Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 164 / Friday, August 25, 2023 / Notices 58281 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, State Public 

Health Lab, Medical Assistant, Doctor’s Office/Hospital.

CDC Specimen Submission 

50.34 Form.

2,098 12 5/60 

Medical Assistant, Doctor’s Office/Hospital ............................ Global File Accessioning 

Template.

15 11 20/60 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Public Health Ethics and 

Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18362 Filed 8–24–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Notice of Award of a Single-Source 

Cooperative Agreement To Fund 

icddr,b (International Centre for 

Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 

Bangladesh) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), located 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), announces the 

award of approximately $6,000,000, for 

Year 1 funding to icddr,b. The award 

will support high quality public health 

research and surveillance activities to 

further strengthen the ability of the 

Government of Bangladesh and other 

global partners to detect, prevent, and 

respond to disease threats. Funding 

amounts for years 2–5 will be set at 

continuation. 

DATES: The period for this award will be 

September 30, 2024 through September 

29, 2029. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lata 

Kumar, Global Health Center, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, 

Atlanta, GA, 30033, Telephone: 404– 

639–7618, email: lek7@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

single-source award will support high 

quality public health and 

implementation science research that 

will guide stakeholders to prioritize 

resources, develop policies, and 

implement practices and interventions 

that will help mitigate the impact of 

health threats on the Bangladeshi 

population and globally. icddr,b is in a 

unique position to conduct this work, as 

it is the only non-diplomatic partner 

that CDC is aware of that has the legal 

authority and operational expertise to 

process the import of laboratory 

supplies and reagents, including time 

sensitive reagents. Surveillance 

activities contemplated under this 

award detect and isolate highconsequence pathogens whose handling 

and storage require advanced 

biocontainment skills and capacity. 

icddr,b’s clinical microbiology 

laboratory meets the international 

standards of quality and is ISO 15189– 

2012 accredited and the institute has a 

strong and active institutional biosafety 

committee and Senior Biosafety Officer. 

icddr,b is the most biosafety capable 

institution in the country to execute 

critical ongoing studies on pathogens 

having pandemic potential such as 

Nipah virus, the testing of human, avian 

and bovine surveillance samples with 

unknown etiology, and studies of C. 

auris and influenza. To CDC’s 

knowledge, icddr,b is the only 

institution in Bangladesh with the 

capability to handle such pathogens 

according to international biosecurity 

standards. Furthermore, icddr,b has 

agreements with major biomedical 

transportation organizations and 

maintains a material transfer agreement 

(MTA) with CDC for the shipping of 

swabs, blood, serum and DNA. 

Summary of the Award 

Recipient: icddr,b (International 

Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 

Bangladesh). 

Purpose of the Award: The purpose of 

this award is to further strengthen the 

ability of the Government of Bangladesh 

and other global partners to detect, 

prevent, and respond to disease threats 

through high quality public health 

research and surveillance activities. 

Specifically, the individual activities 

under this cooperative agreement will: 

(a) determine burden, trends, etiology, 

and risk factors of priority diseases in 

Bangladesh, (b) develop and evaluate 

interventions and diagnostics, (c) 

evaluate the effectiveness of 

vaccinations to inform global policy, 

and (d) strengthen the Government of 

Bangladesh’s surveillance, laboratory, 

and outbreak response capacity. 

Amount of Award: The approximate 

year 1 funding amount will be 

$6,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 

2024 funds, subject to the availability of 

funds. Funding amounts for years 2–5 

will be set at continuation. 

Authority: This program is authorized 

under section 301(a) of the Public 

Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241(a)], as 

amended and section 307 of the Public 

Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 242l]. 

Period of Performance: September 30, 

2024 through September 29, 2029. 

Dated: August 22, 2023. 

Terrance Perry, 

Chief Grants Management Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18369 Filed 8–24–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10143] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 


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