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(4) Data Files Submission—POCs 

upload their data file(s), using the 

pharmacy data file specifications, to 

ensure that users submit standardized 

and consistent data in the way variables 

are named, coded, and formatted. The 

number of submissions to the database 

is likely to vary each year because 

pharmacies do not administer the 

survey and submit data every year. 

Survey data from the AHRQ 

Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety 

Culture are used to produce three types 

of products: (1) A Pharmacy SOPS 

Comparative Database Report that is 

made publicly available on the AHRQ 

Web site, (2) Individual Pharmacy 

Survey Feedback Reports that are 

confidential, customized reports 

produced for each pharmacy that 

submits data to the database (the 

number of reports produced is based on 

the number of pharmacies submitting 

each year); and (3) Research data sets of 

individual-level and pharmacy-level deidentified data to enable researchers to 

conduct analyses. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondent’s time to participate in the 

database. An estimated 150 POCs, each 

representing an average of 10 individual 

pharmacies each, will complete the 

database submission steps and forms 

annually. Completing the registration 

form will take about 5 minutes. The 

Pharmacy Background Characteristics 

Form is completed by all POCs for each 

of their pharmacies (150 × 10 = 1,500 

forms in total) and is estimated to take 

5 minutes to complete. Each POC will 

complete a data use agreement which 

takes 3 minutes to complete and 

submitting the data will take an hour on 

average. The total burden is estimated to 

be 296 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden based on the 

respondents’ time to submit their data. 

The cost burden is estimated to be 

$14,392 annually. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form Name 

Number of respondents/ 

POCs 

Number of responses per 

POC 

Hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Registration Form ............................................................................................ 150 1 5/60 13 

Pharmacy Background Characteristics Form .................................................. 150 10 5/60 125 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 150 1 3/60 8 

Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 150 1 1 150 

Total .......................................................................................................... 600 NA NA 296 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form Name 

Number of respondents/ 

POCs 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly wage rate* Total cost 

burden 

Registration Form ............................................................................................ 150 13 $48.62 $632

Pharmacy Background Characteristics Form .................................................. 150 125 48.62 6,078 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 150 8 48.62 389 

Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 150 150 48.62 7,293 

Total .......................................................................................................... 600 296 NA 14,392 

*Mean hourly wage rate of $48.62 for General and Operations Managers (SOC code 11–1021) was obtained from the May 2012 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 446110 — Pharmacies and Drug Stores located at http://www.bls.gov/

oes/current/naics5_446110.htm. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ health care research, quality 

improvement and information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: November 22, 2013. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29071 Filed 12–5–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: ‘‘AHRQ 

Grants Reporting System (GRS).’’ In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 


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AHRQ invites the public to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

AHRQ Grants Reporting System (GRS) 

AHRQ has developed a systematic 

method for its grantees to report project 

progress and important preliminary 

findings for grants funded by the 

Agency. This system, the Grants 

Reporting System (GRS), was first 

approved by OMB on November 10, 

2004. The system addressed the 

shortfalls in the previous reporting 

process and established a consistent and 

comprehensive grants reporting solution 

for AHRQ. The GRS provides a 

centralized repository of grants research 

progress and additional information that 

can be used to support initiatives within 

the Agency. This includes future 

research planning and support to 

administration activities such as 

performance monitoring, budgeting, 

knowledge transfer as well as strategic 

planning. 

This Project has the following goals: 

(1) To promote the transfer of critical 

information more frequently and 

efficiently and enhance the Agency’s 

ability to support research designed to 

improve the outcomes and quality of 

health care, reduce its costs, and 

broaden access to effective services; and 

(2) To increase the efficiency of the 

Agency in responding to ad-hoc 

information requests; and 

(3) To support Executive Branch 

requirements for increased transparency 

and public reporting; and 

(4) To establish a consistent approach 

throughout the Agency for information 

collection regarding grant progress and 

a systematic basis for oversight and for 

facilitating potential collaborations 

among grantees; and 

(5) To decrease the inconvenience and 

burden on grantees of unanticipated adhoc requests for information by the 

Agency in response to particular (onetime) internal and external requests for 

information. 

Method of Collection 

Grants Reporting System—Grantees 

use the GRS to report project progress 

and important preliminary findings for 

grants funded by the Agency. Grantees 

submit a progress report on a quarterly 

basis which is reviewed by AHRQ 

personnel. All users access the GRS 

system through a secure online interface 

which requires a user id and password 

entered through the GRS Login screen. 

When status reports are due, AHRQ 

notifies Principle Investigators (PI) and 

Vendors via email. 

The GRS is an automated userfriendly resource that is utilized by 

AHRQ staff for preparing, distributing, 

and reviewing reporting requests to 

grantees for the purpose of information 

sharing. AHRQ personnel are able to 

systematically search on the information 

collected and stored in the GRS 

database. Personnel will also use the 

information to address internal and/or 

external requests for information 

regarding grant progress, preliminary 

findings, and other requests, such as 

Freedom of Information Act requests, 

and producing responses related to 

federally mandated programs and 

regulations. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondents. It will take grantees an 

estimated 10 minutes to enter the 

necessary data into the Grant Reporting 

System (GRS) and reporting will occur 

four times annually. The total 

annualized burden hours are estimated 

to be 333 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden for the 

respondents. The total estimated cost 

burden for respondents is $11,772. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Data entry into GRS ........................................................................................ 500 4 10/60 333 

Total .......................................................................................................... 500 na na 333 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly wage rate* Total cost 

burden 

Data entry into GRS ........................................................................................ 500 333 $35.35 $11,772 

Total .......................................................................................................... 500 333 na $11,772 

* Based upon the average wages for Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations (29–0000), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2012,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ healthcare research and 

healthcare information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 


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Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: November 22, 2013. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–29070 Filed 12–5–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 78 FR 70049–70057, 

dated November 22, 2013) is amended 

to reflect the reorganization of the 

Center for Global Health, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Delete in its entirety the mission and 

function statements for the Center for 

Global Health (CW) and insert the 

following: 

Center for Global Health (CW): (1) 

Leads the coordination and execution of 

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention’s (CDC) global health 

strategy; (2) works in partnership to 

assist ministries of health to build 

capacity, maximize public health 

impact and promote country ownership 

and sustainability; (3) achieves U.S. 

government and international 

organization goals to improve health, 

including disease eradication and 

elimination targets; (4) strengthens 

CDC’s global health programs that focus 

on the leading causes of mortality, 

morbidity and disability, including 

chronic disease and injuries; (5) 

generates and applies new knowledge to 

achieve health goals; and (6) strengthens 

health systems and their impact. 

Office of the Director (CWA): (1) 

Provides strategic direction and 

guidance on the execution of CDC’s 

global health strategy, including 

decision-making, policy development 

and program planning and evaluation; 

(2) leads divisions in implementing 

public health programs and ensures the 

impact and effectiveness of 

administration initiatives, 

Congressionally-mandated programs 

and other public health programs; (3) 

serves as the lead for coordination of 

CDC global programs and cross-cutting 

areas of global public health; (4) 

harmonizes CDC global health priorities 

with host country priorities and works 

with ministries of health to improve 

essential public health functions, 

maximize positive health outcomes and 

promote country ownership and 

sustainability; (5) provides leadership 

and direction to all CDC country 

directors in their role as a senior CDC 

representative with the U.S. Embassy 

and ministry of health and in 

implementing CDC’s global health 

strategy in country; (6) measures the 

performance of CDC’s global health 

programs in terms of public health 

impact and fiscal accountability; (7) 

provides scientific leadership in 

developing and implementing evidencebased public health interventions and 

promotes best scientific practice; (8) 

facilitates the conduct and maintenance 

of ethical and high quality, scientific 

investigations by implementing 

regulatory requirements, monitoring 

human subjects compliance and 

clearing scientific products; (9) 

harmonizes CDC’s global laboratory 

activities to strengthen laboratory 

capacity globally; (10) promotes the 

introduction of innovative technologies 

and approaches to improve the 

diagnostic and screening capability of 

programs to better detect and respond to 

emerging pathogens; (11) provides 

leadership to promote growth and 

improvement of CDC global health 

programs; (12) works with divisions to 

strengthen surveillance systems to 

analyze, measure and evaluate the 

global burden and distribution of 

disease; (13) promotes scientific 

innovation and advances in global 

health surveillance, epidemiology, 

monitoring and evaluation, and 

informatics; (14) provides leadership 

and coordination for CDC’s global 

health security programs, policy and 

partnerships; (15) provides leadership 

on issues management, budget 

formulation and performance 

integration and country-specific issues 

through triaging to programs; (16) 

coordinates prioritization and planning 

for visits of high level officials to CDC 

and other strategic engagements; (17) 

participates in defining, developing, 

shaping and implementing U.S. global 

health policy and actions; (18) manages 

inter-governmental and external affairs 

and cultivates strategic partnerships; 

(19) plans and executes CDC’s global 

health communications strategy and 

public affairs media response/outreach; 

(20) provides oversight, guidance and 

accountability for all operations 

functions, human resources, workforce 

management, budget formulation and 

distribution, extramural reviews and 

processing, internal and domestic travel 

and property management 

responsibilities of the Center for Global 

Health (CGH); (21) develops and 

maintains an effective global health 

workforce for CDC through strategic and 

innovative personnel solutions, policies 

and training initiatives, while 

demonstrating accountability for 

personnel resources and results of 

human capital investment; (22) provides 

leadership and guidance on informatics, 

information technology systems 

implementation, security, governance 

and planning for CGH and CDC country 

offices; and (23) develops standardized 

management processes and solutions for 

CDC country offices. 

Delete in its entirety the mission and 

function statements for the Division of 

Public Health Systems and Workforce 

Development (CWF) and the Division of 

Global Disease Detection and 

Emergency Response (CWJ). 

After the mission and function 

statement for the Global Immunization 

Division (CWK), insert the following: 

Division of Global Health Protection 

(CWL): (1) Provides country-based and 

international coordination for disease 

detection, International Health 

Regulations (IHR) implementation and 

public health emergency response; (2) 

leads the agency’s efforts to address the 

public health emergency continuum 

from prevention, to detection, to 

response and finally through postemergency health systems recovery; (3) 

provides epidemic intelligence and 

response capacity for early warning 

about international disease threats and 

coordinates with partners throughout 

the U.S. government as well as 

international partners to provide rapid 

response; (4) provides resources and 

assists in developing country-level 

epidemiology, laboratory and other 

capacity to ensure country emergency 

preparedness and response to outbreaks 

and incidents of local importance as 

well as international importance; (5) in 

coordination and communication with 

other CDC Centers, Institute, or Offices 

(CI0s), leads CDC activities on global 

Non-Communicable Disease; and (6) 

collaborates with other divisions in 

CDC, federal agencies, international 

agencies, partner countries and nongovernmental organizations assisting 

ministries of health to build public 


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