Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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: Progress Reports for Continuation Training

Grants--0915-0061--Extension and Revision (Former Title ``HRSA

Noncompeting Training Grant Application'')

The HRSA Noncompeting Training Grant Application (HRSA Form 6025-2)

has been used in the past for the preparation and submission of

continuation applications for Title VII and VIII health professions and

nursing education and training programs. These continuation

applications included general grantee information, a detailed budget

and justification for the current budget year, a progress report, and

other related information.

The HRSA Bureau of Health Professions has recently done a

comprehensive review of grants management processes and made changes to

streamline the processes for both grantees and Bureau staff. One of the

changes resulted in replacing the requirement for submission of the

continuation application with submission of a progress report with

measurable objectives and outcome measures. Other information that was

included in the application is either repetitious of information

already contained in grants files or is not needed.

The progress report is needed to determine whether progress has

been sufficient under the original project objectives to warrant

continuation support. Grantees must demonstrate satisfactory progress

or continuation awards cannot be made. Progress will be measured based

on the objectives of the grant project, and outcome measures and

indicators developed by the Bureau to meet requirements of the

Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

The estimate of burden is as follows:

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden

Respondent respondents respondent response hours

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Grantees.................................... 625 1 20 12,500

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of

Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: September 30, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-26739 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]

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