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on-the-job) learning, in which the
trainee has a designated mentor or
supervisor. CDC fellowships are
intended to develop public health
professionals, enhance the public health
workforce, and strengthen
collaborations with partners in public
health and healthcare organizations,
academia, and other stakeholders in
governmental and non-governmental
organizations. Assessing fellowship
activities is essential to ensure that the
public health workforce is equipped to
promote and protect the public’s health.
CDC requests a three-year extension of
a generic clearance to collect data about
its fellowship programs, as they relate to
public health workforce development.

Collection and use of information
about CDC fellowship activities will
help ensure effective, efficient, and
satisfying experiences among fellowship
program participants and stakeholders.
CDC estimates that annually, a given
fellowship program will conduct one
query each with one of the three
respondent groups: Fellowship
applicants or fellows; mentors,
supervisors, or employers; and alumni.
The total annualized burden hours are
estimated to be 2,957. OMB approval is
requested for three years. There are no
costs to respondents other than their
time.

Data collections will allow for ongoing,
collaborative, and actionable
communications between CDC
fellowship programs and stakeholders
(e.g., fellows, supervisors/mentors,
alumni). These collections might
include short surveys, interviews, and
focus groups. Intended use of the
resulting information is to:
• Inform planning, implementation,
and continuous quality improvement of
fellowship activities and services;
• improve efficiencies in the delivery
of fellowship activities and services;
and
• determine to what extent fellowship
activities and services are achieving
established goals.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Applicants or fellows .........................

Fellowship Data Collection Instrument.
Fellowship Data Collection Instrument.
Fellowship Data Collection Instrument.

1,848

1

30/60

924

370

1

30/60

185

3,696

1

30/60

1,848

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

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

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

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

2,957

Mentors, supervisors, or employers
Alumni ...............................................
Total ...........................................

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–19–19BQB; Docket No. CDC–2019–
0081]

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.
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 and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled Public Health Accreditation Board
(PHAB): Assessment of Processes and
Outcomes. This proposed collection
aims to learn about program processes
and the accreditation/reaccreditation
standards to improve the program’s
quality, and to document program
outcomes to demonstrate impact and
inform decision making about future
program direction.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before November 25,
2019.
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2019–
0081 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
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–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal

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(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–
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 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:

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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; and
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.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Public Health Accreditation Board
(PHAB): Assessment of Processes and
Outcomes—New—Center for State,
Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
(CSTLTS), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) works to protect
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running through December 2019, the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) and the social science
organization NORC at the University of
Chicago, led evaluation efforts. CDC will
assume support of the evaluation
starting in 2020 and as a result, OMB
approval for data collection is being
sought.
The purpose of this ICR is to support
the collection of information from
participating health departments
through a series of five surveys. The
surveys seek to collect longitudinal data
on each health department throughout
their accreditation process.
The respondent universe will include
STLT health department directors or
designees. All surveys will be
administered electronically; a link to the
survey website will be provided in the
email invitation. The surveys will be
administered on a quarterly basis and
sent to all health departments that reach
each milestone in the accreditation
process (application, recently
accredited, accredited for one year,
approaching reaccreditation, and
reaccreditation). Each health
department will be invited to participate
in each survey once (for a total of five
surveys max per health department).
The total annualized estimated burden
is 100 hours. There are no costs to
respondents except their time.

threats, both foreign, and in the U.S.
CDC strives to fulfill this mission, in
part, by supporting state, tribal, local,
and territorial (STLT) health
departments. One mechanism for
supporting STLT health departments is
through CDC’s support of a national,
voluntary accreditation program.
CDC supports the Public Health
Accreditation Board (PHAB), a nonprofit organization that serves as the
independent accrediting body. PHAB,
with considerable input from national,
state, tribal, and local public health
professionals, developed a consensus
set of standards to assess the capacity of
state, tribal, local, and territorial health
departments. The first health
departments were accredited by PHAB
in early 2013; as of August 2019, a total
of 268 health departments (36 state,
three Tribal and 229 local), as well as
one statewide integrated local public
health department system have been
accredited. Accreditation is granted for
a five-year period and the first several
health departments have successfully
completed the reaccreditation process.
Formal efforts to assess the outcomes of
the accreditation program began in late
2012, and continue to date. Priorities
focus on gathering feedback for program
improvement and documenting program
outcomes to demonstrate impact and
inform decision making about future
program direction. Starting in 2012 and

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents

STLT
STLT
STLT
STLT

HD
HD
HD
HD

Directors
Directors
Directors
Directors

or
or
or
or

Designee
Designee
Designee
Designee

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

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

60
60
60
60

1
1
1
1

20/60
20/60
20/60
20/60

20
20
20
20

STLT HD Directors or Designee .......

Survey 1: Applicants ........................
Survey 2: Recently Accredited HDs
Survey 3: HDs Accredited One Year
Survey 4: HDs Approaching Reaccreditation.
Survey 5: Reaccredited HDs ...........

60

1

20/60

20

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

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

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

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

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

100

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, 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–10062, CMS–
10344 and CMS–588]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our

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