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name, company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 9000–0026,
Change Order Accounting’’ on your
attached document.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
Flowers/IC 9000–0026, Change Order
Accounting.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
9000–0026, Change Order Accounting,
in all correspondence related to this
collection. Comments received generally
will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal and/or business
confidential information provided. To
confirm receipt of your comment(s),
please check www.regulations.gov,
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting (except
allow 30 days for posting of comments
submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael O. Jackson, Procurement
Analyst, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, GSA, 202–208–
4949, or email michaelo.jackson@
gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Federal
Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and
whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public
burden of this collection of information
is accurate, and based on valid
assumptions and methodology; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Obtaining Copies Of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC
20405, telephone 202–501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–
0026, Change Order Accounting, in all
correspondence.

A. Purpose
FAR 43.205 allows a contracting
officer, whenever the estimated cost of
a change or series of related changes
under a contract exceeds $100,000, to
assert the right in the clause at FAR
52.243–6, Change Order Accounting, to
require the contractor to maintain
separate accounts for each change or
series of related changes. Each account
shall record all incurred segregable,
direct costs (less allocable credits) of
work, changed and unchanged,
allocable to the change. These accounts
are to be maintained until the parties
agree to an equitable adjustment for the
changes or until the matter is
conclusively disposed of under the
Disputes clause. This requirement is
necessary in order to be able to account
properly for costs associated with
changes in supply and research and
development contracts that are
technically complex and incur
numerous changes.

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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 8,850.
Responses per Respondent: 12.
Annual Responses: 106,200.
Hours per Response: 1.
Total Burden Hours: 106,200.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of

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Dated: January 15, 2016.
Lorin S. Curit
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–16–16KA; Docket No. CDC–2016–
0011]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

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 a newly proposed
information collection project entitled
‘‘Monitoring and Coordinating Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) in

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Healthcare to Enhance Domestic
Preparedness for Ebola Response’’. The
development of an ongoing Personal
Protective Technology (PPT) sentinel
surveillance system in the hospital
setting will document data used to
evaluate and monitor use and
effectiveness for PPE usage in healthcare
workers including Ebola protection.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016–
0011 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.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.

To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 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 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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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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
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.

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Proposed Project
Monitoring and Coordinating Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) in
Healthcare to Enhance Domestic
Preparedness for Ebola Response—New
—National Center for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) has the authority under the
Occupational Safety and Health Act [29
CFR 671] to ‘‘develop recommendations
for health and safety standards’’, to
‘‘develop information on safe levels of
exposure to toxic materials and harmful
physical agents and substances’’, and to
‘‘conduct research on new safety and
health problems’’. There is growing
national concern for better
understanding of the particular personal
protective equipment (PPE) needs of
healthcare workers to ensure the health
and safety of this workforce during
times of pandemic disease or
bioterrorist threat. The use and
effectiveness of the proper PPE are
paramount to the management and
mitigation of the effects of a disaster.
NIOSH is requesting a three approval

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from OMB to develop an ongoing PPT
sentinel surveillance system in the
hospital setting that will document data
used to evaluate and monitor use and
effectiveness for PPE usage in healthcare
workers including Ebola protection.
NIOSH conducted a pilot study and
partnered with four hospitals where
respirator-related data were collected
from a variety of stakeholders (less than
10 respondents) including Infection
Control, Occupational Health,
Emergency Preparedness,
Environmental Health & Safety, and
Purchasing. Surveillance metrics were
established and shared with pilot
participants on a regular basis
throughout the pilot. Partners identified
key performance indicators that this
data might provide, such as the average
number of respirators used per isolation
order in the hospital, and identification
of stakeholders and protocols impacting
effective respirator use.
Recommendations were made for
monitoring schedules and survey
improvement. The data collected during
the pilot study provided experience and
knowledge of respirator selection,
availability, fit testing, usage patterns,
outcomes, and confounders of respirator
use and effectiveness at the four
participating hospitals.
NIOSH now seeks approval to execute
an approach for a minimum viable
product (MVP) multi-hospital (15–20),
real-time monitoring phase. The 15–20
facilities shall reflect the tiered
approach recommended by CDC
involving Frontline Healthcare
Facilities, Ebola Assessment Hospitals
and Ebola Treatment Centers. The effort
shall be built upon the experience and
knowledge obtained from the pilot
projects, and shall be structured as the
next step in the establishment of a
national system to monitor usage and
training for PPE used to protect against
the Ebola virus based on current CDC
recommendations. With this effort, the
contractor shall develop and deploy the
system to include a contingent of the
domestic acute healthcare facilities in
this three tier approach. The system
content shall include status information
for all PPE categories identified for
protection against the hazards of Ebola
exposure. The system will use a general
interface engine designed to accept,
validate, and process data from
multiple, disparate sources.
The system will be developed to
identify PPE replenishment needs to
facilitate local, state, and eventually
regional resource sharing and local
purchasing as needed. It will also be
compatible with PPE previously used at
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continuity of patient care and worker
protection. This capacity will offer a
much-improved process for monitoring
and maintaining appropriate PPE
supplies through the constant, real-time
monitoring of user demand, thus
avoiding the misdirection of tens of
millions of dollars’ worth of respirators
and other PPE to facilities that may not
use distributed supplies due to a
mismatch between products typically
used and the supplies provided.
Respondents targeted for this study
include hospital managers (also referred
to in some cases as executives,
coordinators or supervisors). These
individuals are responsible for the dayto-day administration and/or
implementation of the MVP. It is
estimated that a sample of up to 20
hospitals will agree to participate among
a variety of Ebola and Frontline
treatment facilities. Participation will
require no more than 255 minutes of
workers’ time per quarter. The hospitals
will complete a baseline form and will
also send quarterly and annual response
as explained in the table below.
The Emergency and Crisis surveys are
administered to hospitals via text
message. The emergency survey is
designed for an event spanning multiple
weeks (e.g., pandemic). There are 3
preset questions that are related to Ebola
and PPT supply concerns. The crisis
survey is designed for an unanticipated
scenario in which we may need to push
ad hoc questions on a daily basis to
hospitals. They will only be
administered in a non-routine situation.
During the 3 year approval period, we
will test/train hospitals on each survey.
However, they will not be part of the
regular data collection.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
The following is an explanation of the
number of respondents for the
annualized burden table. The baseline
form is completed once by each hospital
as they come onboard (20/3 = 7 rounded
up). The annual form is completed by
the hospitals in each year following
their onboarding. Example: Year one, 5
hospitals onboarded; year two 6 new +
5 from previous year; year three 9 new
+ 11 from previous years. Thus, taking
the sum of the previous year hospitals
leads to 16 total (16/3 = 5 rounded
down). The quarterly form is completed
by all onboarded hospitals four times a
year. The emergency and crisis forms
are completed on all onboarded
hospitals as needed but at least once for
training and use the annualized number
in the baseline form.

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Type of
respondent
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
per
respondent
(hours)

.............................................
.............................................
.............................................
.............................................
.............................................

Baseline ............................................
Annual ..............................................
Quarterly ...........................................
Emergency .......................................
Crisis ................................................

7
5
12
7
7

1
1
4
4
7

8
3
3
15/60
10/60

56
15
144
7
8

Total ...........................................

...........................................................

........................

........................

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230

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. 2016–01040 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day-16–16KB; Docket No. CDC–2016–
0010]

Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

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 a proposed information
collection project entitled ‘‘Measuring
Perceived Self-Escape Competencies
among Underground Mineworkers’’.
The purpose of this two-year
information collection is to gather
survey data from up to 800 underground
coal miners to measure their perceived
competence in the critical knowledge,
skills, and abilities that could be
required for successful escape from an
underground mine emergency.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016–
0010 by any of the following methods:
SUMMARY:

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Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.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.

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Form name

To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact the Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329; phone: 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 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
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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
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
Measuring Perceived Self-Escape
Competencies among Underground
Mineworkers—New—National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) is to promote safety & health at
work for all people through research
and prevention. The Federal Mine
Safety & Health Act of 1997, Public Law
91–173 as amended by Public Law 95–
164, enables NIOSH to carry out
research that is relevant to health and
safety of workers in the underground
coal industry. After a thorough review
of United States’ underground coal mine
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