table has been updated to reflect (1) discontinuance of the National Laboratory Training Network Registration form, (2) an increase in learners seeking continuing education, particularly through e-learning activities (16,667 burden hours), (3) the introduction of the new TCEO Proposal (600 burden hours), for a total 17,267 burden hours. There are no costs to respondents. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number of burden per Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in respondent hrs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Professionals............... Training and Continuing 200,000 1 5/60 Education Online New Participant Registration Form. Health Educators................... Training and Continuing 120 1 5 Education Online Proposal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 2016-08195 Filed 4-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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as much as $200 an hour. The 2013–G504, Transactional Data burden of the proposed collection of
respondent recommends GSA measure Reporting. information, including the validity of
the burden by the number of hours or Response: GSA is not providing the methodology and assumptions used;
determine a more accurate hourly rate. responses to comments on Transactional (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
Response: The $68/hour rate consists Data Reporting because they are not clarity of the information to be
of a $50/hour base rate and $18/hour directly related to this information collected; (d) Minimize the burden of
(36% above the base rate) for fringe collection request. the collection of information on those
benefits. The 36% fringe benefit rate who are to respond, including through
was taken from Office of Management D. Public Comments the use of appropriate automated,
and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–76, Public comments are particularly electronic, mechanical, or other
which recommends cost factors to invited on: Whether this collection of technological collection techniques or
ensure that specific government costs information is necessary and whether it other forms of information technology,
are calculated in a standard and will have practical utility; whether our e.g., permitting electronic submission of
consistent manner to reasonably reflect estimate of the public burden of this responses; and (e) Assess information
the cost of performing commercial collection of information is accurate, collection costs.
activities with government personnel. and based on valid assumptions and To request additional information on
The standard A–76 cost factor for fringe methodology; ways to enhance the the proposed project or to obtain a copy
benefits is 36.25%; GSA opted to round quality, utility, and clarity of the of the information collection plan and
to the nearest whole number for the information to be collected. instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
basis of its burden estimates.4 Obtaining Copies of Proposals: send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct
Regarding the base rate, GSA believes Requesters may obtain a copy of the written comments and/or suggestions
these disclosure functions are typically information collection documents from regarding the items contained in this
performed by contract administrators the General Services Administration, notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
with occasional assistance from higher- Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), Officer, Office of Management and
paid professionals, such as attorneys 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax
and consultants. The most comparable 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please to (202) 395–5806. Written comments
labor category to a contract cite OMB Control No. 3090–0235, FSS should be received within 30 days of
administrator that was analyzed by the Pricing Disclosures, in all this notice.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a correspondence.
buyer and purchasing agent, whose Proposed Project
responsibilities include negotiating Jeffrey A. Koses, Application for Training (OMB No.
contracts. BLS’s most recently Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 0920–0017), Expiration 05/31/2016)—
published hourly rate for this type of of Government-wide Policy. Revision—Division of Scientific
professional was $28.14/hour;5 [FR Doc. 2016–08160 Filed 4–8–16; 8:45 am] Education and Professional
incorporating the 36% fringe benefit BILLING CODE 6820–61–P Development, Center for Surveillance,
factor, the total rate is $38.27/hour. Epidemiology and Laboratory Services,
However, GSA chose to use the higher Centers for Disease Control and
$68/hour rate to account for the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Prevention (CDC).
occasional involvement of higher-paid HUMAN SERVICES
professionals. Background and Brief Description
Comment: The respondent calculates Centers for Disease Control and CDC offers public health training to
the annual PRC burden to be $850 Prevention professionals worldwide. Employees of
million when applying GSA’s hourly hospitals, universities, medical centers,
[30Day–16–0017]
rate ($68/hour) to their estimate of 12.5 laboratories, state and federal agencies,
million hours a year. As a result, the Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork and state and local health departments
value of price reductions should exceed Reduction Act Review apply for training to learn up-to-date
$850 million in order for the PRC’s public health and health care practices.
benefits to outweigh its costs. The Centers for Disease Control and CDC is accredited by multiple
Response: GSA requires these Prevention (CDC) has submitted the accreditation organizations to award
disclosures as one method of meeting its following information collection request continuing education for public health
statutory obligations to provide the to the Office of Management and Budget and healthcare professions.
‘‘lowest cost alternative,’’ but GSA is (OMB) for review and approval in CDC requires health professionals
exploring alternative methods. As part accordance with the Paperwork seeking continuing education (learners)
of GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for to use the Training and Continuing
proposed rule,6 GSA proposed removing the proposed information collection is Education Online (TCEO) system to
the basis of award requirement of the published to obtain comments from the establish a participant account by
PRC when FSS contractors agreed to public and affected agencies. completing the TCEO New Participant
report transactional data to GSA. Written comments and suggestions Registration form. CDC/CSELS relies on
Comment: The respondent provided from the public and affected agencies this form to collect the information
comments in opposition to GSAR case concerning the proposed collection of needed to coordinate learner registration
information are encouraged. Your for training activities including
4 See Circular A–76 Figure C1, available at
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comments should address any of the classroom study, conferences, and e-
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a076_
a76_incl_tech_correction/. following: (a) Evaluate whether the learning.
5 See the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational proposed collection of information is The TCEO Proposal is a form course
Outlook Handbook for Buyers and Purchasing necessary for the proper performance of developers will use the TCEO system to
Agents, available at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ the functions of the agency, including apply for their training activities to
business-and-financial/buyers-and-purchasing-
agents.htm#tab-1. whether the information will have receive continuing education
6 See GSAR Case 2013–G504; Docket 2014–0020; practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accreditation through CDC. Introduction
Sequence 1 [80 FR 11619 (Mar. 4, 2015)]. accuracy of the agencies estimate of the of this mechanism will allow course
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developers to electronically complete Some accrediting organizations require accreditation organization requirements
and submit continuing education a permanent record that includes the includes name, email address, phone
proposals. participant’s name, address, and phone number, and organization name.
CDC requests OMB approval to number to facilitate retrieval of These forms do not duplicate request
continue to (1) continue to collect historical information about when a for information from participants or
information through the TCEO New participant competed a course or several course developers. Data are collected
Participant Registration form to grant courses during a time period. These data only once per new registration or once
public health professionals the provide the basis for a transcript or for per course.
continuing education they need to determining whether a person is
maintain professional licenses and enrolled in more than one course. CDC These information collection
certifications, create a transcript or uses the email address to verify the instruments have provided, and will
summary of training at the participant’s participant’s electronic request for continue to provide CDC with the
request, generate management reports, transcripts, verify course certificates, information necessary to manage and
and maintain training statistics; and (2) and send confirmation that a participant conduct training activities pertinent to
establish a new electronic information is registered for a course. Collection of its mission to strengthen the skills of the
collection, the TCEO Proposal that demographic and profession-specific current workforce through quality,
allows CDC or CDC partner course data through the TCEO New Participant accredited, competency-based training.
developers to electronically submit Registration allows CDC to comply with The annual burden table has been
training and continuing education accreditation organization requirements. updated to reflect (1) discontinuance of
proposals for accreditation. The TCEO Proposal will expedite the National Laboratory Training
CDC’s TCEO system provides an submission, review, and accreditation Network Registration form, (2) an
efficient and effective way for CDC to processes and provide CDC with the increase in learners seeking continuing
comply with accreditation organization information necessary to meet education, particularly through e-
requirements. Accreditation accreditation organization requirements, learning activities (16,667 burden
organizations require a method of accredit, and effectively manage training hours), (3) the introduction of the new
tracking participants who complete an activities. Examples of data to be TCEO Proposal (600 burden hours), for
education activity and several require collected for CDC to process continuing a total 17,267 burden hours. There are
collection of profession-specific data. education proposals and meet no costs to respondents.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response
respondent (in hrs)
Health Professionals ............... Training and Continuing Education Online New Participant 200,000 1 5/60
Registration Form.
Health Educators .................... Training and Continuing Education Online Proposal ............. 120 1 5
Leroy A. Richardson, policymakers, program operators, and parenting relationship quality; and
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, stakeholders about effective ways for criminal justice outcomes.
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the fatherhood programs to support fathers The process study will describe and
Associate Director for Science, Office of the in their parenting and employment. In document each newly established
Director, Centers for Disease Control and particular, partnering with programs
Prevention.
intervention and how it operated to
that serve low-income fathers to provide insight into the treatment
[FR Doc. 2016–08195 Filed 4–8–16; 8:45 am]
promote responsible fatherhood, the B3 differentials and the context for
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
study will examine the effectiveness of interpreting findings of the impact study
strategies used to (1) engage fathers in and highlight lessons to the field.
program activities, (2) develop and Data collection instruments for the B3
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
support parenting and co-parenting study include the following: (1)
HUMAN SERVICES
skills, and (3) advance the employment Screening for program eligibility. (2)
Administration for Children and of disadvantaged fathers. The study will nFORM management information
Families include up to six sites and specific system (MIS) to record study and
interventions will vary by site. participation information. (3) Baseline
Submission for OMB Review; B3 includes an impact evaluation and and follow-up surveys for the impact
Comment Request a process study. The impact evaluation study. (4) Staff surveys and interviews,
Title: Building Bridges and Bonds will involve randomly assigning focus groups with participants and
(B3) Study: Data Collection. individuals to a treatment or mothers, mobile device surveys for
OMB No.: New Collection. comparison condition and comparing participants, and post-session debrief
Description: The Administration for key outcomes including employment; forms to inform the process study.
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Children and Families (ACF), Office of earnings; child support; father/child Respondents: Fathers seeking services
Planning, Research and Evaluation contact, shared activities, and from one of the six Responsible
(OPRE) proposes to collect information relationship quality; father’s Fatherhood Programs in the B3 study
as part of the Building Bridges and commitment to his child, parenting and staff members working at the B3
Bonds (B3) study. B3 will inform skills, and parenting efficacy; co- sites.
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