[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 218 (Friday, November 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58631-58632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27334]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-10-10AA]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to [email protected].
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 Occupational Safety and Health Professional Workforce
Assessment: Employer and Education Provider Survey Data Collection--
New--National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the NIOSH is to generate new knowledge in the field
of occupational safety and health (OS&H) and to transfer that knowledge
into practice for the betterment of workers. Developing and supporting
a new generation of practitioners is critical to the future of
occupational safety and health. As part of its mission to increase
safety and protect worker health, NIOSH funds programs to support
occupational safety and health education through 17 regional
university-based Education and Research Centers and 31 Training Project
grants that train occupational safety and health professionals to meet
the increasing demand for these professionals.
Because of this central role NIOSH plays in the education and
training of OS&H workers and because of the continually changing nature
of the workplace, over the last 38 years NIOSH has sponsored 3 OS&H
workforce assessments. These were conducted in 1977 and 1985 by NIOSH;
and in 2000 the Institute of Medicine conducted a workforce assessment
at NIOSH's request. NIOSH is planning to perform another assessment to
examine the current and anticipated future professional OS&H workforce.
The assessment will attempt to collect information from two groups--
employers of OS&H professionals and providers of training programs for
OS&H professionals.
The information collected from employers will concern the current
supply and future demand for OS&H professionals; and the desired
professional competencies (i.e., knowledge, skills, and abilities)
required for the coming decade.
To ensure that the overall proposed methodology for collecting
information from employers is successful in collecting the information
required, we will conduct a phase I study with a small group of
employers. Should any needed methodological changes be identified,
NIOSH will submit a request for modification to OMB. If no substantive
methodological changes are required, the phase II study will proceed
and the phase I data will be included in the phase II study data set.
It is expected that approximately 744 employers will have to be
screened in Phase I and 6,681 in Phase II to yield approximately 400
employer responses (40 in the employer phase I, 360 in the employer
phase II study).
The initial step in the study of employers will be to sample the
total number of establishments needed for screening. The phase I
portion of employers then will be conducted using approximately 744 of
the establishments sampled and the following methodology:
A telephone screening to identify employers of OS&H
professionals will be conducted. During the screening to identify
employers of OS&H professionals, we will also obtain contact
information for the most appropriate respondent. It is expected that
the appropriate respondent will be
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the Human Resources Administrator for the employer.
A letter describing the study will be mailed to all
eligible phase I establishments inviting them to participate, and
providing Web access information.
Data collection then will be primarily by web
questionnaire. After two weeks, all non-respondents will receive a
special delivery service envelope containing another copy of the
invitation letter. Two weeks later, telephone contact with non-
respondents will begin. Up to 7 attempts to contact each potential
respondent by telephone will be made. (When contact is made,
respondents will be encouraged to complete the questionnaire on the Web
or by telephone at that time.)
Assuming no methodological changes result from the phase I study,
the phase II employer study then will begin with telephone screening of
an additional 6,681 establishments. The data collection methodology
will be identical to that described for the phase I study of employers.
The study of educational providers will be a census of the
approximately 400 educational providers identified and listed as part
of this effort. There will be no sampling or screening activities. The
information collected will be similar to that collected from employers.
Beginning with the invitation letter, the data collection methodology
for educational providers will be identical to that of the phase II
study of the employers. We expect 180 educational providers to respond
to either the Web or telephone questionnaire.
There is no cost to any respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average number
Number of of responses Average burden Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents per per response hours
respondent in hours
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Human Resources Administrator.................. Employer Phase I Screening............. 744 1 5/60 62
Human Resources Administrator.................. Employer Phase I Questionnaire (Web or 40 1 32/60 21
Telephone).
Human Resources Administrator.................. Employer Phase II Screening............ 6,681 1 5/60 557
Human Resources Administrator.................. Employer Phase II Questionnaire (Web or 360 1 32/60 192
Telephone).
Education Administrator........................ Provider Questionnaire (Web or 180 1 22/60 66
Telephone).
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 898
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Dated: November 6, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-27334 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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