74192 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 208 / Monday, October 30, 2023 / Notices 

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. 2023–23857 Filed 10–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–24–24AH; Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0087] 

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 effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

Government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on a proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposed information collection project 

titled IRB Authorization Agreement for 

Human Research. The purpose of the 

data collection is to keep track of, and 

provide regulatory oversight for, those 

institutions that have elected to rely on 

the CDC IRB’s review of research 

studies. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0087 by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(www.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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS 

H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; 

Telephone: 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 the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. 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; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses; and 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

IRB Authorization Agreement for 

Human Research—New—Office of 

Science (OS), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The CDC Human Research Protection 

Office (HRPO) often receives requests 

from outside institutions seeking to rely 

on the CDC Institutional Review Board 

(IRB) for review of a research study. 

This arrangement also allows multiple 

institutions to use, or rely on, the CDC 

IRB for centralized review and approval 

of research studies instead of review by 

the site-specific IRBs, which helps 

reduce duplication of effort, delays, and 

expenses. 

To meet regulatory requirements, 

institutions that elect to rely on the CDC 

IRB’s review of research studies are 

required to complete a CDC IRB 

Authorization Agreement for Human 

Research and a Local Context Survey. 

The agreement and the survey will be 

used to provide regulatory oversight for 

human subjects research, maintain 

records and track those institutions that 

have elected to rely on the CDC IRB for 

review. 

CDC requests OMB approval for an 

estimated 450 annual burden hours. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time to participate. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hrs.) 

Total burden 

(in hrs.) 

Hospital/Academic Institutions/IRB 

Administrators.

CDC IRB Authorization Agreement 

for Human Research (for review, 

completion and submission to 

CDC).

150 1 1 150 

Hospital/Academic Institutions/IRB 

Administrators.

Local context survey (for completion 

and submission to CDC.

150 1 2 300 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 450 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 208 / Monday, October 30, 2023 / Notices 74193 

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. 2023–23858 Filed 10–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–24–1078; Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0086] 

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 effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

Government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a continuing information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collection project titled The Division of 

Workforce Development (DWD) 

Fellowship Alumni Assessment. 

Information will be collected from 

graduates of selected public health 

fellowships to assess the impact of 

fellowship programs and improve their 

management. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0086 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS H21–8, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(www.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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS 

H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; 

Telephone: 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 the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

1. 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; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses; and 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

The Division of Workforce 

Development (DWD) Fellowship 

Alumni Assessment (OMB Control No. 

0920–1078, Exp. 02/29/2024)— 

Revision—National Center for State, 

Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public 

Health Infrastructure and Workforce 

(NCSTLTPHIW), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) works to protect 

America from health, safety and security 

threats, both foreign and in the U.S. 

CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in 

part, through a competent and capable 

public health workforce. One 

mechanism for developing the public 

health workforce is through fellowship 

programs like those sponsored and 

supported by the Division of Workforce 

Development (DWD). 

A robust public health workforce has 

sufficient workforce, organizational, and 

systems capacity to deliver essential 

public health services and protect the 

public’s health. In 2023, after a CDC 

reorganization agency-wide, a number 

of CDC career fellowships were 

consolidated within one new division, 

DWD, which has a lead role in public 

health workforce development. Across 

all of its branches, DWD manages or 

supports many full-time, cross-cutting 

career fellowship programs that support 

CDC and State, Tribal, local, and 

Territorial health departments, and 

partner organizations. Through these 

programs, DWD strives to provide 

quality training for current and future 

members of the public health workforce 

to ensure they have foundational and 

contemporary public health skills. 

Nearly all these programs serve as a 

pathway to CDC career communities 

and are an important source of supply 

for the public health workforce. 

In 2015, CDC obtained OMB approval 

to conduct follow-up surveys of alumni 

who had completed the Public Health 

Associate Program (PHAP) (OMB 

Control No. 0920–1078). Findings from 

the PHAP alumni surveys have 

improved CDC’s understanding of 

alumni retention and career progression 

in the public health workforce and have 

informed management of the PHAP. In 

the current Revision, CDC proposes to 

build on lessons learned in PHAP 

fellowship evaluation. CDC will 

broaden the scope of information 

collection to accommodate the full 

portfolio of DWD fellowships, which 

currently include the Epidemiology 

Elective Program (EEP), Evaluation 

Fellowship (EF), Epidemic Intelligence 

Service (EIS), CDC E-Learning Institute, 

Future Leaders in Infectious and Global 

Health Threats (FLIGHT), Laboratory 

Leadership Service (LLS), CDC Steven 

M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness 

(PE) Fellowship, Preventive Medicine 

Residency and Fellowship, Population 

Health Training in Place Program 

(PHTPP), Science Ambassador 

Fellowship (SAF), and PHAP. In 

addition to expanding the respondent 


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