[Federal Register: May 3, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 85)]
[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

[30Day-07-0580]

 
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Public Health Performance Standards Program Local Public 
Health Governance Assessment (OMB 0920-0580)--Reinstatement--Office of 
the Director (OD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Office of Chief of Public Health Practice is proposing to 
revise and reinstate the formal, voluntary data collection that 
assesses the capacity of local boards of health to deliver the 
essential services of public health. Electronic data submission will be 
used when local boards of health complete the public health assessment.
    A three-year approval is being sought with the revised data 
collection instrument. The original data collection instrument has been 
valuable in assessing performance and capacity and identifying areas 
for improvement. It is anticipated that the updated data collection 
instrument will be voluntarily used by local boards of health for 
similar purposes.
    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. In 2005, CDC reconvened workgroups with these same 
organizations to revise the data collection instruments, in order to 
ensure the standards remain current and improve user friendliness.
    There is no cost to the respondent, other than their time. The 
total estimated annual burden hours are 875.

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                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of      Average burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses per     per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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Local Boards of Health.......................................             175                1                5
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    Dated: April 25, 2007.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-8413 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]

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