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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;
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
National HIV Prevention Program
Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E)
(OMB Control No. 0920–0696, Exp. 10/
31/2024)—Extension—National Center
for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and
TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

to report nonidentifying, HIV test-level
and aggregate level, standardized
evaluation data to: (1) accurately
determine the extent to which HIV
prevention efforts are carried out, what
types of agencies are providing services,
what resources are allocated to those
services, to whom services are being
provided, and how these efforts have
contributed to a reduction in HIV
transmission; (2) improve ease of
reporting to better meet these data
needs; and (3) be accountable to
stakeholders by informing them of HIV
prevention activities and use of funds in
HIV prevention nationwide.
CDC HIV prevention program grantees
will collect, enter or upload, and report
agency-identifying information, budget
data, intervention information, and
client demographics and behavioral risk
characteristics with an estimated
annualized burden of 190,294 hours.
Data collection activities will include
searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining data,
document compilation, review of data,
and data entry or upload into the webbased system. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.

Background and Brief Description
CDC seeks to request a three-year
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to extend the
previously approved project and
continue the collection of standardized
HIV prevention program evaluation data
from health departments and
community-based organizations (CBOs)
who receive federal funds for HIV
prevention activities. Health department
grantees have the options to key-enter or
upload data to a CDC-provided webbased software application
(EvaluationWeb). CBO grantees may
only key-enter data to the CDC-provided
web-based software application.
The evaluation and reporting process
is necessary to ensure that CDC receives
standardized, accurate, thorough
evaluation data from both health
department and CBO grantees. For these
reasons, CDC developed standardized
NHM&E variables through extensive
consultation with representatives from
health departments, CBOs, and national
partners (e.g., The National Alliance of
State and Territorial AIDS Directors and
Urban Coalition of HIV/AIDS
Prevention Services). CDC requires
CBOs and health departments who
receive federal funds for HIV prevention

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Average
burden per
response
(in hr)

Total burden
(in hr)

Form name

Health Departments ..........................
Community-based Organizations ......

Health Department Reporting ..........
Community-based Organization Reporting.

61
150

2
2

1427
54

174,094
16,200

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

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

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190,294

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention

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:

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Number of
responses per
respondent

Type of respondent

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

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agencies the opportunity to comment on
a continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled Capacity
Building Assistance Program: Data
Management, Monitoring, and
Evaluation. The goal of the study is to
allow CDC to evaluate the CDC
cooperative agreement program entitled
CDC–RFA–PS19–1904 in order to
improve the evaluation design and
methods used to capture PS19–1904
outcomes, and to increase access and
use of PS19–1904 data for continuous
quality improvement and performance
reporting.
CDC must receive written
comments on or before April 5, 2024.

DATES:

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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2024–
0007 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: 404–639–7118; Email: omb@
cdc.gov.
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

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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
Capacity Building Assistance
Program: Data Management, Monitoring,
and Evaluation (OMB Control No. 0920–
1322, Exp. 02/29/2024)—Extension—
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis,
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) partners with the
national HIV prevention workforce to:
(1) ensure that persons with HIV (PWH)
are aware of their infection and
successfully linked to medical care and
treatment to achieve viral suppression;
and (2) expand access to pre-exposure
prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms, and other
proven strategies for communities overrepresented in the HIV epidemic. CDC
funds state and local health departments
and community-based organizations
(CBOs) to optimally plan, integrate,
implement, and sustain comprehensive
HIV prevention programs and services
for communities in the HIV epidemic,
including blacks/African Americans;
Hispanics/Latinos; all races/ethnicities
of gay, bisexual, and other men who
have sex with men (collectively referred
to as MSM); people who inject drugs
(PWID); and transgender persons.
Through the CDC cooperative
agreement program entitled CDC–RFA–
PS19–1904: Capacity Building
Assistance (CBA) for High Impact HIV
Prevention Program Integration, the
CDC Division of HIV Prevention (DHP)
funds the CBA Provider Network (CPN)
to deliver CBA to CDC funded health
departments and CBOs. CBA provided
by the CPN include trainings and
technical assistance (TA) that enable the
HIV prevention workforce to optimally
plan, implement, integrate, and sustain
high-impact prevention interventions
and strategies to reduce HIV infections
and HIV related morbidity, mortality,
and health disparities across the United
States and its territories. This
information collection evaluates CDC–
RFA–PS19–1904. Specifically, the CDC
is requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to grant a three-year
extension to collect data through the use
of four web based instruments that will
be administered to recipients of CBA
services and their program managers: (1)

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Learning Group Registration; (2) PostTraining Evaluation (PTE); (3) PostTechnical Assistance Evaluation
(PTAE); and (4) Training and Technical
Assistance Follow-up Survey (TTAFS).
CBA training participants will
complete the Learning Group
Registration Form as part of the process
for enrolling in a CBA training. The
Learning Group Registration Form
collects demographic information about
training participants including: (1)
business contact information (e.g., email
and telephone number); (2) primary
[employment] functional role; (3)
employment setting; and (4)
programmatic and population areas of
focus.
After an online or in-person training
event is completed, training participants
are invited to complete the PTE. The
PTE is designed to elicit information
from training participants about their
satisfaction with the training delivery
method and course content. Similar to
the PTE, the PTAE consists of questions
designed to elicit information from TA
participants about their satisfaction with
aspects of TA such as the relevance of
the materials provided or created,
responsiveness of the TA provider, TA
participants’ changes in knowledge or
skills as a result of the TA, and barriers
and facilitators to implementation of
interventions/public health strategies.
The TTAFS collects organizational-level
data every six months from the program
managers within CDC-funded programs.
Program managers provide information
about the implementation status of the
intervention/public health strategy for
which their staff received training and/
or TA. Program managers are also asked
to describe how their organization
applied the training and TA (e.g.,
planning or adapting an intervention/
public health strategy).
The Learning Group Registration
Form, PTE, and PTAE will be
administered to CDC-funded program
staff who participate in a training or TA
event offered by a CBA provider funded
under PS19–1904. The TTAFS will be
administered to the program managers
of state and local health department
staff and CBO staff who participate in a
CBA training or TA event. Respondents
will provide information electronically
through an online survey. The option to
complete surveys via a telephone
interview will be offered to respondents
who do not complete the online survey
within seven days. The number of
respondents is calculated based on an
average of the number of health
professionals, including doctors, nurses,
health educators, and disease
intervention specialists, trained by CBA
providers during the years 2016–2022.

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We estimate 3,800 health professionals
will provide one response for the
Learning Group Registration; 3,800
health professionals will provide a
response for the PTE for each training

episode; 3,650 health professionals will
provide a response for the PTAE for
each TA episode; and 189 program
managers will provide two responses to
the TTAFS in the web-based or

telephone survey per year. The total
annualized burden is 1,671 hours. There
are no other costs to respondents other
than their time.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hr)

Total burden
(in hr)

Form name

Healthcare Professionals ............
Healthcare Professionals ............
Healthcare Professionals ............
Program Managers .....................
Program Managers .....................

Learning Group Registration ....................
Post-Training Evaluation ..........................
Post-Technical Assistance Evaluation .....
Training and TA Follow-up Survey ..........
Training and TA Telephone Script ...........

3,800
3,800
3,650
139
50

1
2
2
2
2

5/60
5/60
5/60
18/60
18/60

317
633
608
83
30

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

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

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

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1,671

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, 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–10434]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

On May 28, 2010, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
guidance related to the ‘‘generic’’
clearance process. Generally, this is an
expedited clearance process by which
agencies may obtain OMB’s approval of
collection of information requests that
are ‘‘usually voluntary, low-burden, and
uncontroversial,’’ do not raise any
substantive or policy issues, and do not
require policy or methodological
review. The process requires the
submission of an overarching plan that
defines the scope of the individual
collections that may be submitted under
that umbrella. This notice is intended to
advise the public of our intent to extend
OMB’s approval of our MACPro
(Medicaid and CHIP Program) umbrella
and all of the individual generic
collection of information requests that
fall under that umbrella. This notice
also provides the public with general

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instructions for obtaining documents
that are associated with such collections
and for submitting comments.
DATES: Comments must be received by
April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments
When commenting, please reference the
applicable collection’s CMS ID number
and/or the OMB control number (both
numbers are listed below under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption).
To be assured consideration, comments
and recommendations must be
submitted in any one of the following
ways and by the applicable due date:
1. Electronically. We encourage you to
submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal at the applicable
web address listed below under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption
under ‘‘Docket Information.’’ If needed,
instructions for submitting such
comments can be found on that website.
2. By regular mail. Alternatively, you
can submit written comments to the
following address: CMS, Office of
Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs (OSORA), Division of
Regulations Development, Attention:
CMS–10434/OMB 0938–1188, Room
C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.
Obtaining Documents To obtain
copies of supporting statements and any
related forms and supporting documents
for the collections listed in this notice,
please refer to the following
instructions:
1. We encourage you to access the
Federal eRulemaking portal at the
applicable web address listed below
under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
caption under ‘‘Docket Information.’’ If
needed, follow the online instructions
for accessing the applicable docket and
the documents contained therein.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
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Parham at 410–786–4669. For policy
related questions, contact the individual
listed below under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION caption under ‘‘Docket
Information.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal
agencies must obtain approval from
OMB for each collection of information
that they conduct or sponsor. The term
‘‘collection of information’’ is defined in
44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c).
Generally, it applies to voluntary and
mandatory requirements that are related
to any one or more of the following
activities: the collection of information,
the reporting of information, the
disclose of information to a third-party,
and/or recordkeeping.
While there are some exceptions
(such as collections having nonsubstantive changes and collections
requesting emergency approval) section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires
federal agencies to publish a 60-day
notice in the Federal Register and
solicit comment on each of its proposed
collections of information, including:
new collections, extensions of existing
collections, revisions of existing
collections, and reinstatements of
previously approved collections before
submitting such collections to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
Interested parties are invited to
submit comments regarding our burden
estimates or any other aspect of the
collection, including: the necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
our agency’s functions; the accuracy of
burden estimates; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to

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