[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64899-64900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-05]


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

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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: Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Implementation 
Case Study--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

Background

    While much has been learned about the development of CCC plans, 
little is known about CCC grantee activities, organizational capacity, 
or essential elements of implementing CCC plans. CDC, through a 
contractor will evaluate the necessary components of the CCC Program. 
The evaluation consists of: (1) The design of a plan to evaluate the 
CCC Program; (2) an evaluation of grantee activities; (3) a nationwide 
assessment of capacity to plan, implement and evaluate CCC programs, 
and (4) a study of selected grantees' experiences implementing CCC 
plans. This project will focus on the fourth component of the 
evaluation.
    Implementation case studies provide the opportunity to follow the 
relationships among needs identified in the planning process, goals and 
objectives established in the plan (priorities for action), and 
implemented activities. The goals of the proposed data collection are 
to document the process and activities CCC programs undertake to 
implement a CCC plan, and to document measures CCC programs use to 
assess how well a CCC plan is implemented.
    The data will be collected via in-person interviews with key 
personnel in the implementation of CCC plans. Key personnel will 
include: Program directors, program staff in health departments and 
partner organizations, partner organization decisionmakers, program 
evaluators, and representatives from non-partner organizations. 
Interviews will take place during one 3 to 4-day site visit to 10 
sites. A total of 240 interviews will be conducted. Interviews will 
last approximately one to two hours each. The program directors will 
also complete a packet of background information in preparation for the 
site visits. The materials will take approximately two hours to 
complete. The only cost to respondents is their time.

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                                                                           No. of      Avg. burden
                                                             No. of       responses        per      Total annual
              Form and type of respondents                 respondents       per        response     burden (in
                                                                         respondent    (in hours)      hours)
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1: Program Directors....................................           20             1             2        40
2: Staff Members........................................           80             1             1        80
3: Partners or Coalition Member.........................           80             1             1        80
4: Program Evaluators...................................           20             1             1        20
5: Non-partners.........................................           40             1             1        40
6: Program Directors....................................           20             1             2        40
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      Total.............................................  ............  ............  ............      300
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    Dated: November 7, 2003.
Gaylon D. Morris,
Acting Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-28603 Filed 11-14-03; 8:45 am]
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