[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5127-5129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01722]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-16-0017; Docket No. CDC-2016-0014]


Proposed Data Collections 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 efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on proposed 
revisions of the information collection entitled Application for 
Training (OMB Control No. 0920-0017). CDC seeks to request Office of 
Management and Budget approval to (1) continue to collect information 
through the use of the Training and Continuing Education Online New 
Participant Registration form for new learners to establish an account 
that provides CDC necessary information to process learner requests for 
continuing education, and (2) implement a new electronic information 
collection through the use of the Training and Continuing Education 
Online Proposal form that allows training developers to provide CDC 
necessary information to process and accredit trainings for continuing 
education.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0014 by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy A. Richardson, Information 
Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-
7570.

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 OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    Comments are invited 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) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the

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burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs 
and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to 
provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and 
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, 
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train 
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to 
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

Proposed Project

    Application for Training (OMB Control No. 0920-0017, Expiration 05/
31/2016)--Revision--Division of Scientific Education and Professional 
Development (DSEPD), Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and 
Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC offers public health training to professionals worldwide. 
Employees of hospitals, universities, medical centers, state and local 
health departments, and federal agencies apply for training to learn 
up-to-date public health and healthcare practices. CDC is accredited by 
multiple accreditation organizations to award continuing education (CE) 
for public health and healthcare professions.
    CDC requires health professionals seeking continuing education 
(learners) to use the Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO) 
system to establish an account by completing the TCEO New Participant 
Registration form. CDC/CSELS relies on this form to collect information 
needed to coordinate learner registration for training activities 
including classroom study, conferences, and e-learning.
    The TCEO Proposal is a form course developers will use the TCEO 
system to apply for their training activities to receive continuing 
education accreditation through CDC. Introduction of this mechanism 
will allow course developers to electronically complete and submit 
continuing education proposals.
    CDC requests OMB approval to (1) continue to collect information 
through the TCEO New Participant Registration form to grant public 
health professionals the continuing education they need to maintain 
professional licenses and certifications, create a transcript or 
summary of training at the participant's request, generate management 
reports, and maintain training statistics; and (2) establish a new 
electronic information collection that allows CDC or CDC partner course 
developers to electronically submit training and continuing education 
proposals for accreditation.
    CDC's TCEO system provides an efficient and effective way for CDC 
to comply with accreditation organization requirements. Accreditation 
organizations require a method of tracking participants who complete an 
education activity and several require collection of profession-
specific data. Some accrediting organizations require a permanent 
record that includes the participant's name, address, and phone number 
to facilitate retrieval of historical information about when a 
participant completed a course or several courses during a time period. 
These data provide the basis for a transcript or for determining 
whether a person is enrolled in more than one course. CDC uses the 
email address to verify the participant's electronic request for 
transcripts, verify course certificates, and send confirmation that a 
participant is registered for a course. Collection of demographic and 
profession-specific data through the TCEO New Participant Registration 
allows CDC to comply with accreditation organization requirements.
    The TCEO Proposal will expedite submission, review, and 
accreditation processes and provide CDC with the information necessary 
to meet accreditation organization requirements, accredit, and 
effectively manage training activities. Examples of data to be 
collected for CDC to process continuing education proposals and meet 
accreditation organization requirements includes name, email address, 
phone number, and organization name.
    These forms do not duplicate request for information from 
participants or course developers. Data are collected only once per new 
registration or once per course.
    These information collection instruments have provided, and will 
continue to provide CDC with the information necessary to manage and 
conduct training activities pertinent to its mission to strengthen the 
skills of the current workforce through quality, accredited, 
competency-based training.
    The annual burden table has been updated to reflect (1) 
discontinuance of the National Laboratory Training Network Registration 
form, (2) an increase in learners seeking continuing education, 
particularly through e-learning activities (16,667 burden hours), (3) 
the introduction of the new TCEO Proposal (600 burden hours), for a 
total of 17,267 burden hours. There are no costs to respondents.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                              Average
                                                                                             Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
               Type of respondent                               Form name                   respondents    responses per   response (in     (in hours)
                                                                                                            respondent        hours)
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Health Professionals...........................  Training and Continuing Education               200,000               1            5/60          16,667
                                                  Online New Participant Registration
                                                  Form.
Health Educators...............................  Training and Continuing Education                   120               1               5             600
                                                  Online.
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          17,267
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-01722 Filed 1-29-16; 8:45 am]
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