[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-20-03]


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) 498-1210. 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: 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 
percent of approximately 3,200 United States local boards are expected 
to participate in the National Performance Standards Program per year. 
The annual burden hours are estimated to be 6402.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response  (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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Local Boards of Health Year 1...................................           1,066               1               6
Local Boards of Health Year 2...................................           1,067               1               6
Local Boards of Health Year 3...................................           1,067               1               6
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    Dated: January 10, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-1179 Filed 1-17-03; 8:45 am]
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