[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39994-39995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14564]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-02-60]


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) 498-1210.
    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 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: Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program 
Evaluation (OMB No. 0920-0457)--Extension--National Center for HIV, 
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).
    CDC, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of 
Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), proposes to continue the Aggregate 
Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation, previously approved under 
OMB No. 0920-0457. This request is for a 3-year extension of clearance. 
There are no revisions to the report forms, data definitions, or 
reporting instructions.
    To ensure the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States, key 
program activities, such as finding tuberculosis infections in recent 
contacts of cases and in other persons likely to be infected and 
providing therapy for latent tuberculosis infection, must be monitored. 
In 2000, CDC

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implemented two program evaluation reports for annual submission: 
Aggregate report of follow-up for contacts of tuberculosis, and 
Aggregate report of screening and preventive therapy for tuberculosis 
infection (OMB No. 0920-0457). The respondents for these reports are 
the 68 state and local tuberculosis control programs receiving federal 
cooperative agreement funding through DTBE. These reports replaced two, 
twice-yearly program management reports in the Tuberculosis Statistics 
and Program Evaluation Activity (OMB 0920-0026): Contact Follow-up (CDC 
72.16) and Completion of Preventive Therapy (CDC 72.21). The 
replacement reports emphasized treatment outcomes, high-priority target 
populations vulnerable to tuberculosis, and programmed electronic 
report entry and submission through the Tuberculosis Information 
Management System (TIMS).
    No other federal agency collects this type of national TB data, and 
the Aggregate report of follow-up for contacts of tuberculosis, and 
Aggregate report of screening and preventive therapy for tuberculosis 
infection are the only data source about latent tuberculosis infection 
for monitoring national progress toward tuberculosis elimination.
    In addition to providing ongoing assistance about the preparation 
and utilization of these reports at the local and state levels of 
public health jurisdiction, CDC held three national training workshops 
about the reports and will convene additional workshops when requested 
by the respondents. CDC also provides respondents with technical 
support for the TIMS software (Electronic--100%, Use of Electronic 
Signatures--No). The annual burden to respondents is estimated to be 
204 hours. There is no cost to respondents.

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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in   Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)        (in hours)
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State & Local TB Control Programs...............              68               1           90/60             102
State & Local TB Control Programs...............              68               1           90/60             102
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             204
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    Dated: May 31, 2002.
Julie Fishman,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-14564 Filed 6-10-02; 8:45 am]
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