[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28892-28893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11276]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-51-04]


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

    Prevention Research Center Information System--New--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Prevention Research 
Center Information System will collect in electronic format (a) data 
needed to measure progress toward, or achievement of, newly developed 
performance indicators, (b) information on Prevention Research Centers 
that is currently being reported in hard-copy documents, and (c) data 
on research projects that are currently submitted electronically via a 
spreadsheet.

Background

    In 1984, Congress passed Public Law 98-551 directing the Department 
of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish Centers for Research 
and Development of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. In 1986, 
CDC was given lead responsibility for this program, referred to now as 
the Prevention Research Centers program. Currently, CDC provides 
funding to 28 Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) selected through 
competitive peer review process and managed as CDC cooperative 
agreements. Awards are made for five (5) years and may be renewed 
through a competitive Request for Application (RFA) process. PRCs 
(which can be housed in a school of public health, medicine, or 
osteopathy) conduct multi-disciplinary, community-based, outcomes-
oriented research on a broad range of topics related to health 
promotion and disease prevention.
    In Spring 2003, CDC published RFA 04003 (FY20004-20009) 
for the Prevention Research Centers program. The RFA introduces a set 
of performance indicators that were developed collaboratively with the 
PRCs and other program stakeholders and are consistent with federal 
requirements that all agencies, in response to the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993, prepare performance plans and 
collect program-specific performance measures.
    An Internet-based information system will allow CDC to monitor, and 
report on, PRC activities more efficiently. Data reported to CDC 
through the PRC information system will be used by CDC to identify 
training and technical assistance needs, monitor compliance with 
cooperative agreement requirements, evaluate the progress made in 
achieving center-specific goals, and obtain information needed to 
respond to Congressional and other inquiries regarding program 
activities and effectiveness.
    The estimated annualized burden is 237 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                           Respondents                               Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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Clerical........................................................              28               2            2.73
Directors.......................................................              28               2            1.5
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    Dated: May 12, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-11276 Filed 5-18-04; 8:45 am]
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