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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5887-5888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01153]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-25-25CQ; Docket No. CDC-2025-0004]

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.

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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 proposed information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project 
titled Healthcare Prevention and Response Workforce Development for 
Health Departments. The proposed workforce development evaluations will 
be used to assess whether the CDC-developed workforce development 
activities are reaching the intended audience and achieving the 
intended goal of strengthening public health workforce capacity to 
prevent and respond to Healthcare-Associated Infection and Antibiotic 
Resistance (HAI/AR) outbreaks at the individual trainee and program 
level.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0004 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: 404-639-7570; 
Email: [email protected].

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

    Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/
R) Programs Response and Prevention Workforce Development Activities--
New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases 
(NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC funds Healthcare-Associated Infection and Antibiotic Resistance 
(HAI/AR) Programs in 65 state, local, and territorial health 
departments. Funding is awarded through the Epidemiology and Laboratory 
Capacity cooperative agreements (ELC). Funds are intended to provide 
critical resources to recipients in support of a broad range of 
healthcare infection prevention and control and epidemiologic 
surveillance activities to detect, monitor, mitigate, and prevent the 
spread of HAI/AR in healthcare settings.
    CDC has developed various workforce development activities 
including high-priority trainings requested by the health department 
programs and CDC site visits. The goal of these activities is to 
strengthen public health workforce capacity to prevent and respond to 
HAI/AR outbreaks in healthcare settings and prepare for other emerging 
healthcare threats. Additionally, the evaluation data collected will be 
used to improve future CDC-developed resources.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 455 annual burden hours. 
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      No. of          Average
      Type of respondents           Form name         No. of       responses per    burden per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Public Health Participants--    Registration....             600               2            5/60             100
 Standard Trainings.
Public Health Participants--    Pre-test........             600               2            5/60             100
 Standard Trainings.
Public Health Participants--    Post-test.......             600               2            5/60             100
 Standard Trainings.
Public Health Participants--    Application.....              30               1          120/60              60
 Training Programs.
HAI/AR Program Leads--Training  Nomination                    30               1           60/60              30
 Programs.                       Letter.

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Public Health Participants--    Activity Reports              13               4           45/60              39
 Training Programs.
Public Health Participants--    Program                       13               1           30/60               7
 Training Programs.              Evaluation.
HAI/AR Program Leads--Site      Program                       12               1           15/60               3
 Visits.                         Evaluation.
HAI/AR Program Leads..........  Program Impact                65               1           15/60              16
                                 of Workforce
                                 Development
                                 Activities.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             455
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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. 2025-01153 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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