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under grants and cooperative 

agreements. 

In addition to allowing for uniformity 

of information collection, these formats 

will support systematic electronic 

collection and submission of 

information. These formats will provide 

interim and final performance progress 

information as required by OMB 

Circulars A–102 and 2 CFR 215. 

The SF-PPR consists of a cover page 

and six optional formats. The Cover 

Page contains identifying data elements 

and a section for a performance 

narrative. Use of the cover page is 

required, and programs may require 

their respondents to submit only this 

page and/or attach a performance 

narrative. Alternatively, programs may 

opt to require the cover page and one or 

more of the six optional formats: 

Performance Measures, Program 

Indicators, Benchmark Evaluations, 

Table of Activity Results, Activity-Based 

Expenditures, and Program/Project 

Management. 

The SF-PPR has been successfully 

piloted at the Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF). All 

discretionary programs (starting with 

FY09 awards) are to submit the SF-PPR 

to the ACF Office of Grants 

Management. Program offices with 

expiring data collections are required to 

migrate to the SF-PPR format. 

Additionally, a number of program 

offices have voluntarily migrated their 

collections to the SF-PPR format in 

anticipation of government-wide 

standardization. ACF, with its Online 

Data Collection tool (OLDC), has 

provided program offices with the 

capability to collect SF-PPR data 

electronically. 

ACF and the Grants Center of 

Excellence (CoE) is sponsoring this 

collection on behalf of the Grants Policy 

Committee, other Federal grant-making 

agencies, and the CoE partners. 

CoE Partners are Defined as: 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Denali Commission. 

Department of State. 

DHHS/Administration on Aging. 

DHHS/Centers for Medicare Services. 

DHHS/Health Research and Services 

Administration. 

DHHS/Indian Health Services. 

DHHS/Office of Public Health Services. 

DOT/Federal Air Administration. 

DOT/Federal Highway Administration. 

DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration. 

DOT/Federal Railroad Administration. 

DOT/Federal Transport Administration. 

DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services. 

Social Security Administration. 

Department of the Treasury. 

USDA/Food Safety and Inspection 

Service. 

Veterans Administration. 

The revised burden estimates are 

based on grant projects and awards for 

ACF and its CoE partners for FY2008 as 

reported by internal ACF reporting 

systems and USASpending.gov. 

Respondents: Federal government 

grantees. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Performance progress report (SF-PPR) .......................................................... 131,281 1 0.42 55,138.02 

Cover Page Continuation (SF-PPR–2) ............................................................ 86 1 0.33 28.38 

Performance Measures (SF-PPR-A) ............................................................... 430 1 0.75 322.50 

Program Indicators (SF-PPR-B) ...................................................................... 8,961 1 3 26,883 

Benchmark Evaluations (SF-PPR-C) ............................................................... 248 1 1.50 372 

Table of Activity Results (SF-PPR-D) .............................................................. 4,238 1 0.75 3,178.50 

Activity Based Expenditures (SF-PPR-E) ........................................................ 2,616 1 0.33 863.28 

Program/Project Management (SF-PPR-F) ..................................................... 45 1 0.50 22.50 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 86,808.18 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(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 will 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. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

Janean Chambers, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0286] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Survey to Evaluate 

FDA’s Food Defense Awareness 

Initiative ALERT 

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 

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DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by April 29, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

OMB recommends that written 

comments be faxed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 

202–395–6974, or e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All 

comments should be identified with the 

OMB control number 0910–NEW and 

title ‘‘Survey to Evaluate FDA’s Food 

Defense Awareness Initiative ALERT.’’ 

Also include the FDA docket number 

found in brackets in the heading of this 

document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Information 

Management (HFA–710), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857, 301–796–3794. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. 

Survey to Evaluate FDA’s Food Defense 

Awareness Initiative ALERT 

In July 2006, FDA announced its Food 

Defense Awareness Initiative, called 

ALERT (the letters stand for the five key 

components of the initiative: assure, 

look, employees, report, and threat). The 

ALERT initiative is intended to raise the 

awareness of State and local government 

agencies and the food industry 

regarding food defense issues. ALERT 

identifies five key points that industry 

and businesses can use to decrease the 

risk of intentional food contamination at 

their facility. The ALERT Web-based 

training module and more information 

on ALERT are available at 

www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/defterr.html. 

Under section 903(b)(2) of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

393(b)(2)), FDA is authorized to conduct 

research relating to foods and to 

conduct educational and public 

information programs relating to the 

safety of the nation’s food supply. 

Under this authority, FDA is planning to 

conduct a survey of first line 

supervisors working in a range of 

capacities in the food industry about 

their awareness and perceptions of the 

agency’s ALERT initiative and the 

ALERT initiative informational 

materials. The purpose of the survey is 

to help FDA evaluate ALERT 

informational materials and to gauge 

whether the materials succeed in 

informing food industry supervisory 

employees about the risk of intentional 

food contamination and in motivating 

them to engage in protective behaviors. 

The survey results will be used to assess 

how knowledge and awareness, threat 

perceptions, attitudes, norms, benefits 

and barriers affect the implementation 

of the ALERT initiative. 

The data will be collected using a 

Web-based questionnaire. The survey 

will employ a stratified sampling 

design. Using industry networks and 

listings, we will randomly sample from 

databases of seven industry groups 

(growers, packers, processors, 

warehouses, transporters, retailers, and 

food service operators). We will stratify 

within groups by organization size 

(small, medium, and large) based on 

number of employees on the payroll, for 

a total random sample of 2,500 

organizations. Participation in the 

survey is voluntary. Cognitive 

interviews and a pre-test will be 

conducted prior to fielding the survey. 

In the Federal Register of May 22, 

2008 (73 FR 29759), FDA published a 

60-day notice requesting public 

comment on the information collection 

provisions. No comments were received. 

FDA estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN1

Activity No. of 

Respondents 

Annual Frequency 

per Response 

Total Annual 

Responses 

Hours per 

Response Total Hours 

Cognitive Interviews 7 1 7 1 7 

Telephone Interview - Pre-test Invitation 28 1 28 0.10 3 

Completed Pre-test 14 1 14 0.25 4 

Telephone Interview - Survey Invitation 5,000 1 5,000 0.10 500 

Completed Survey 2,500 1 2,500 0.25 625 

Total 1,139 

1There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. 

In the 60-day notice published on 

May 22, 2008, FDA estimated the total 

burden hours to be 94 hours. FDA has 

made several changes to its burden 

estimate, reflected in table 1 of this 

document. The agency reduced the 

number of cognitive interviews from 10 

to 7, added hours for 28 telephone pretest invitations, increased the number of 

pre-tests from 10 to 14, added 5,000 

survey invitations, and increased the 

number of completed surveys from 200 

to 2,500. The total burden hours are 

estimated to be 1,138.3 (rounded to 

1,139). 

Cognitive interviews will be 

conducted with seven participants. We 

estimate that the cognitive interviews 

will take 60 minutes (1 hour) to 

complete for a total of 7 hours. An 

invitation to take a pre-test will be 

extended to 28 food-defense decisionmakers; we estimate that it will take 

respondents 6 minutes (0.10 hours) to 

respond to the invitation and make 

arrangements to complete the pretest, 

for a total of 2.8 hours (rounded to 3). 

Fourteen respondents will complete the 

pre-test; we estimate that it will take 

respondents 15 minutes (0.25 hour) to 

complete the pretest for a total of 3.5 

hours (rounded to 4). An invitation to 

take the survey will be extended to 

5,000 food defense decision-makers; we 

estimate that it will take 6 minutes (0.10 

hours) to respond to the invitation and 

make arrangements to complete the 

survey, for a total of 500 hours. Twentyfive hundred respondents will complete 

the survey. We estimate that it will take 

a respondent 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to 

complete the entire survey, for a total of 

625 hours. Thus, the total estimated 

burden is 1,138.3 hours (rounded to 

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FDA’s burden estimate is based on 

prior experience with surveys that are 

similar to this proposed survey. 

Dated: March 23, 2009. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy and 

Planning. 

[FR Doc. E9–7002 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

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: Maternal and Child 

Health Bureau Performance Measures 

for Discretionary Grants (OMB No. 

0915–0298): Revision 

The Maternal and Child Health 

Bureau (MCHB) intends to continue to 

collect performance data for Special 

Projects of Regional and National 

Significance (SPRANS), Community 

Integrated Service Systems (CISS), and 

other grant programs administered by 

MCHB. 

The Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA) proposes to 

continue using reporting requirements 

for SPRANS projects, CISS projects, and 

other grant programs administered by 

MCHB, including national performance 

measures, previously approved by OMB, 

and in accordance with the 

‘‘Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993’’ (Pub. L. 103–62). 

This Act requires the establishment of 

measurable goals for Federal programs 

that can be reported as part of the 

budgetary process, thus linking funding 

decisions with performance. 

Performance measures for MCHB 

discretionary grants were initially 

approved in January 2003. Approval 

from OMB is being sought to continue 

the use of these measures. Some of these 

measures are specific to certain types of 

programs, and will not apply to all 

grantees. Furthermore, these measures 

are based primarily on existing data, 

thereby minimizing the response burden 

consistent with program administration 

and management needs. Through the 

experience of utilizing these measures, 

we are enhancing them to better reflect 

program goals. 

The estimated response burden is as 

follows: 

Form Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Grant Report ........................................................................ 898 1 898 6 5,388 

Written comments and 

recommendations concerning the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of this notice to 

the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA submission@omb.eop.gov 

or by fax to 202–395–6974. Please direct 

all correspondence to the ‘‘attention of 

the desk officer for HRSA.’’ 

Dated: March 18, 2009. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Director, Division of Policy Review and 

Coordination. 

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BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Generic Clearance to 

Conduct Voluntary Customer/Partner 

Surveys 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to 

provide opportunity for public comment 

on proposed data collection projects, the 

National Library of Medicine (NLM), the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 

publish periodic summaries of proposed 

projects to be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. 

Proposed Collection: Title: Generic 

Clearance to Conduct Voluntary 

Customer/Partner Surveys; Type of 

Information Collection Request: 

Extension of currently approved 

collection [OMB No. 0925–0476, 

expiration date 07/31/2009], Form 

Number: NA; Need and Use of 

Information Collection: Executive Order 

12962 directed agencies that provide 

significant services directly to the 

public to survey customers to determine 

the kind and quality of services they 

want and their level of satisfaction with 

existing services. Additionally, since 

1994, the NLM has been a ‘‘Federal 

Reinvention Laboratory’’ with a goal of 

improving its methods of delivering 

information to the public. An essential 

strategy in accomplishing reinvention 

goals is the ability to periodically 

receive input and feedback from 

customers about the design and quality 

of the services they receive. 

The NLM provides significant 

services directly to the public including 

health providers, researchers, 

universities, other federal agencies, state 

and local governments, and to others 

through a range of mechanisms, 

including publications, technical 

assistance, and Web sites. These 

services are primarily focused on health 

and medical information dissemination 

activities. The purpose of this 

submission is to obtain OMB’s generic 

approval to continue to conduct 

satisfaction surveys of NLM’s 

customers. The NLM will use the 

information provided by individuals 

and institutions to identify strengths 

and weaknesses in current services and 

to make improvements where feasible. 

The ability to periodically survey NLM’s 

customers is essential to continually 

update and upgrade methods of 

providing high quality service. 

Frequency of Response: Annually or 

biennially. Affected Public: Individuals 

or households; businesses or other for 

profit; State or local governments; 

Federal agencies; non-profit institutions; 

small businesses or organizations. Type 

of Respondents: Organizations, medical 

researchers, physicians and other health 

care providers, librarians, students, and 

the general public. The annual reporting 

burden is as follows: 


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