[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 77 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7648]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-0217]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction 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

    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 other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 44.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State, local, and Territory Registration Officials..............              57               1           20/60
Training applicants.............................................             100               1           15/60
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    Dated: April 17, 2007.
Maryam Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-7648 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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