[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33417]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: Performance Outcome Demonstration Study--New
Through Titles VII and VIII programs, the Bureau of Health
Professions provides both policy leadership and support for health
professions workforce enhancement and educational infrastructure
development. An outcome-based performance measurement system is central
to the ability of the Bureau to determine whether program support is
meeting its national health workforce objectives, and to signal where
program course correction is necessary.
In addition, the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
requires each agency to develop comprehensive strategic plans, to
submit annual performance plans that set specific performance goals for
each program activity, and to report annually on the actual performance
achieved compared to the performance goals.
The Bureau of Health Professions has developed a comprehensive
performance monitoring system (CPMS) which consists of cross-cutting
indicators designed to capture the common activities across programs,
cluster level indicators designed to capture common activities for
programs with a similar focus, and program specific indicators designed
to capture activities which are specific to selected individual
programs. At the core of the Bureau's performance monitoring system are
four cross-cutting goals with respect to workforce quality, supply,
diversity and distribution. External customer input was utilized to
validate the Bureau's proposed outcomes and indicators, and to assist
with a preliminary assessment of the suitability of data sources. A
pilot study of nine program sites within the Washington metropolitan
area was completed to determine the availability of the data along with
the clarity of the definitions and instructions. The results of the
pilot indicate that these data can be collected from grantees.
A wider demonstration will be done to assess the ability of current
grantees, in the second year of the project period or later, to supply
the data without the benefit of a site visit and to further refine the
definitions and instructions. Since data are collected by discipline,
the estimate of burden hours per response is different for projects
that involve a single discipline and projects that involve multiple
disciplines.
As part of the demonstration study, grantees will be sent a Data
System Questionnaire that asks for information on grantee capacity for
using information technology to store and transmit data. This
information will be used to determine the best way to use information
technology when the CPMS is fully implemented. It is expected that the
distribution and submission of the CPMS data forms will eventually be
fully automated and that the data collection tool will be an
interactive program which prompts respondents to report only those data
relevant to their programs. Burden estimates are as follows:
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Responses
Type of respondent Number of per Total Hours per Total hour
respondents respondent responses response burden
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Data System Questionnaire...................... 644 1 644 .17 107
CPMS Tables: Projects involving a single
discipline.................................... 511 1 511 8 4,088
CPMS Tables: Projects involving multiple
disciplines................................... 64 1 64 40 2,560
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Total...................................... 644 ........... 1219 ........... 6,755
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503.
Dated: December 17, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-33417 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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