[Federal Register: May 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 90)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-0106]

 
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant--Revision--
National Center for Chronic Disease and Public Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant program 
provides awardees with their primary source of flexible funding for 
health promotion and disease prevention programs. Sixty-one awardees 
(50 states, the District of Columbia, two American Indian Tribes, and 
eight U.S. territories) currently receive block grants from CDC in 
order to address locally defined public health needs in innovative 
ways. Block Grants allow awardees to prioritize the use of funds to 
fill funding gaps in programs that deal with leading causes of death 
and disability, as well as the ability to respond rapidly to emerging 
health issues.
    CDC currently collects standardized application and performance 
information from each awardee through an electronic Grant Application 
and Reporting System (GARS). In response to measures described in the 
Government Performance Results Act, CDC proposes to replace GARS with a 
web-based Block Grant Management Information System (BG-MIS) that will 
collect information by the areas described in Healthy People 2010 and 
improve adherence to its goals. Concurrent with conversion to the BG-
MIS, minor changes to the questions and response options, and other 
features, will be implemented to reduce respondent burden and support 
the Healthy People 2010 framework. These features include increased 
utilization of pre-defined response options, start and end dates, the 
SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-based) 
format for describing objectives, and identification of Evidence Based 
Guidelines and Best Practices used as the basis for public health 
programs and interventions. In addition, a Compliance Review section 
has been added to provide each awardee with general information 
regarding the Compliance Review process and specific information 
pertaining to its past reviews.
    Information will be collected twice per year. Each awardee will 
submit an annual Work Plan outlining awardee-specific health outcome 
objectives and an Annual Report describing progress toward its goals.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The estimated 
annualized burden hours are 3,355.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
              Respondents                       Form name           respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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PHHS Block Grant Awardees.............  Work Plan...............              61               1              25
                                        Annual Report...........              61               1              30
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    Dated: April 30, 2008.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-10215 Filed 5-7-08; 8:45 am]

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