[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 96 (Friday, May 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28059-28060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9536]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request 
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    Proposed Project: OAT Telehealth Outcome Measures: NEW.
    In order to help carry out its mission, the Office for the 
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) created a set of performance measures 
that grantees can use to evaluate the effectiveness of their services 
programs and monitor their progress through the use of performance 
reporting data.
    As required by the Government Performance and Review Act of 1993 
(GPRA), all Federal agencies must develop strategic plans describing 
their overall goal and objectives. The Office for the Advancement of 
Telehealth (OAT) has worked with its grantees to develop performance 
measures to be used to evaluate and monitor the

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progress of the grantees. Grantee goals are to: Improve access to 
needed services, reduce rural practitioner isolation, improve health 
system productivity and efficiency, and improve patient outcomes. In 
each of these categories, specific indicators were designed to be 
reported through a performance monitoring Web site.
    The Program Assessment Response Tool (PART) is the newest 
instrument created for use by Federal agencies. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) uses the PART to assess Federal programs. 
The PART is a series of diagnostic questions used to assess and 
evaluate programs across a set of performance-related criteria 
including program design and purpose, strategic planning, program 
management, and results. PART results are used to inform the budget 
process and improve program management. OAT's Telehealth Network Grant 
Program has been undergoing a PART assessment this year. Thus, in 
addition to responding to the GPRA initiative, OAT now has the added 
responsibility of responding to the PART assessment of its Telehealth 
Network Grant Program. The proposed performance measures will provide 
performance data that will address the PART assessment, monitor 
progress, and evaluate program effectiveness.
    The estimates of burden are as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total                          Total burden
                                Form                                   respondents       respondent       responses       Hour burden         hours
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Performance Measurement Tool.......................................             667                2            1,334                7            9,338
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Karen Matsuoka, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 11, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Associate Administrator for Management.
[FR Doc. E7-9536 Filed 5-17-07; 8:45 am]
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