[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 50 (Monday, March 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12155-12156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-04-32]


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 Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project--Vital Statistics Training Application, OMB No. 
0920-0217--Extension--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the United States, 
legal authority for the registration of vital events, i.e., births, 
deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and induced terminations of 
pregnancy, resides individually with the States (as well as cities in 
the case of New York City and Washington, DC) and Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. These governmental entities are the full 
legal proprietors of vital records and the information contained 
therein. As a result of this State authority, the collection of 
registration-based vital statistics at the national level, referred to 
as the U.S. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), depends on a 
cooperative relationship between the States and the Federal government. 
This data collection, authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k, has been conducted 
by NCHS since it was created in 1960.
    NCHS assists in achieving the comparability needed for combining 
data from all States into national statistics, by conducting a training 
program for State and local vital statistics staff to assist in 
developing expertise in all aspects of vital registration and vital 
statistics. The training offered under this program includes courses 
for registration staff, statisticians, and coding specialists, all 
designed to bring about a high degree of uniformity and quality in the 
data provided by the States. This training program is authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 242b, section 304(a). In order to offer the types of training 
that would be most useful to vital registration staff members, NCHS 
requests information from State and local vital registration officials 
about their projected needs for training. NCHS also asks individual 
candidates for training to submit an application form containing name, 
address, occupation, work experience, education, and previous training. 
These data enable NCHS to determine those individuals whose needs can 
best be met through the available training resources. There is no cost 
to respondents in providing these data.

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                                                                                             Average
                                                              Number of       Number of      burden/      Total
                       Respondents                           respondents     responses/      response    burden
                                                                             Respondents    (in hrs.)     hours
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State, local, and Territory Registration Officials.......              57               1        20/60        19
Training applicants......................................             100               1        15/60        25
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    Total................................................  ..............  ..............  ...........        44
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    Dated: March 5, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-5729 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]
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