[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33496-33497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11368]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05-05CI]


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 
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports 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

    CDC Oral Health Management Information System--New --Division of 
Oral Health (DOH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
    Background and Brief Description: The CDC seeks to improve the oral 
health of the nation by targeting efforts to improve the infrastructure 
of state and territorial oral health departments, strengthen and 
enhance program capacity related to monitoring the population's oral 
health status and behaviors, develop effective programs to improve the 
oral health of children and adults, evaluate program accomplishments, 
and inform key stakeholders, including policy makers, of program 
results. Through a cooperative agreement program (Program Announcement 
03022), CDC provides approximately $3 million per year over 5 years to 
12 states and one territory to strengthen the states' core oral health 
infrastructure and capacity and reduce health disparities among high-
risk groups. The CDC is authorized to do this under sections 301 and 
317(k) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 and 247b(k)).
    Information systems provide a central repository of information, 
such as the plans of the state or territorial oral health programs 
(their goals, objectives, performance milestones and indicators), as 
well as state and territorial oral health performance activities 
including programmatic and financial information. A management 
information system (MIS) will allow a CDC project officer to enter 
information related to technical assistance, consultative plans, 
communication and site visits. For state and territorial oral health 
programs, a MIS will provide a central location that will allow for the 
more efficient collection of information needed to meet reporting 
requirements. The system will allow state and territorial oral health 
programs immediate access to information and better equip them to 
respond to inquiries in a timely fashion and to make programmatic 
decisions in a more efficient, informed manner.
    A MIS will support CDC's broader mission of reducing oral health 
disparities by enabling CDC staff to more effectively identify the 
strengths and weaknesses of individual state and territorial oral 
health programs; to identify national progress toward reaching the 
goals of Healthy People 2010; and to disseminate information related to 
successful public health interventions implemented by state and 
territorial programs to prevent and control the burden of oral 
diseases. The CDC anticipates that the state burden of providing hard-
copy reports will be

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reduced with the introduction of the Web-based progress reporting 
system. It is assumed that states will experience a learning curve in 
using this application that burden will be reduced once they have 
familiarized themselves with it. There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time.
    Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours:

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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
             Type of respondent                  Number of      responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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State Program Staff.........................              13                2                9              234
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    Dated: May 31, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-11368 Filed 6-7-05; 8:45 am]
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