[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66332-66333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19145]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-07-0217]


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 404-639-5960 
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

    Vital Statistics Training Application, OMB No. 0920-0217--
Extension--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In the United States, legal authority for the registration of vital 
events, i.e., births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and 
induced terminations of pregnancy, resides individually with the States 
(as well as cities in the case of New York City and Washington, DC) and 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These governmental 
entities are the full legal proprietors of vital records and the 
information contained therein. As a result of this State authority, the 
collection of registration-based vital statistics at the national 
level, referred to as the U.S. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), 
depends on a cooperative relationship between the States and the 
Federal Government. This data collection, authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k, 
has been carried out by NCHS since it was created in 1960.
    NCHS assists in achieving the comparability needed for combining 
data from all States into national statistics, by conducting a training 
program for State and local vital statistics staff to assist in 
developing expertise in all aspects of vital registration and vital 
statistics. The training offered under this program includes courses 
for registration staff, statisticians, and coding specialists, all 
designed to bring about a high degree of uniformity and quality in the 
data provided by the States. This training program is authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 242b, section 304(a). In order to offer the types of training 
that would be most useful to vital registration staff members, NCHS 
requests information from State and local vital registration officials 
about their projected needs for training. NCHS also asks individual 
candidates for training to submit an application form containing name, 
address, occupation, work experience, education, and previous training. 
These data enable NCHS to determine those individuals whose needs can 
best be met through the available training resources. NCHS is 
requesting 3 years of OMB clearance for this project. There is no cost 
to respondents in providing these data.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State, local, and Territory Registration                      57               1           20/60              19
 Officials......................................
Training applicants.............................             100               1           15/60              25
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............              44
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    Dated: November 6, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-19145 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]
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