[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8738-8739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3334]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-07-07AJ]


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 Joan Karr, CDC Acting 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

    Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the U.S. 
(REACH US) Management Information System (MIS)--New--National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) currently 
funds forty local coalitions to establish community based programs and 
culturally appropriate interventions to eliminate racial and ethnic 
health disparities. Communities served by REACH include: African 
American, American Indian, Hispanic American, Asian American, and 
Pacific Islander. These communities select among infant mortality, 
deficits in breast and cervical cancer screening and management, 
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and deficits in childhood 
and adult immunizations to focus their interventions. Guided by logic 
models, each community articulates goals, objectives, and related 
activities; tracks whether goals and objectives are met, ongoing, or 
revised; and evaluates all program activities. This information will 
then be entered into the REACH Management Information System (REACH 
MIS). REACH MIS is a customized internet-based support system that 
allows REACH grantees to perform remote data entry and retrieval of 
data. The contract for our current Information Network (REACH IN), OMB

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control number 0920-0603, (Expires 02/28/2010) is expected to end and 
since we will not be renewing the contract CDC is developing its own 
system.
    This support system is designed to create on-demand graphs and 
reports of grantees' activities and accomplishments, monitor progress 
toward the achievement of goals and objectives, and share and 
synthesize information across grantees' activities. Both quantitative 
and qualitative analyses can be performed.
    The REACH Management Information System will collect in electronic 
format: (a) Data needed to measure progress toward, or achievement of, 
newly developed performance indicators, (b) information on REACH 
grantees that is currently being reported in hard-copy documents. An 
Internet-based management information system will allow CDC to monitor, 
and report on, grantee activities more efficiently. Data reported to 
CDC through the REACH management information system will be used by CDC 
to identify training and technical assistance needs, monitor compliance 
with cooperative agreement requirements, evaluate the progress made in 
achieving center-specific goals, and obtain information needed to 
respond to Congressional and other inquiries regarding program 
activities and effectiveness.
    The annualized estimated burden is based on 40 respondents. It is 
estimated that they each will use the system four times a year to enter 
data, each data entry taking about 45 minutes.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                    No. of      Average  burden
                 Respondents                       No. of       responses per    per  response     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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Grantees....................................              40                4            45/60              120
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    Dated: February 22, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-3334 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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