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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 

National HIV Prevention Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) 

(OMB Control No. 0920–0696, Exp. 10/ 

31/2024)—Extension—National Center 

for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and 

TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC seeks to request a three-year 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval to extend the 

previously approved project and 

continue the collection of standardized 

HIV prevention program evaluation data 

from health departments and 

community-based organizations (CBOs) 

who receive federal funds for HIV 

prevention activities. Health department 

grantees have the options to key-enter or 

upload data to a CDC-provided webbased software application 

(EvaluationWeb). CBO grantees may 

only key-enter data to the CDC-provided 

web-based software application. 

The evaluation and reporting process 

is necessary to ensure that CDC receives 

standardized, accurate, thorough 

evaluation data from both health 

department and CBO grantees. For these 

reasons, CDC developed standardized 

NHM&E variables through extensive 

consultation with representatives from 

health departments, CBOs, and national 

partners (e.g., The National Alliance of 

State and Territorial AIDS Directors and 

Urban Coalition of HIV/AIDS 

Prevention Services). CDC requires 

CBOs and health departments who 

receive federal funds for HIV prevention 

to report nonidentifying, HIV test-level 

and aggregate level, standardized 

evaluation data to: (1) accurately 

determine the extent to which HIV 

prevention efforts are carried out, what 

types of agencies are providing services, 

what resources are allocated to those 

services, to whom services are being 

provided, and how these efforts have 

contributed to a reduction in HIV 

transmission; (2) improve ease of 

reporting to better meet these data 

needs; and (3) be accountable to 

stakeholders by informing them of HIV 

prevention activities and use of funds in 

HIV prevention nationwide. 

CDC HIV prevention program grantees 

will collect, enter or upload, and report 

agency-identifying information, budget 

data, intervention information, and 

client demographics and behavioral risk 

characteristics with an estimated 

annualized burden of 190,294 hours. 

Data collection activities will include 

searching existing data sources, 

gathering and maintaining data, 

document compilation, review of data, 

and data entry or upload into the webbased system. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hr) 

Total burden 

(in hr) 

Health Departments .......................... Health Department Reporting .......... 61 2 1427 174,094 

Community-based Organizations ...... Community-based Organization Reporting.150 2 54 16,200 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 190,294 

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. 2024–02174 Filed 2–2–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day-24–1322; Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0007] 

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 Capacity 

Building Assistance Program: Data 

Management, Monitoring, and 

Evaluation. The goal of the study is to 

allow CDC to evaluate the CDC 

cooperative agreement program entitled 

CDC–RFA–PS19–1904 in order to 

improve the evaluation design and 

methods used to capture PS19–1904 

outcomes, and to increase access and 

use of PS19–1904 data for continuous 

quality improvement and performance 

reporting. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before April 5, 2024. 


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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2024– 

0007 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: 404–639–7118; 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 

Capacity Building Assistance 

Program: Data Management, Monitoring, 

and Evaluation (OMB Control No. 0920– 

1322, Exp. 02/29/2024)—Extension— 

National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, 

STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) partners with the 

national HIV prevention workforce to: 

(1) ensure that persons with HIV (PWH) 

are aware of their infection and 

successfully linked to medical care and 

treatment to achieve viral suppression; 

and (2) expand access to pre-exposure 

prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms, and other 

proven strategies for communities overrepresented in the HIV epidemic. CDC 

funds state and local health departments 

and community-based organizations 

(CBOs) to optimally plan, integrate, 

implement, and sustain comprehensive 

HIV prevention programs and services 

for communities in the HIV epidemic, 

including blacks/African Americans; 

Hispanics/Latinos; all races/ethnicities 

of gay, bisexual, and other men who 

have sex with men (collectively referred 

to as MSM); people who inject drugs 

(PWID); and transgender persons. 

Through the CDC cooperative 

agreement program entitled CDC–RFA– 

PS19–1904: Capacity Building 

Assistance (CBA) for High Impact HIV 

Prevention Program Integration, the 

CDC Division of HIV Prevention (DHP) 

funds the CBA Provider Network (CPN) 

to deliver CBA to CDC funded health 

departments and CBOs. CBA provided 

by the CPN include trainings and 

technical assistance (TA) that enable the 

HIV prevention workforce to optimally 

plan, implement, integrate, and sustain 

high-impact prevention interventions 

and strategies to reduce HIV infections 

and HIV related morbidity, mortality, 

and health disparities across the United 

States and its territories. This 

information collection evaluates CDC– 

RFA–PS19–1904. Specifically, the CDC 

is requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to grant a three-year 

extension to collect data through the use 

of four web based instruments that will 

be administered to recipients of CBA 

services and their program managers: (1) 

Learning Group Registration; (2) PostTraining Evaluation (PTE); (3) PostTechnical Assistance Evaluation 

(PTAE); and (4) Training and Technical 

Assistance Follow-up Survey (TTAFS). 

CBA training participants will 

complete the Learning Group 

Registration Form as part of the process 

for enrolling in a CBA training. The 

Learning Group Registration Form 

collects demographic information about 

training participants including: (1) 

business contact information (e.g., email 

and telephone number); (2) primary 

[employment] functional role; (3) 

employment setting; and (4) 

programmatic and population areas of 

focus. 

After an online or in-person training 

event is completed, training participants 

are invited to complete the PTE. The 

PTE is designed to elicit information 

from training participants about their 

satisfaction with the training delivery 

method and course content. Similar to 

the PTE, the PTAE consists of questions 

designed to elicit information from TA 

participants about their satisfaction with 

aspects of TA such as the relevance of 

the materials provided or created, 

responsiveness of the TA provider, TA 

participants’ changes in knowledge or 

skills as a result of the TA, and barriers 

and facilitators to implementation of 

interventions/public health strategies. 

The TTAFS collects organizational-level 

data every six months from the program 

managers within CDC-funded programs. 

Program managers provide information 

about the implementation status of the 

intervention/public health strategy for 

which their staff received training and/ 

or TA. Program managers are also asked 

to describe how their organization 

applied the training and TA (e.g., 

planning or adapting an intervention/ 

public health strategy). 

The Learning Group Registration 

Form, PTE, and PTAE will be 

administered to CDC-funded program 

staff who participate in a training or TA 

event offered by a CBA provider funded 

under PS19–1904. The TTAFS will be 

administered to the program managers 

of state and local health department 

staff and CBO staff who participate in a 

CBA training or TA event. Respondents 

will provide information electronically 

through an online survey. The option to 

complete surveys via a telephone 

interview will be offered to respondents 

who do not complete the online survey 

within seven days. The number of 

respondents is calculated based on an 

average of the number of health 

professionals, including doctors, nurses, 

health educators, and disease 

intervention specialists, trained by CBA 

providers during the years 2016–2022. 


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We estimate 3,800 health professionals 

will provide one response for the 

Learning Group Registration; 3,800 

health professionals will provide a 

response for the PTE for each training 

episode; 3,650 health professionals will 

provide a response for the PTAE for 

each TA episode; and 189 program 

managers will provide two responses to 

the TTAFS in the web-based or 

telephone survey per year. The total 

annualized burden is 1,671 hours. There 

are no other costs to respondents other 

than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hr) 

Total burden 

(in hr) 

Healthcare Professionals ............ Learning Group Registration .................... 3,800 1 5/60 317 

Healthcare Professionals ............ Post-Training Evaluation .......................... 3,800 2 5/60 633 

Healthcare Professionals ............ Post-Technical Assistance Evaluation ..... 3,650 2 5/60 608 

Program Managers ..................... Training and TA Follow-up Survey .......... 139 2 18/60 83 

Program Managers ..................... Training and TA Telephone Script ........... 50 2 18/60 30 

Total ..................................... ................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,671 

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 Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10434] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On May 28, 2010, the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

guidance related to the ‘‘generic’’ 

clearance process. Generally, this is an 

expedited clearance process by which 

agencies may obtain OMB’s approval of 

collection of information requests that 

are ‘‘usually voluntary, low-burden, and 

uncontroversial,’’ do not raise any 

substantive or policy issues, and do not 

require policy or methodological 

review. The process requires the 

submission of an overarching plan that 

defines the scope of the individual 

collections that may be submitted under 

that umbrella. This notice is intended to 

advise the public of our intent to extend 

OMB’s approval of our MACPro 

(Medicaid and CHIP Program) umbrella 

and all of the individual generic 

collection of information requests that 

fall under that umbrella. This notice 

also provides the public with general 

instructions for obtaining documents 

that are associated with such collections 

and for submitting comments. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments 

When commenting, please reference the 

applicable collection’s CMS ID number 

and/or the OMB control number (both 

numbers are listed below under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption). 

To be assured consideration, comments 

and recommendations must be 

submitted in any one of the following 

ways and by the applicable due date: 

1. Electronically. We encourage you to 

submit comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at the applicable 

web address listed below under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption 

under ‘‘Docket Information.’’ If needed, 

instructions for submitting such 

comments can be found on that website. 

2. By regular mail. Alternatively, you 

can submit written comments to the 

following address: CMS, Office of 

Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs (OSORA), Division of 

Regulations Development, Attention: 

CMS–10434/OMB 0938–1188, Room 

C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

Obtaining Documents To obtain 

copies of supporting statements and any 

related forms and supporting documents 

for the collections listed in this notice, 

please refer to the following 

instructions: 

1. We encourage you to access the 

Federal eRulemaking portal at the 

applicable web address listed below 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

caption under ‘‘Docket Information.’’ If 

needed, follow the online instructions 

for accessing the applicable docket and 

the documents contained therein. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact William N. 

Parham at 410–786–4669. For policy 

related questions, contact the individual 

listed below under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION caption under ‘‘Docket 

Information.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

that they conduct or sponsor. The term 

‘‘collection of information’’ is defined in 

44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c). 

Generally, it applies to voluntary and 

mandatory requirements that are related 

to any one or more of the following 

activities: the collection of information, 

the reporting of information, the 

disclose of information to a third-party, 

and/or recordkeeping. 

While there are some exceptions 

(such as collections having nonsubstantive changes and collections 

requesting emergency approval) section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires 

federal agencies to publish a 60-day 

notice in the Federal Register and 

solicit comment on each of its proposed 

collections of information, including: 

new collections, extensions of existing 

collections, revisions of existing 

collections, and reinstatements of 

previously approved collections before 

submitting such collections to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

Interested parties are invited to 

submit comments regarding our burden 

estimates or any other aspect of the 

collection, including: the necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

our agency’s functions; the accuracy of 

burden estimates; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 


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