[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 105 (Wednesday, May 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 34706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13504]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-37-00]


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 Projects

    1. Implementation of Automated Management Information System (MIS) 
for Diabetes Control Programs--NEW--Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation. Diabetes is the 
seventh leading cause of death in the United States, contributing to 
more than 193,000 deaths each year. An estimated 10.3 million people in 
the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes, and an estimated 
5.4 million people have undiagnosed diabetes. The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT), 
provides funding to health departments of States and territories to 
develop, implement, and evaluate systems-based Diabetes Control 
Programs (DCPs). DCPs are population-based, public health programs that 
design, implement, and evaluate public health prevention and control 
strategies that improve access to and quality of care for all and reach 
communities most impacted by the burden of diabetes (e.g., racial/
ethnic populations, the elderly, rural dwellers and the economically 
disadvantaged). Support for these programs is a cornerstone of the 
DDT's strategy for reducing the burden of diabetes throughout the 
nation. The Diabetes Control Program is authorized under sections 301 
and 317(k) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. sections 241 and 
247b(k)].
    Funding recipients are required to submit quarterly status reports 
to CDC that are used by DDT managers and Program Development Officers 
(PDOs) to identify training and technical assistance needs; monitor 
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements; evaluate the 
progress made in achieving national and program-specific goals; and 
respond to inquiries regarding program activities and effectiveness. 
Funding recipients currently have a wide latitude in the content of the 
information they report with some recipients providing extensive and 
detailed programmatic progress information and others providing minimal 
detail regarding DCP operations. Historically, information has been 
collected and transmitted via hard-copy paper documents. The manual 
reporting system significantly impacts the DDT's staff ability to 
accomplish its responsibilities resulting from providing DCP funds, 
particularly with respect to compiling, summarizing, and reporting 
aggregate DCP program information.
    The proposed change in data collection methodology is being driven 
by DDT's development of an automated management information system 
(MIS) to maintain individual DCP information and to normalize the 
information reported by these programs. The proposed data collection 
will employ a more formal, systematic method of collecting information 
that has historically been requested from individual DCPs and will 
standardize the content of this information. This will facilitate the 
DDT staff's ability to fulfill its obligations under the cooperative 
agreements; to monitor, evaluate, and compare individual programs; and 
to assess and report aggregate information regarding the overall 
effectiveness of the DCP program. It will also support DDT's broader 
mission of reducing the burden of diabetes by enabling DDT staff to 
more effectively identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual 
DCPs and to disseminate information related to successful public health 
interventions implemented by these organizations to prevent and control 
diabetes.
    Respondents reside in each of the 50 States, 8 Territories, and the 
District of Columbia and provide progress reporting on a semi-annual 
frequency. The annual hour burden is estimated at 236 total hours based 
on 2 hours to complete a semi-annual report twice per year. The annual 
burden is estimated to be 236 hours.

                                        Annualized Burden to Respondents
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                                                                  Number of
                  Form name                      Number of        responses/    Average burden/      Response
                                                respondents      respondents        response       burden/hrs.
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Progress Report.............................              59                2                2              236
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    Dated: May 24, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-13504 Filed 5-30-00; 8:45 am]
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