[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 56470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19216]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]


Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Emergency Clearance;
    Title of Information Collection: Critical Infrastructure Data 
System (CIDS);
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-New;
    Use: Via an online data system, the Health and Human Service will 
collect, compile, and analyze information from a variety of health 
services' facilities regarding working facilities, needed critical 
assets, and diseases surveyed. No current national data system exists.
    Frequency: Recording, Reporting, daily;
    Affected Public: Federal, State, local, or tribal governments, 
business or other for profit, not for profit institutions;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 3,385;
    Total Annual Responses: 1,235,525;
    Average Burden Per Response: 18 hours;
    Total Annual Hours: 10,296;
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
directly to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the 
following address: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of 
the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology, and Finance, 
Office of Information and Resource Management, Attention: Naomi Cook 
(0990-New), Fax Number (202) 690-8715, Room 531-H, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201.

    Dated: September 19, 2005.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-19216 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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