```

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 507-508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33798]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-12-0765]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
Daniel Holcomb, the CDC Reports Clearance Officer, at (404) 639-5960 or 
send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments to 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

    Fellowship Management System, OMB No. 0920-0765--Revision--
Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office 
(SEPDPO), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services 
(OSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    SEPDPO is requesting approval to revise and extend for three years; 
CDC's use of the online Fellowship Management System (FMS) to allow 
public health agencies and organizations to submit fellowship 
assignment proposals electronically, using FMS. The FMS system will 
continue to be used for its electronic application and directory 
processes that allow individuals to apply to fellowships online, track 
applicant and alumni information.
    The mission of SEPDPO is to provide leadership in public health 
training and education, and manage innovative, evidence-based programs 
to prepare the health workforce to meet public health challenges of the 
21st century. Professionals in public health, epidemiology, medicine, 
economics, information science, veterinary medicine, nursing, public 
policy, and other related professions seek opportunities, through CDC 
fellowships, to broaden their knowledge, skills, and experience to 
improve the science and practice of public health. CDC fellows are 
assigned to state, tribal, local and territorial public health 
agencies; federal government agencies, including CDC, and HHS 
operational divisions, such as Indian Health Service; and to 
nongovernmental organizations, including academic institutions, tribal

[[Page 508]]

organizations, and private public health organizations.
    FMS provides an efficient and effective way for processing 
fellowship application data, selecting qualified candidates, 
maintaining a current alumni database, documenting the impact of the 
fellowships on alumni careers, and generating reports. This proposed 
revision will provide a secure site within this existing electronic 
system for designated employees of public health agencies and 
organizations to submit fellowship assignment proposals electronically.
    Designated employees of public health agencies or organizations 
will answer a standardized set of core questions within FMS about the 
proposed assignments, including the type of public health agency or 
organization submitting the proposal; proposed fellow activities, 
including training and opportunities for service and collaboration; and 
how the fellow will be supported, including the type and extent of 
mentorship and supervision the fellow will receive.
    This revision enhances FMS to include a function that will result 
in a standardized process for submitting and reviewing host assignment 
proposals across fellowships. The electronic assignment proposal 
process that FMS provides optimizes the matching of qualified 
fellowship candidates with host sites and will result in an optimal fit 
between fellows and their assignments--ultimately leading to long-term 
employment and sustained public health capacity of state and local 
health departments and other non-federal public health agencies and 
organizations.
    The annual burden table has been updated to reflect the number of 
respondents from nonfederal public health agencies or organizations 
that submit assignment proposals to host fellows. Some alumni are 
deceased or cannot be located. Response burden assumes response from an 
individual responding alumnus, on average, every 3 years (which is 
likely an overestimate of frequency). There is no cost to respondents 
other than their time. The total estimated annual burden hours are 
1201.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                      Average
                                                                                                    annualized
                      Type of  respondents                           Number of     Frequency of     burden per
                                                                    respondents      response      response  (in
                                                                                                      hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Health Agency or Organization............................             226               1             1.5
Fellowship applicants...........................................            1122               1           40/60
Fellowship alumni...............................................             454               1           15/60
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Dated: December 29, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-33798 Filed 1-4-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
```