[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1638-1639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-565]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-05-00]


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) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    1. National Disease Surveillance Program--II. Disease Summaries 
(0920-0004)--Reinstatement--National Center for Infectious Diseases 
(NCID), National Disease Surveillance Program. Surveillance of the 
incidence and distribution of disease has been an important function of 
the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) since 1878. Through the years, 
PHS/CDC has formulated practical methods of disease control through 
field investigations. The CDC Surveillance program is based on the 
premise that diseases cannot be diagnosed, prevented, or controlled 
until existing knowledge is expanded and new ideas developed and 
implemented. Over the years, the mandate of CDC has broadened to 
include preventive health activities and the surveillance systems 
maintained have expanded.
    Data on disease and preventable conditions are collected in 
accordance with jointly approved plans by CDC and the Council of State 
and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). Changes in the surveillance 
program and in reporting methods are effected in the same manner. At 
the onset of this surveillance program in 1968, the CSTE and CDC 
decided on which diseases warranted surveillance. These diseases are 
reviewed and revised based on variations in the public health. 
Surveillance forms are distributed to the State and local health 
departments who voluntarily submit these reports to CDC on variable 
frequencies, either weekly or monthly. CDC then calculates and 
publishes weekly statistics via the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly 
Report

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(MMWR), providing the states with timely aggregates of their 
submissions.
    The following diseases/conditions are included in this program: 
Influenza Virus, Respiratory and Enterovirus, Arboviral Encephalitis, 
Rabies, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, Foodborne Outbreaks, 
Waterborne Outbreaks, and Enteric Virus. This request is for extension 
of the data collection for three years with minor revisions.
    These data are essential on the Local, State, and Federal levels 
for measuring trends in diseases, evaluating the effectiveness of 
current preventive strategies, and determining the need for modifying 
current preventive measures. The total annual burden hours are 2647.

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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
                         Respondents                              Number of        responses/      of  response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hrs.)
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State and Local Health Officials in 50 states/territories....             864               28              .25
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    Dated: January 5, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-565 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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