[Federal Register: December 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 250)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-050555]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-371-5983 or
send comments to Dale Verell, CDC Alternate OMB Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Public Health Performance Standards Program Local Public
Health System Assessment (OMB 0920-0555)--Extension--Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Office of the Director, CDC is proposing to extend the
currently approved National Public Health Performance Standards Program
Local Public Health System Assessment. From 1998-2002, the CDC National
Public Health Performance Standards Program convened workgroups with
the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO),
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the
National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH), the American
Public Health Association (APHA), and the Public Health Foundation
(PHF) to develop performance standards for public health systems based
on the essential services of public health.
CDC is now proposing to extend the formal, voluntary data
collection that assesses the capacity of local public health systems to
deliver the essential services of public health. Local health
departments will respond to the survey on behalf of the collective body
of representatives from the local public health system. Electronic data
submission will be used when local public health agencies complete the
public health assessment.
The extension will provide additional time for local public health
systems to undertake the assessment. Some states have sought to include
mention of the assessment in legislation or regulations and are now
encouraging their localities to respond to the assessment in the
upcoming two years. The focus on bioterrorism and other emerging issues
diverted resources and attention from immediate use of the assessment
since its national release in 2002. A two-year extension will provide
additional needed time.
The estimated annualized burden for each extension year is 4,200
hours.
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Number of Average burden
Number of respondents responses per per response Total burden
respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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175............................................................. 1 24 4200
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Total....................................................... .............. .............. 4200
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Dated: December 22, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-28617 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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