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Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Lead, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Public Health Ethics and 

Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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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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universe for fellowship alumni, this ICR 

is intentionally removing the host site 

supervisor component included in the 

original ICR. This revision will 

specifically focus on fellowship alumni 

only. A new ICR will be created for the 

host site supervisor survey. 

Each year, new cohorts ranging from 

three to 200 individuals are enrolled 

across these fellowship programs. While 

each fellowship differs in focus area, 

type of fellow, and projects, they all 

have the same mission: to train and 

provide learning opportunities to earlyand mid-career professionals who 

contribute to the public health 

workforce. Post-fellowship, it is the goal 

that alumni seek employment within 

the public health system (i.e., Federal, 

State, Tribal, local, or Territorial health 

agencies, or non-governmental 

organizations). 

CDC will apply a common approach 

to assessing how fellowship 

participation impacts the job placement, 

retention in the public health workforce, 

and career progression of alumni. DWD 

Fellowship Alumni Surveys will be 

administered to individual program 

alumni at three different time points 

(one year, three years, and five years 

post-program completion). Each 

fellowship program will invite their 

program’s alumni to participate. 

Fellowships will be deploying surveys 

specific to their programs. Assessment 

questions will remain consistent at each 

administration timepoint (i.e., one year, 

three years, or five years post-program 

completion). The language, however, 

will be updated for each survey 

administration to reflect the appropriate 

time period. Surveys will be 

administered electronically; a link to the 

survey will be provided in an email 

invitation. CDC will discontinue the 

Host Site Supervisor Survey previously 

approved for the PHAP fellowship 

alumni. 

CDC will use survey findings to 

document program outcomes, 

demonstrate evidence of impact, and 

inform decision making about future 

program direction. The results of these 

surveys may be published in peer 

reviewed journals and/or in nonscientific publications such as practice 

reports and/or fact sheets. OMB 

approval is requested for three years. 

The estimated burden is eight minutes 

per respondent per survey, and the total 

annualized estimated burden is 519 

hours. Participation is voluntary and 

there are no costs to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden time 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total 

response 

burden 

(in hours) 

DWD Fellowship Alumni ................... DWD Alumni 1-Year Survey ............ 1300 1 8/60 173 

DWD Fellowship Alumni ................... DWD Alumni 3-Year Survey ............ 1300 1 8/60 173 

DWD Fellowship Alumni ................... DWD Alumni 5-Year Survey ............ 1300 1 8/60 173 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 519 

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. 2023–23860 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–24–0138; Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0088] 

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 Pulmonary 

Function Testing Course Approval 

Program. The program consists of an 

application submitted by potential 

sponsors—universities, hospitals, and 

private consulting firms, who seek 

NIOSH approval to conduct courses, 

and if approved, notification to NIOSH 

of any course or faculty changes during 

the approval period, which is limited to 

five years. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before December 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2023– 

0088 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 


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