[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53374-53375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17769]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-05-0555]


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) 371-5983 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Public Health Performance Standards Program Local Public 
Health System Assessment (OMB 0920-0555)--Revision--Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Background and Brief Description

    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. An additional three years of 
clearance will provide the time necessary to complete the project.
    There are no costs to the respondents other than their time. The 
estimated annualized burden for each extension year is 4,200 hours.

                   Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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                                           Number of     Average  burden
        Number of  respondents           responses per     per response
                                           respondent       (in hours)
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175...................................               1               24
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    Dated: August 29, 2005.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-17769 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
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