[Federal Register: June 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 109)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05-05CI]
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
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports 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
CDC Oral Health Management Information System--New --Division of
Oral Health (DOH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description: The CDC seeks to improve the oral
health of the nation by targeting efforts to improve the infrastructure
of state and territorial oral health departments, strengthen and
enhance program capacity related to monitoring the population's oral
health status and behaviors, develop effective programs to improve the
oral health of children and adults, evaluate program accomplishments,
and inform key stakeholders, including policy makers, of program
results. Through a cooperative agreement program (Program Announcement
03022), CDC provides approximately $3 million per year over 5 years to
12 states and one territory to strengthen the states' core oral health
infrastructure and capacity and reduce health disparities among high-
risk groups. The CDC is authorized to do this under sections 301 and
317(k) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 and 247b(k)).
Information systems provide a central repository of information,
such as the plans of the state or territorial oral health programs
(their goals, objectives, performance milestones and indicators), as
well as state and territorial oral health performance activities
including programmatic and financial information. A management
information system (MIS) will allow a CDC project officer to enter
information related to technical assistance, consultative plans,
communication and site visits. For state and territorial oral health
programs, a MIS will provide a central location that will allow for the
more efficient collection of information needed to meet reporting
requirements. The system will allow state and territorial oral health
programs immediate access to information and better equip them to
respond to inquiries in a timely fashion and to make programmatic
decisions in a more efficient, informed manner.
A MIS will support CDC's broader mission of reducing oral health
disparities by enabling CDC staff to more effectively identify the
strengths and weaknesses of individual state and territorial oral
health programs; to identify national progress toward reaching the
goals of Healthy People 2010; and to disseminate information related to
successful public health interventions implemented by state and
territorial programs to prevent and control the burden of oral
diseases. The CDC anticipates that the state burden of providing hard-
copy reports will be
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reduced with the introduction of the Web-based progress reporting
system. It is assumed that states will experience a learning curve in
using this application that burden will be reduced once they have
familiarized themselves with it. There is no cost to respondents other
than their time.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours:
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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State Program Staff......................... 13 2 9 234
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Dated: May 31, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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