[Federal Register: November 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 224)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-07-0696]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email
to omb@cdc.gov.
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; and (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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
HIV Prevention Program Evaluation and Monitoring System for Health
Departments and Community-Based Organizations (PEMS)--Reinstatement
(0920-0696)--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This is an extension of a data collection that is being
incrementally implemented. The initial PEMS OMB request was approved
October 6, 2005 for one year. However, delays in the development of the
data collection software and requests by grantees for additional time
to modify their data collection procedures have prevented the initial
data collection originally anticipated for 2006.
The purpose of this data collection is to collect HIV prevention
evaluation data from health department and community-based organization
(CBO) grantees using the electronic Program Evaluation and Monitoring
System (PEMS). This data collection incorporates data elements from two
previously approved data collections: Evaluating CDC Funded Health
Department HIV Prevention Programs, OMB No. 0920-0497 (discontinued 4/
31/2006); and Assessing the Effectiveness of CBOs for the Delivery of
HIV Prevention Programs, OMB No. 0920-0525 (discontinued 12/17/2004).
Per HIV prevention cooperative agreements, CDC requires non-
identifying, client-level, standardized evaluation data from health
department and CBO grantees to: (1) More accurately determine the
extent to which HIV prevention efforts have been 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 efforts made and use
of funds in HIV prevention nationwide.
Although CDC receives evaluation data from grantees, the data
received to date is insufficient for evaluation and accountability.
Furthermore, there has not been standardization of required evaluation
data from both health departments and CBOs. Changes to the
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evaluation and reporting process have become necessary to ensure CDC
receives standardized, accurate, thorough evaluation data from both
health department and CBO grantees. For these reasons, CDC developed
PEMS and consulted 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).
Respondents will collect, enter, and report general agency
information, program model and budget data, and client demographics and
behavioral characteristics. (After initial set-up of the PEMS, data
collection will include searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining data, document compilation, review of data, and data entry
into the web-based system.) Agents will submit data quarterly. There
are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimate of Annualized Burden
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Average
Number of burden Total
Number of responses per burden
Respondents respondents per response (in
respondent (in hours)
hours)
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Health jurisdictions............................................. 59 4 137 32,332
Health jurisdictions (CTR)....................................... 30 4 174 20,880
Health jurisdictions (Training).................................. 59 4 10 2,360
Community-Based Organizations.................................... 160 4 84 53,760
Community-Based Organizations (CTR).............................. 70 4 23 6,440
Community-Based Organizations (Training)......................... 160 4 10 6,400
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Annual total................................................. ........... .......... ......... 122,172
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Dated: November 14, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. 1
[FR Doc. E6-19634 Filed 11-20-06; 8:45 a.m.]
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