[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13929-13930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5731]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-01-24]


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 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 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Public Health Performance Standards Program Local Public 
Health System Assessment--Revised--Public Health Practice Program 
Office (PHPPO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Since 1998,the CDC National Public Health Performance Standards 
Program has 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 ten Essential Services 
of Public Health. In the fall of 2000, CDC conducted field tests with 
the local public health survey instruments in the States of Hawaii, 
Minnesota, and Mississippi.
    CDC is now proposing to implement a voluntary data collection to 
assess the capacity of local public health systems to deliver the 
Essential Public Health Services. Electronic data submission will be 
the method of choice. If computer technology in local jurisdictions 
does not support electronic submission, hard-copy survey instruments 
will be available. Local jurisdictions using hard-copy survey 
instruments will receive assistance from State or local level field 
coordinators for web-based data entry.
    Local health departments will respond to the survey on behalf of 
the collective body of representatives from the local public health 
system. An estimated 25% of approximately 3,500 United States local 
health departments are expected to participate in the National 
Performance Standards Program during the first year. In year 2, an 
additional 30% are expected to complete the assessment. The remaining 
25% of local health agencies are expected to collaborate with and 
submit survey data with other respondents. There are no cost to 
respondents.

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                               National Performance Standards Program Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents    responses per   response  (in   per response
                                                                    respondent         hrs.)         (in hrs.)
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                                                     Year 1
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Local Public Health Agencies....................             875               1              11           9,625
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                                                     Year 2
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Local Public Health Agencies....................            1050               1              11          11,550
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              22
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    Dated: March 2, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-5731 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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