[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10732]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-33-01]


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

    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. The annualized 
burden for this collection is 44 hours.

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                                                             Number of          Responses/        Avg. burden/
                      Respondents                           respondents        respondents     response (in hrs)
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State, local, and Territory Registration Officials.....                 57                  1                .33
Training Applicants....................................                100                  1                .25
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    Dated: April 23, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-10732 Filed 4-30-01; 8:45 am]
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