[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78418-78419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28617]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-050555]


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 404-371-5983 or 
send comments to Dale Verell, CDC Alternate OMB Clearance Officer, 1600 
Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 
[email protected].
    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Public Health Performance Standards Program Local Public 
Health System Assessment (OMB 0920-0555)--Extension--Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    The Office of the Director, CDC is proposing to extend the 
currently approved National Public Health Performance Standards Program 
Local Public Health System Assessment. From 1998-2002, the CDC National 
Public Health Performance Standards Program 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 essential services of public health.
    CDC is now proposing to extend the formal, voluntary data 
collection that assesses the capacity of local public health systems to 
deliver the essential services of public health. Local health 
departments will respond to the survey on behalf of the collective body 
of representatives from the local public health system. Electronic data 
submission will be used when local public health agencies complete the 
public health assessment.
    The extension will provide additional time for local public health 
systems to undertake the assessment. Some states have sought to include 
mention of the assessment in legislation or regulations and are now 
encouraging their localities to respond to the assessment in the 
upcoming two years. The focus on bioterrorism and other emerging issues 
diverted resources and attention from immediate use of the assessment 
since its national release in 2002. A two-year extension will provide 
additional needed time.
    The estimated annualized burden for each extension year is 4,200 
hours.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                      Number of respondents                        responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                                    respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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175.............................................................               1              24            4200
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    Total.......................................................  ..............  ..............            4200
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    Dated: December 22, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-28617 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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