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Dated: October 27, 2010. 

Carol Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30-Day–11–0307] 

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 404–639–4604 or send 

comments to Carol Walker, CDC Acting 

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or 

send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send 

written comments to CDC Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395– 

5806. Written comments should be 

received within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance 

Project (GISP), (OMB No. 0920–0307)— 

Extension—National Center for HIV/ 

AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC is requesting a 3-year extension 

without change for this project. The 

objectives of GISP are to monitor trends 

in antimicrobial susceptibility of 

Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in the 

U.S. and to characterize resistant 

isolates. Monitoring antibiotic 

susceptibility is critical since Neisseria 

gonorrhoeae has demonstrated the 

consistent ability to gain antibiotic 

resistance. GISP provides critical 

surveillance for antimicrobial 

resistance, allowing for informed 

treatment recommendations. 

This project involves 5 regional 

laboratories and 30 sexually transmitted 

disease (STD) clinics operated by the 

local health departments around the 

country. The STD clinics submit up to 

25 gonococcal isolates per month to the 

Regional laboratories to measure 

susceptibility to a panel of antibiotics. 

Limited demographic and clinical 

information corresponding to the 

isolates are submitted directly by the 

STD clinics to CDC. 

During 1986–2009, GISP has 

demonstrated the ability to effectively 

achieve its objectives. The emergence of 

resistance in the United States to 

penicillin, tetracyclines, and 

fluoroquinolones among N. gonorrhoeae 

isolates was identified through GISP. 

Increased prevalence of 

fluoroquinolone-resistant N. 

gonorrhoeae (QRNG), as documented by 

GISP data, prompted CDC to update the 

treatment recommendations for 

gonorrhea in CDC’s Sexually 

Transmitted Diseases Treatment 

Guidelines, 2006 and to release an 

MMWR article stating that CDC no 

longer recommended fluoroquinolones 

for treatment of gonococcal infections. 

There are no costs to respondents other 

than their time. Respondents receive 

Federal funds to participate in this 

project. The total annual burden is 

estimated to be 8,568 hours. 

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Clinic ......................................................... Form 1 ...................................................... 30 240 11/60 

Laboratory ................................................. Form 2 ...................................................... 5 1,440 1 

Form 3 ...................................................... 5 48 12/60 

Total ................................................... ................................................................... 40 ............................ ............................

Dated: October 27, 2010. 

Carol Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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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, 

AHRQ invites the public to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on August 31st, 2010 and 

allowed 60 days for public comment. No 

comments were received. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow an additional 

30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). 

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 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

AHRQ Grants Reporting System (GRS) 

AHRQ seeks to renew the Agency’s 

Grants Reporting System (GRS), a 

systematic method for its grantees to 

report project progress and important 

preliminary findings for grants funded 

by the Agency. This system was first 

approved by OMB on November 10, 

2004 (OMB Control Number 0935– 

0122). 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 


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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. 

The overall intent of the GRS project 

is to establish and document a 

systematic process that provides 

grantees with the ability to submit 

critical information in a timely manner 

throughout the lifecycle of a grant. In 

addition, the GRS project includes an 

infrastructure that is scalable and 

flexible to support information 

exchange throughout the Agency. 

The GRS is based on a review of the 

previous processes that supported the 

solicitation and submission of data 

associated with patient safety grants. 

Following this review, a recommended 

process was prepared and presented to 

AHRQ stakeholders. The project team 

developed an initial system that 

addresses the immediate needs of the 

stakeholder community. 

The project team, in conjunction with 

the stakeholder community will 

establish follow-on activities which will 

expand the capabilities of the initial 

system to meet the longer term goals of 

the project as directed by the executive 

management team of the agency. The 

specific activities that were 

accomplished in the short term and 

those established for the longer term are 

outlined below. 

Short-Term Objectives 

The following initial objectives for the 

GRS project have been: 

• Establish and document a 

systematic process which supports the 

voluntary reporting of project progress 

and important preliminary findings 

associated with patient safety research 

grants 

• Collect, document, and prioritize 

the long-term objectives of the GRS 

• Establish an infrastructure that 

satisfies the short-term objectives of the 

project and can be leveraged to meet the 

long-term objectives and anticipated 

expansion 

• Establish an automated userfriendly resource that will be used by 

grantees, regardless of mechanism, for 

reporting to AHRQ 

• Establish an automated userfriendly resource that will be utilized by 

Agency staff for preparing, distributing, 

and reviewing reporting requests to 

patient safety grantees 

• Ensure that the necessary security 

requirements are established and 

implemented in order to maintain the 

intellectual property or publication 

rights of grantees 

• Establish a solution that is 

consistent with the AHRQ enterprise 

architecture model and aligned with 

AHRQ systems development standards. 

Long-Term Objectives 

The AHRQ project team will continue 

to enhance the GRS to establish a single, 

common reporting system for research 

related activities by: 

• Enhancing the initial system as 

necessary to accommodate features not 

addressed by the short-term solution. 

• Modifying the short-term solution 

to address new requirements and refine 

existing functionality for use across the 

agency for other programs and 

mechanisms. 

• Expanding the deployment of the 

system to accommodate additional 

grants programs and other agency 

information exchange mechanisms. 

Method of Collection 

Grantees are required to enter data 

related to the progress of their grant 

funded research quarterly through a 

secure online interface which requires a 

user id and password. 

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 $11,159. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response Total burden 

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 ............ $33.51 ...... $11,159 

Total .................................................................................................................... 500 333 ............ na ............. 11,159 

* Based upon the average wages for Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations (29–0000), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The annual cost to the government is 

$100,000 for licensing, support and 

maintenance. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQs 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 


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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: October 19, 2010. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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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: ‘‘The 

Agency for Health Care Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and Innovator E-mail 

Submission Guidelines.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

e-mail 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 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and Innovator E-mail 

Submission Guidelines 

This request for Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) review is for renewal 

of the existing collection that is 

currently approved under OMB Control 

No. 0935–0147, AHRQ Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator 

Interview and AHRQ Health Care 

Innovations Exchange Innovator E-mail 

Submission Guidelines, which expires 

on March 31, 2011. 

The Health Care Innovations 

Exchange provides a national-level 

information hub to foster the 

implementation and adaptation of 

innovative strategies that improve 

health care quality and reduce 

disparities in the care received by 

different populations. The Innovations 

Exchange’s target audiences, broadly 

defined, are current and potential 

change agents in the U.S. health care 

system, including clinicians (e.g., 

physicians, nurses, and other 

providers), health system 

administrators, health plan managers, 

health service purchasers, regulators, 

and policymakers from relevant Federal 

and state agencies. 

To develop the target of 150 profiles 

per year, a purposively selected group of 

approximately 167 health care 

innovations will be selected annually 

for potential consideration. These 167 

innovations will be selected to ensure 

that innovations included in the 

Innovations Exchange cover a broad 

range of health care settings, care 

processes, priority populations, and 

clinical conditions. 

The goals of the Health Care 

Innovations Exchange are to: 

(1) Identify health care service 

delivery innovations and provide a 

national level repository of searchable 

innovations and Quality Tools that 

enables health care decisionmakers to 

quickly identify ideas and tools that 

meet their needs. These innovations 

come from many care settings including 

inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities, 

long term care organizations, health 

plans and community care settings. 

They also represent many patient 

populations, disease conditions, and 

processes of care such as preventive, 

acute, and chronic care; 

(2) Foster the implementation and 

adoption of health care service delivery 

innovations that improve health care 

quality and reduce disparities in the 

care received by different populations. 

This data collection is being 

conducted by AHRQ through its 

contractor, Westat, pursuant to AHRQ’s 

statutory authority to conduct and 

support research on healthcare and on 

systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities (1) With respect to 

the quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness and value of healthcare 

services, 42 U.S.C. 299a(a), and (2) to 

promote innovation in evidence-based 

health care practices and technologies. 

42 U.S.C. 299b–5. 

Method of Collection 

To achieve the first goal of the 

Innovations Exchange the following 

data collections will be implemented: 

(1) E-mail submission—Based on 

experience during the current approval 

period, approximately 10% of the 167 

health care innovations considered for 

inclusion annually, and their associated 

innovators, will submit their 

innovations via e-mail to the 

Innovations Exchange without prior 

contact (about 17 annually). Innovators 

who submit their innovations for 

possible publication through the e-mail 

submission guidelines process will be 

considered as will innovations 

identified by project staff through an 

array of sources that include: published 

literature, conference proceedings, news 

items, list servs, Federal agencies and 

other government programs and 

resources, health care foundations, and 

health care associations. 

(2) Health care innovator interview— 

To collect and verify the information 

required for the innovation profiles, 

health care innovators will be 

interviewed by telephone about the 

following aspects of their innovation: 

health care problem addressed, impetus 

for the innovation, goals of the 

innovation, description of the 

innovation, sources of funding, 

evaluation results for the innovation, 

setting for the innovation, history of 

planning and implementation for the 

innovation, and lessons learned 

concerning the implementation of the 

innovation. Interviews will be 

conducted with innovators identified by 

project staff and those identified 

through e-mail submission. 

(3) Annual follow-up reviews—After 

the innovation profile is published, on 

a yearly basis, innovators will be 

contacted by e-mail to review and 

update their profiles. 

The second goal of the Innovations 

Exchange is achieved by serving as a 

‘‘one-stop shop’’ that provides: 


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