[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42730-42731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18222]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-52-03]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Resources and Services Database on CDC National 
Prevention Information Network (OMB Control No. 0920-0255)--
Reinstatement with change--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
CDC is requesting OMB approval to reinstate, with change, the data 
collection for the Resources and Services Database for the CDC National 
Prevention Information Network (formerly known as the National AIDS 
Clearinghouse). This request is for a three-year reinstatement of 
clearance.
    NCHSTP has the primary responsibility within the CDC and the U.S. 
Public Health Service for the prevention and control of HIV infection, 
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB), including 
community-based HIV prevention activities and syphilis and TB 
elimination programs. To support NCHSTP's mission and to link Americans 
to prevention, education, and care services, the CDC National 
Prevention Information Network (NPIN) serves as the U.S. reference, 
referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, 
and TB. NPIN is a critical member of the network of government 
agencies, community organizations, businesses, health professionals, 
educators, and human services providers that educate the American 
public about the grave threat to public health posed by HIV/AIDS, STDs, 
and TB, and provides services for persons infected with human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    Established in 1988, the NPIN Resources and Services Database 
contains entries on approximately 19,000 organizations and is the most 
comprehensive listing of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB resources and services 
available throughout the country. This database describes national, 
state and local organizations that provide services related to HIV/
AIDS, STDs, and TB such as counseling and testing, prevention, 
education and support services. The NPIN reference staff rely on the 
Resources and Services Database to respond to nearly 63,000 requests 
each year for information or referral from community based 
organizations, state and local health departments, and health 
professionals working in HIV/AIDS, STD and TB prevention. The CDC 
National AIDS and STD Hotline staff also use the NPIN Resources and 
Services Database to refer approximately one million callers yearly to 
local programs for information, services, and treatment. The American 
public can also access the NPIN Resources and Services database through 
the NPIN Web site. More than 12 million visits by the public to the Web 
site are recorded annually.
    To accomplish CDC's goal of continuing efforts to maintain an up-
to-date, comprehensive database, NPIN plans each year to add 100 newly 
identified organizations and to verify those organizations currently 
described in the NPIN Resources and Services Database each year. NPIN 
staff learn about new organizations through exhibiting at health and 
professional meetings, searching the Internet, and perusing newsletter 
announcements and press releases. Once a new organization is identified 
as providing HIV/AIDS, STD or TB-related services, NPIN staff will mail 
the Resource Organization Questionnaire along with a cover letter. The 
purpose of the questionnaire is to gather information about the HIV/
AIDS, STD or TB-related services available from the organization, what 
geographic area the organization serves, and the target audiences for 
these services. Each organization will also receive a stamped, self-
addressed envelope for the return of the questionnaire. Organizations 
with access to the Internet, will be given the option to complete and 
submit an electronic version of the questionnaire by visiting the CDC 
NPIN Web site. If NPIN receives no response to the initial mailing of 
the questionnaire, a follow-up telephone call will be made to the 
organization requesting them to complete and return the questionnaire.
    As part of the verification process for the Resources and Services 
Database, 40 percent of the organizations will receive a copy of their 
current database entry by electronic mail, including a cover letter and 
a list of instructions. The remaining 60 percent will receive a 
telephone call to review their database record. The annual burden for 
this data collection is 3,858 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                             Survey                                  Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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Questionnaire Resource Organization.............................             100               1           30/60
Questionnaire Telephone Follow-up...............................              33               1           15/60
Email Verification..............................................           7,600               1           15/60
Telephone verification..........................................          11,400               1           10/60
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    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Thomas A. Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-18222 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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