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use by Federal grant-making agencies. 

Agencies may use the SF–424 (Short) for 

grant programs not requiring all the data 

that is required on the SF–424 core data 

set and form. This information 

collection request also includes two 

additional government-wide forms, the 

Key Contacts form and the Project 

Abstract form, each of which can be 

used in conjunction with the SF–424 to 

collect supplemental applicant data. 

The Key Contacts form is an optional 

form that the agencies may use to collect 

additional key contact or point of 

contact information. The Project 

Abstract form is also an optional form 

that provides the mechanism for the 

applicant to attach a file that contains 

an abstract of the project, in a format 

specified by the agency. 

The SF–424 (Short) and supplemental 

data set and forms are currently 

available for use as part of the electronic 

application process of Grants.gov, 

which was deployed in October 2003 

and is part of the implementation of the 

Federal Financial Assistance 

Management Improvement Act of 1999 

(Pub. L. 106–107). Currently, six 

agencies plan to continue the use of the 

SF–424 (Short) in lieu of the SF–424 for 

eligible grant programs. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, 

on occasion. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

government; Farms; Not-for-profit 

institutions, and Business or other forprofit. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

8549. 

Total Annual Responses: 8549. 

Average Burden per Response: 25 

min. 

Total Annual Hours: 3562. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received within 60 days, and directed to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at 

the following address: Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 

Resources and Technology, Office of 

Resources Management, Attention: 

Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990–NEW), 

Room 537–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

Dated: January 18, 2007. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–04040–0005; 60- 

day notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Grants.gov Program Management Office, 

one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, 

managed by the Department of Health 

and Human Services is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collection for public comment. 

Interested individuals are invited to 

send comments regarding any aspect of 

this collection of information or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including any of the 

following subjects: (1) The necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension. 

Title of Information Collection: SF–

424 Individual. 

Form/OMB No.: 4040–0005. 

Use: The discretionary SF–424 was 

established as the government-wide 

standard data set and form for 

Discretionary grant applications on July 

31, 2003 [Federal Register Notice 68 FR 

44974]. The SF–424 consolidates grant 

application related data and forms 

currently used by Federal grant-making 

agencies and organizations for their 

discretionary grant programs and 

replaces numerous agency-specific 

forms. The effect has been to reduce the 

administrative burden to the Federal 

grants community, which includes 

applicants/grantees and Federal staff 

involved in grants-related activities. Use 

of the standard data elements was 

implemented through the electronic 

grants application process of Grants.gov, 

which was deployed in October 2003 

and is part of the implementation of the 

Federal Financial Assistance 

Management Improvement Act of 1999 

(Pub. L. 106–107). Federal agencies and 

applicants under discretionary grant 

programs now use the standard SF–424 

discretionary data set and definitions for 

paper and electronic applications. 

Federal agencies will not be required to 

use the SF–424 (I) nor be required to 

collect all of the information included 

in the proposed data set. The agency 

will identify the data that must be 

provided by applicants through 

instructions that will accompany the 

application package. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, 

on occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

5,827. 

Total Annual Responses: 6,949. 

Average Burden per Response: 24.72 

min. 

Total Annual Hours: 2,863. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received within 60 days, and directed to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at 

the following address: Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 

Resources and Technology, Office of 

Resources Management, Attention: 

Sherrette Funn-Coleman (4040–0005), 

Room 537–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

Dated: January 19, 2007. 

Charles Havekost, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meetings 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 


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Quality (AHRQ) announces meetings of 

scientific peer review groups. The 

subcommittees listed below are part of 

the Agency’s Health Services Research 

Initial Review Group Committee. The subcommittee meetings will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant 

applications are to be reviewed and 

discussed at these meetings. These 

discussions are likely to involve 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the applications, 

including assessments of their personal 

qualifications to conduct their proposed 

projects. This information is exempt 

from mandatory disclosure under the 

above-cited statutes. 

1. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Research Training. 

Date: February 8–9, 2007 (Open from 9 

a.m. to 9:15 a.m. on February 8 and closed 

for remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference 

Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. 

2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Quality and Effectiveness Research. 

Date: February 22–23, 2007 (Open from 8 

a.m. to 8:15 a.m. on February 22 and closed 

for remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference 

Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. 

3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Technology and Decision Sciences. 

Date: February 22, 2007 (Open from 8:30 

a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and closed for remainder of 

the meeting). 

Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference 

Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. 

4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Systems 

Research. 

Date: March 1, 2007 (Open from 8 a.m. to 

8:15 a.m. and closed for remainder of the 

meeting). 

Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ), John Eisenberg Conference 

Center, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. 

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain 

a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the 

nonconfidential portions of the meetings 

should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research, Education and Priority 

Populations, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Suite 

2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone 

(301) 427–1554. 

Agenda items for these meetings are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: January 18, 2007. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day-07–0601] 

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 the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 371–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

The National Tobacco Control 

Program (NCTP) Chronicles Progress 

Reporting System—Revision—(OMB 

No. 0920–0601), National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Tobacco use is the single most 

preventable cause of death and disease 

in the United States and most people 

begin using tobacco in early 

adolescence. Annually, causes more 

than 430,000 deaths in the nation, 

costing approximately $50–70 billion in 

medical expenses alone. The Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is 

seeking a 3 year Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval for a 

revision of a reporting system called the 

Chronicle. The collection of this 

information is part of a federal reporting 

requirement for funds received by states 

from the CDC through the National 

Tobacco Control Program (NTCP). The Office on Smoking and Health 

currently has clearance for the NTCP 

Chronicle, OMB# 0920–0601, a webbased program monitoring system. This 

Reporting system allows CDC increased 

ability to analyze program monitoring 

data received through state submission 

of bi-annually progress reports, to 

provide national summaries of progress 

toward the objectives contained in 

Healthy People 2010 and, as well as 

CDC-specified goals and performance 

measures. The system also allows CDC 

to rapidly respond to outside inquiries 

concerning a specific tobacco control 

activity occurring in the state tobacco 

control programs. The revision to the 

existing web-based program monitoring 

data collection system serves to append 

the original quantitative and narrative 

format. This will result in increased 

quality of the content of the tobacco 

control data reported, and continues to 

provide for an electronic means for 

efficient collection and transmission to 

the CDC headquarters. 

In January 2004, the Office on 

Smoking and Health launched the NTCP 

Chronicle, an online program planning 

and reporting tool that assists states in 

developing comprehensive tobacco 

control program plans and in 

responding to federal reporting 

requirements. Using a standardized 

format based on OSH’s program 

framework, the Chronicle enables 

grantees to describe their CDC-funded 

program activities and expected 

outcomes. By collecting and housing 

this information within a searchable 

database, OSH can effectively fulfill its 

cooperative agreement obligations, 

namely to monitor, evaluate and 

compare individual programs, provide 

technical assistance to increase the 

efficacy of state-driven initiatives, and 

to assess and report aggregate 

information regarding the overall 

effectiveness of the National Tobacco 

Control Program (NTCP). The NTCP 

Chronicle is complementary to the 

Grants.Gov electronic grant submission 

process by facilitating development of 

the key elements for inclusion in 

addressing federal cooperative 

agreement requirements, thus helping 

insure effective evidence- and sciencebased program planning and 

development efforts of state public 

health departments. This submission 

represents a request for a revision of a 

currently approved data collection. The 

revised content includes modifications 

to some of the Program Report 

assessment questions, a reduction in the 

number of fields a cooperative 

agreement recipient is required to 

respond to, and a recalculation to 

provide a more realistic burden estimate 

of the amount of time required to 

complete the Progress Report. 

There is no cost to the respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

816. 

Estimated Annualized Burden Hours 


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