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The Health Resources and Services Administration is requesting public comment on a proposed standardized work plan form for use with applications for research and training grants and cooperative agreements. The comment period closes on May 5, 2026.

What changed

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of a new standardized work plan form. This form is intended for use with applications for research and training grants and cooperative agreements administered by the Bureau of Health Workforce. The agency is seeking public comment on this information collection activity.

Regulated entities, specifically those applying for HRSA grants and cooperative agreements, should review the proposed standardized work plan form and submit comments by the deadline of May 5, 2026. Failure to provide input may result in the form being implemented without consideration of potential burdens or improvements. This action is part of the standard agency process for information collection requests under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

What to do next

  1. Review the proposed standardized work plan form for HRSA grants and cooperative agreements.
  2. Submit comments on the proposed form to HRSA by May 5, 2026.

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Standardized Work Plan Form for Use with Applications to the Bureau of Health Workforce Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements, OMB No. 0906-0049-Revision

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Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration

AGENCY:

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to OMB. Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.

DATES:

Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 5, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 13N82, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov or call Samantha Miller, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983. Officer, at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

When submitting comments or requesting information, please include the ICR title for reference.

Information Collection Request Title: Standardized Work Plan (SWP) Form for Use with Applications to HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Research and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements, OMB No. 0906-0049—Revision

Abstract: HRSA BHW requires applicants for training and research grants and cooperative agreements to submit work plans via the SWP form. Information in the SWP describes the timeframes and progress required during the grant period of performance to address each of the needs detailed in the Purpose and Need section of the application, as required in the Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement. Applicants use the SWP form when they submit their proposals, and award recipients and Project Officers use the SWP information to assist in monitoring progress once HRSA makes the awards. After awards are made, recipients complete a Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) to provide information to BHW on a quarterly basis on each activity listed in the SWP.

Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The QPU is completed via HRSA's Electronic Handbook system and prompts recipients to report on progress of activities that were submitted using the SWP in the original application. The QPU automatically populates activities from the recipient's SWP form on a quarterly basis. For each activity listed in the submitted SWP for any particular quarter within the project period, recipients select and submit a single selection response for each activity status from a pull-down menu with five options: (1) Activity is on ( printed page 11082) Schedule, (2) Activity is Complete, (3) Timing is off track, (4) Activity will be missed if action is not taken, and (5) Activity cannot be achieved. This information collection request seeks to split “Timing is Off Track” into three options; (1) Timing is Off Track: Barrier Resolved/Proceeding, (2) Activity no longer needed/applicable, and (3) Barrier Not Resolved.

Information provided is utilized by the program staff to regularly assess overall progress of program requirements and analyze data in order to monitor award recipient compliance and track progress against proposed targets and goals. Information gathered allows an improved and more efficient method for identifying whether projects' goals are being advanced or achieved, as set forth in 2 CFR 200.329. Program staff also use information provided over the period of performance to see emerging trends and to assess whether an award recipient requires technical assistance to address challenges that the award recipient may be experiencing with the implementation of the project. Seeking OMB approval of this revision comports with the regulatory requirement imposed by 2 CFR 200.207(a) and 200.329(b).

Likely Respondents: Respondents are applicants for, and recipients of, BHW's research and training grants and cooperative agreements.

Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the information requested. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the table below.

Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:

| Form name | Number of
respondents | Number of
responses
per

respondent | Total
responses | Average
burden per
response

(in hours) | Total annual
burden hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Standardized Work Plan (SWP) | 1,000 | 1 | 1,000 | 1.00 | 1,000 |
| Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) Form | 1,000 | 4 | 4,000 | 0.10 | 400 |
| Total | 1 1,000 | | 5,000 | | 1,400 |
| 1 The 1,000 SWP respondents reflect the number of new grant applications submitted annually. The 1,000 QPU respondents reflect the current volume of funded, active grants. | | | | | |
Maria G. Button,

Director, Executive Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 2026-04493 Filed 3-5-26; 8:45 am]

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Published Document: 2026-04493 (91 FR 11081)

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