[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 80434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32545]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-01-11]


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, the Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects. To request more information on the proposed 
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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 for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days.
    Proposed Project: Vital Statistics Training Application 
Reinstatement--(OMB No. 0920-0217) National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS). In the United States, legal authority for the 
registration of vital events, i.e. births, deaths, marriages, divorces, 
fetal deaths, and induced terminations of pregnancy, resides 
individually with the States (as well as cities in the case of New York 
City and Washington, DC) and Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
These governmental entities are the full legal proprietors of vital 
records and the information contained therein. As a result of this 
State authority, the collection of registration-based vital statistics 
at the national level, referred to as the U.S. National Vital 
Statistics System (NVSS), depends on a cooperative relationship between 
the States and the Federal government. This data collection, authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 242k, has been carried out by NCHS since it was created in 
1960.
    To help in achieving the comparability needed for combining data 
from all States into national statistics, NCHS carries out a training 
program for State and local vital statistics staff to assist in 
developing expertise in all aspects of vital registration and vital 
statistics. The training offered under this program includes courses 
for registration staff, statisticians, and coding specialists, all 
designed to bring about a high degree of uniformity and quality in the 
data provided by the States. This training program is authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 242b, section 304(a). In order to offer the types of training 
that would be most useful to vital registration staff members, NCHS 
requests information from State and local vital registration officials 
about their projected needs for training. NCHS also asks individual 
candidates for training to submit an application form containing name, 
address, occupation, work experience, education, and previous training. 
These data enable NCHS to determine those individuals whose needs can 
best be met through the available training resources. There is no cost 
to respondents in providing these data.

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                                                                                            Avg.
                                                               Number of    Responses/    burden/       Total
                         Respondents                          respondents  respondents    response      burden
                                                                                          (in hrs)      hours
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State, local, and Territory Registration Officials..........           57            1          .33           19
Training Applicants.........................................          100            1          .25           25
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    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           44
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    Dated: December 15, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-32545 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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