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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–0696; Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0022] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on the information collection 

request entitled National HIV 

Prevention Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation (NHM&E). CDC is requesting 

a 3-year approval for revision to the 

previously approved project to continue 

collecting standardized HIV prevention 

program evaluation data from health 

departments and community-based 

organizations (CBOs) who receive 

federal funds for HIV prevention 

activities. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2015– 

0022 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact the Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; 

Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Proposed Project 

National HIV Prevention Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) 

(OMB 0920–0696, Expiration 03/31/

2016)—Revision—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 approval 

for revision to the previously approved 

project. The purpose of this revision is 

to continue collecting standardized HIV 

prevention program evaluation data 

from health departments and 

community-based organizations (CBOs) 

who receive federal funds for HIV 

prevention activities. Grantees have the 

option of key-entering or uploading data 

to a CDC-provided web-based software 

application (EvaluationWeb®). 

This revision includes changes to the 

data variables to adjust to the different 

monitoring and evaluation needs of new 

funding announcements without a 

change in burden. 

The evaluation and reporting process 

is necessary to ensure that CDC receives 

standardized, accurate, thorough 

evaluation data from both health 

department and CBO grantees. For these 

reasons, CDC developed standardized 

NHM&E variables through extensive 

consultation 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). 

CDC requires CBOs and health 

departments who receive federal funds 

for HIV prevention to report nonidentifying, client-level and aggregatelevel, standardized evaluation data to: 

(1) Accurately determine the extent to 

which HIV prevention efforts are 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 

HIV prevention activities and use of 

funds in HIV prevention nationwide. 

CDC HIV prevention program grantees 

will collect, enter or upload, and report 

agency-identifying information, budget 

data, intervention information, and 

client demographics and behavioral risk 

characteristics with an estimate of 

200,846 burden hours. Data collection 

will include searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining data, 


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document compilation, review of data, 

and data entry or upload into the webbased system. 

There are no additional costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Health jurisdiction .............................. Health Department Reporting .......... 69 2 1,377 190,026 

Community-Based Organization ....... Community-Based Organization Reporting.200 2 40.5 16,200 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 206,226 

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. 2015–09088 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–15–0314] 

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 omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice 

should be directed 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 

The National Survey of Family 

Growth (NSFG)–(0920–0314, Expiration 

04/30/2015—Revision—National Center 

for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect 

statistics on ‘‘family formation, growth, 

and dissolution,’’ as well as 

‘‘determinants of health’’ and 

‘‘utilization of health care’’ in the 

United States. This three-year clearance 

request includes the data collection in 

2015–2018 for the continuous NSFG. 

The National Survey of Family 

Growth (NSFG) was conducted 

periodically between 1973 and 2002, 

and continuously since 2006, by the 

National Center for Health Statistics, 

CDC. Each year, about 15,000 

households are screened, with about 

5,000 participants interviewed annually. 

Participation in the NSFG is completely 

voluntary and confidential. Interviews 

average 60 minutes for males and 80 

minutes for females. The response rate 

since 2011 has been about 73 percent. 

The NSFG program produces 

descriptive statistics which measure 

factors associated with birth and 

pregnancy rates, including 

contraception, infertility, marriage, 

divorce, and sexual activity, in the U.S. 

population 15–49; and behaviors that 

affect the risk of sexually transmitted 

diseases (STD), including HIV, and the 

medical care associated with 

contraception, infertility, and pregnancy 

and childbirth. 

NSFG data users include the DHHS 

programs that fund it, including CDC/

NCHS and nine others (The Eunice 

Kennedy Shriver National Institute of 

Child Health and Human Development 

(NIH/NICHD); the Office of Population 

Affairs (DHHS/OPA); the Children’s 

Bureau within the Administration for 

Children and Families (DHHS/ACF/CB); 

the ACF’s Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation (DHHS/ACF/OPRE); the 

CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention 

(CDC/DHAP); the CDC’s Division of STD 

Prevention (CDC/DSTDP); the CDC’s 

Division of Cancer Prevention and 

Control (CDC/DCPC); the CDC’s 

Division of Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities (CDC/

DBDDD); and the CDC’s Division of 

Reproductive Health (CDC/DRH). The 

NSFG is also used by state and local 

governments; private research and 

action organizations focused on men’s 

and women’s health, child well-being, 

and marriage and the family; academic 

researchers in the social and public 

health sciences; journalists, and many 

others. 

No questionnaire changes are 

requested in the first 6 months of this 

clearance; limited changes including (1) 

the expansion of the age range from 15– 

44 years of age to 15–49, (2) some 

revision of the female and male 

questionnaires to incorporate new and 

modified items related to contraceptive 

use, reproductive health, preventive 

service screening/counseling, sexual 

orientation, health insurance, cigarette 

smoking, cancer risk, military service 


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