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cooperative agreements, and contracts. 

The Division also provides for training 

of health professionals who work with 

adolescents, particularly nurse 

practitioners, physician assistants, and 

social workers. 

3. Division of Policy, Planning, and 

Communications (ACR2). The Division 

of Policy, Planning, and 

Communications (DPPC) is the primary 

information source on adolescent health 

programs of OAH. The Division: advises 

the OAH Director on policy issues; 

manages information, education and 

awareness activities and media and 

press relations; develops and 

coordinates strategic plans and special 

initiatives; oversees public health 

information and performance 

measurement; and coordinates and 

promotes OAH programs and policies. 

DPPC oversees and directs the OAH’s 

communication programs, consistent 

with the policies of the HHS Assistant 

Secretary for Public Affairs. This 

Division also coordinates, develops, 

researches, and prepares briefing 

materials on adolescent health for the 

OAH Director and other HHS offices. 

E. Under Part A, Chapter AC, Section 

AC.10 Organization, replace all 

references to the ‘‘Office of the 

President’s Council on Physical Fitness 

and Sports (ACE)’’ with the ‘‘Office of 

the President’s Council on Fitness, 

Sports and Nutrition (ACE)’’ and all 

references to the ‘‘President’s Council on 

Physical Fitness and Sports’’ with the 

‘‘President’s Council on Fitness, Sports 

and Nutrition.’’ 

F. Under Part A, Chapter AC, Section 

AC.20 Functions, Paragraph A, ‘‘The 

Immediate Office (ACA),’’ insert the 

following after ‘‘(18)’’: 

(19) leads and coordinates public 

health activities that addresses health 

disparities related to sexual orientation. 

Dated: July 29, 2010. 

Kathleen Sebelius, 

Secretary. 

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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. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 1, 2010. 

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 

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 10th, 

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 

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: 

Æ Establish and document a 

systematic process which supports the 

voluntary reporting of project progress 

and important preliminary findings 

associated with patient safety research 

grants. 

Æ Collect, document, and prioritize 

the long-term objectives of the GRS. 

Æ 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. 

Æ Establish an automated userfriendly resource that will be used by 

grantees, regardless of mechanism, for 

reporting to AHRQ. 

Æ Establish an automated userfriendly resource that will be utilized by 

Agency staff for preparing, distributing, 

and reviewing reporting requests to 

patient safety grantees. 

Æ Ensure that the necessary security 

requirements are established and 

implemented in order to maintain the 

intellectual property or publication 

rights of grantees. 

Æ 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: 

Æ Enhancing the initial system as 

necessary to accommodate features not 

addressed by the short-term solution. 

Æ Modifying the short-term solution 

to address new requirements and refine 

existing functionality for use across the 

agency for other programs and 

mechanisms. 

Æ Expanding the deployment of the 

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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 

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 $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 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. 

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: August 16, 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: 

‘‘Avoiding Readmissions in Hospitals 

Serving Diverse Patients.’’ 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 June 21st, 2010 and allowed 

60 days for public comment. One 

comment was 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 September 30, 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 

Avoiding Readmissions in Hospitals 

Serving Diverse Patients 

An important part of AHRQ’s mission 

is to disseminate information and tools 

that can support improvement in quality 

and safety in the U.S. health care 

community. The transition process from 

the hospital to the outpatient setting is 

nonstandardized and frequently 

inadequate in quality. One in five 

hospital discharges is complicated by an 

adverse event (AE) within 30 days, often 

leading to an emergency department 

visit and/or rehospitalization. Many 


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