[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29154-29155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7634]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-06AL]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Act Review

    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) 639-5960 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

    Customer Surveys Generic Clearance for the National Center for 
Health Statistics--New-National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    As part of a comprehensive program, the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) plans to assess its customers' satisfaction with the 
quality and relevance of the information it produces. NCHS will conduct 
voluntary customer surveys to assess strengths in agency products and 
services. Results of these surveys will be used in future planning 
initiatives. This is a request for a generic approval from OMB to 
conduct customer surveys over the next three years.
    The data will be collected using a combination of methodologies 
appropriate to each survey. These may include: Evaluation forms, mail 
surveys, focus groups, automated and electronic technology (e.g., e-
mail, Web-based surveys), and telephone surveys. Systematic surveys of 
several groups will be folded into the program. Among these are Federal 
customers and policy makers, state and local officials who rely on NCHS 
data, the broader educational, research, and public health community, 
and other data users. The 2006 surveys will include: (1) A self-
selected broad-based group of data users who register for and/or attend 
NCHS sponsored conferences and (2) all persons who access the NCHS Web 
site. Data items will include (in broad categories) information 
regarding an individual's gender, age, occupation, affiliation, 
location, etc. The proposed questions will attempt to obtain 
information that will characterize the respondents' familiarity with 
and use of NCHS data, their assessment of usefulness, general 
satisfaction with available services and products, and suggestions for 
improvement of services and products. There is no cost to respondents 
other than their time to participate in the survey. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours are 547.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                         Type of survey                             respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Questionnaire for conference registrants/attendees..............           1,000               1           10/60
Focus groups....................................................              80               1               1
Web-based.......................................................           1,200               1           10/60
Other customer surveys..........................................             400               1           15/60
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    Dated: May 9, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-7634 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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