[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8541-8542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4371]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-02-28]


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)

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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 or 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 Governance Performance Assessment 
Instrument--New--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 Spring of 2001, CDC conducted field tests with 
the local public health governance instruments in the state of 
Massachusetts.
    CDC is now proposing to implement a voluntary data collection to 
assess the capacity of local boards of health to deliver the Essential 
Public Health Services. This data collection will provide a framework 
for local boards of health to evaluate their effectiveness. 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 boards of health will respond to the survey. An estimated 33% 
of approximately 3,200 United States local boards are expected to 
participate in the National Performance Standards Program per year.
    There are no costs to respondents. The burden hours are estimated 
to be 30,198.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)         (in hrs.)
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Local Boards of Health Year 1...................           1,066               1              10          10,660
Local Boards of Health Year 2...................           1,066               1              10          10,660
Local Boards of Health Year 3...................           1,066               1              10          10,660
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          30,198
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    Dated: February 13, 2002.
John Moore,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-4371 Filed 2-22-02; 8:45 am]
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