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V. Collection of Information 

Requirements 

This document does not impose 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Consequently, it need not be reviewed 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the authority of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 35). 

VI. Regulatory Impact Statement 

In accordance with the provisions of 

Executive Order 12866, the Office of 

Management and Budget did not review 

this proposed notice. 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13132, we have determined that this 

proposed notice would not have a 

significant effect on the rights of States, 

local or tribal governments. 

Authority: Section 1865 of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bb). 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance 

Program; No. 93.773 Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance Program; and No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: May 4, 2011. 

Donald M. Berwick, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11705 Filed 5–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–7031–NC2] 

Announcement of Notice; Proposed 

Establishment of a Federally Funded 

Research and Development Center— 

Second Notice 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health & Human Services (DHHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces our 

intention to sponsor a Federally Funded 

Research and Development Center 

(FFRDC) to facilitate the modernization 

of business processes and supporting 

systems and their operations. This is the 

second of three notices which must be 

published over a 90-day period in order 

to advise the public of the agency’s 

intention to sponsor an FFRDC. 

DATES: We must receive comments on or 

before July 5, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

must be mailed to the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, Candice 

Savoy, Contracting Officer, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Mailstop C2–01–10, 

Baltimore, MD 21244 or e-mail at 

Candice.Savoy@cms.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candice Savoy, (410) 786–7494 or 

Candice.Savoy@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), an operating division 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (DHHS), intends to 

sponsor a study and analysis, delivery 

system, simulations, and cost modeling 

Federally Funded Research and 

Development Center (FFRDC) to 

facilitate the modernization of business 

processes and supporting systems and 

their operations. Some of the broad task 

areas that will be utilized include 

strategic/tactical planning, conceptual 

planning, design and engineering, 

procurement assistance, organizational 

planning, research and development, 

continuous process improvement, 

IV&V/compliance, and security 

planning. Further analysis will consist 

of expert advice and guidance in the 

areas of program and project 

management focused on increasing the 

effectiveness and efficiency of strategic 

information management, prototyping, 

demonstrations, and technical activities. 

The FFRDC may also be utilized by nonsponsors, within DHHS. 

The FFRDC will be established under 

the authority of 48 CFR 35.017. 

The contractor will be available to 

provide a wide range of support 

including, but not limited to: 

• Strategic/tactical planning 

including assisting with planning for 

future CMS program policy, innovation, 

development, and support for Medicare 

and Medicaid. 

• Conceptual planning including 

operations, analysis, requirements, 

procedures, and analytic support. 

• Design and engineering including 

technical architecture direction. 

• Procurement assistance, review/ 

recommendations for current contract 

processes to include, contract reform, 

technical guidance, price and cost 

estimating, support and source selection 

evaluation support. 

• Organizational planning including 

functional and gap analysis. 

• Research and development, 

assessment of new technologies and 

advice on medical and technical 

innovation and health information. 

• Continuous process improvement, 

ILC/current practices review and 

recommendations, implementation of 

best practices and code reviews. 

• IV&V/Compliance, DUA 

surveillance and Web site content 

review. 

• Security including Security 

Assessments and Security Test and 

Evaluations (ST&E). Identify, define, 

and resolve problems as an integral part 

of the sponsor’s management team. 

• Providing independent analysis 

about DHHS vulnerabilities and the 

effectiveness of systems deployed to 

make DHHS more effective in providing 

healthcare services and implementation 

of new healthcare initiatives. 

• Providing intra-departmental and 

inter-agency cross-cutting, risk-informed 

analysis of alternative resource 

approaches. 

• Developing and deploying 

analytical tools and techniques to 

evaluate system alternatives (for 

example, policy-operations-technology 

tradeoffs), and life-cycle costs that have 

broad application across CMS. 

• Developing measurable 

performance metrics, models, and 

simulations for determining progress in 

securing DHHS data or other authorized 

data sources, (non-DHHS data sources, 

such as the census data or Department 

of Labor data, Veterans Administration, 

Department of Defense, data in 

developing performance metrics, and 

models). 

• Providing independent and 

objective operational test and evaluation 

analysis support. 

• Developing recommendations for 

guidance on the best practices for 

standards, particularly to improve the 

inter-operability of DHHS components. 

• Assessing technologies and 

evaluating technology test-beds for 

accurate simulation of operational 

conditions and delivery system 

innovation models. 

• Supporting critical thinking about 

the DHHS enterprise, business 

intelligence and analytic tools that can 

be applied consistently across DHHS 

and CMS programs. 

• Supporting systems integration, 

data management, and data exchange 

that contribute to a larger DHHS intraand inter-agency enterprise as well as 

collaboration with State, local tribal 

governments, the business sector (forprofit and not-for-profit), academia and 

the public. 

• Providing recommendations for 

standards for top-level DHHS systems 

requirements and performance metrics 

best practices for an integrated DHHS 

approach to systems solutions and 

structured and unstructured data 

architecture. 

• Understanding key DHHS 

organizations and their specific role and 

major acquisition requirements and 

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support them in the requirements 

development phase of the acquisition 

lifecycle. 

• The FFRDC must function so 

effectively as to act as an agent for the 

sponsor in the design and pursuit of 

mission goals. 

• The FFRDC must provide rapid 

responsiveness to changing 

requirements for personnel in all 

aspects of strategic, technical and 

program management. 

• The FFRDC must recognize 

government objectives as its own 

objectives, partnering with the sponsor 

in pursuit of excellence in public 

service. 

• The FFRDC must allow for nonsponsor, other than CMS, work for 

operating Divisions within DHHS. 

We are publishing this notice in 

accordance with 48 CFR 5.205(b) of the 

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), 

to enable interested members of the 

public to provide comments on this 

proposed action. We note that this is the 

second of three notices issued under the 

FAR. 

The Request for Proposal will be 

posted on FedBizOpps in the Summer 

of 2011. Alternatively, a copy can be 

received by contacting the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above. 

Dated: May 4, 2011. 

Donald M. Berwick, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11708 Filed 5–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Title: OCSE–157 Child Support 

Enforcement Program Annual Data 

Report. 

OMB No.: 0970–0177. 

Description: The information obtained 

from this form will be used to: (1) 

Report Child Support Enforcement 

activities to the Congress as required by 

law; (2) calculate incentive measures 

performance and performance 

indicators utilized in the program; and 

(3) assist the Office of Child Support 

Enforcement (OCSE) in monitoring and 

evaluating State Child Support 

programs. OCSE is proposing minor 

changes to the OCSE–157 report 

instructions for medical support line 

items that will provide states with the 

option to define medical support to 

include private health insurance as well 

as other health care coverage such as 

Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (CHIP) and other state coverage 

plans, and cash medical support. 

Further legislative or regulatory changes 

may be necessary to update medical 

child support policy. 

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

OCSE–157 ....................................................................................................... 54 1 7 378 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: .................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 378 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. The Department 

specifically requests comments on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11796 Filed 5–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0015] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Orphan Drugs; 

Common European Medicines Agency/ 

Food and Drug Administration 

Application Form for Orphan Medicinal 

Product Designation (Form FDA 3671) 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that a proposed collection of 

information has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by June 13, 

2011. 

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