[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33417]


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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, 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: Performance Outcome Demonstration Study--New

    Through Titles VII and VIII programs, the Bureau of Health 
Professions provides both policy leadership and support for health 
professions workforce enhancement and educational infrastructure 
development. An outcome-based performance measurement system is central 
to the ability of the Bureau to determine whether program support is 
meeting its national health workforce objectives, and to signal where 
program course correction is necessary.
    In addition, the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 
requires each agency to develop comprehensive strategic plans, to 
submit annual performance plans that set specific performance goals for 
each program activity, and to report annually on the actual performance 
achieved compared to the performance goals.
    The Bureau of Health Professions has developed a comprehensive 
performance monitoring system (CPMS) which consists of cross-cutting 
indicators designed to capture the common activities across programs, 
cluster level indicators designed to capture common activities for 
programs with a similar focus, and program specific indicators designed 
to capture activities which are specific to selected individual 
programs. At the core of the Bureau's performance monitoring system are 
four cross-cutting goals with respect to workforce quality, supply, 
diversity and distribution. External customer input was utilized to 
validate the Bureau's proposed outcomes and indicators, and to assist 
with a preliminary assessment of the suitability of data sources. A 
pilot study of nine program sites within the Washington metropolitan 
area was completed to determine the availability of the data along with 
the clarity of the definitions and instructions. The results of the 
pilot indicate that these data can be collected from grantees.
    A wider demonstration will be done to assess the ability of current 
grantees, in the second year of the project period or later, to supply 
the data without the benefit of a site visit and to further refine the 
definitions and instructions. Since data are collected by discipline, 
the estimate of burden hours per response is different for projects 
that involve a single discipline and projects that involve multiple 
disciplines.
    As part of the demonstration study, grantees will be sent a Data 
System Questionnaire that asks for information on grantee capacity for 
using information technology to store and transmit data. This 
information will be used to determine the best way to use information 
technology when the CPMS is fully implemented. It is expected that the 
distribution and submission of the CPMS data forms will eventually be 
fully automated and that the data collection tool will be an 
interactive program which prompts respondents to report only those data 
relevant to their programs. Burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                               Responses                                        
               Type of respondent                 Number of       per         Total      Hours per    Total hour
                                                 respondents   respondent   responses     response      burden  
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Data System Questionnaire......................          644            1          644          .17          107
CPMS Tables: Projects involving a single                                                                        
 discipline....................................          511            1          511            8        4,088
CPMS Tables: Projects involving multiple                                                                        
 disciplines...................................           64            1           64           40        2,560
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    Total......................................          644  ...........         1219  ...........        6,755
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: December 17, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-33417 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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