[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61654-61655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21423]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-08-06BS]


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

    OWCD Professional Training Program Online Application System--New--
Office of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The mission of the Career Development Division (CDD), Office of 
Workforce and Career Development (OWCD), is to prepare an applied 
public health workforce through training and service. Professionals in 
public health, epidemiology, medicine, economics, information science, 
veterinary medicine, nursing, public policy and other related 
professions seek opportunities to broaden their knowledge and skills to 
improve the science and practice of public health. Each year CDC's 
professional training programs receive approximately 685 applications 
from potential candidates for review and selection. Approximately 230 
fellows graduate from these programs each year, and there are 
approximately 2,700 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) and Preventive 
Medicine Residency/Fellow (PMR/F) alumni.
    The purpose of this project is to efficiently and effectively 
recruit and select qualified individuals to participate in the CDD 
professional training programs by collecting information through an 
online application management system. Alumni of these programs will be 
asked to update their profiles every three years.
    This online application provides the CDD with the information 
necessary to recruit qualified professionals to participate in public 
health professions training programs to build critical public health 
workforce capacity in epidemiology, preventive medicine, prevention 
effectiveness/health economics, public health informatics, and public 
health management and leadership. Further benefit from this online 
application is the reduction of duplicate candidate records as well as 
agency resources to administer and process paper records.
    The application process includes the following: Submission of the 
responses to the questions in the online application; submission of 
academic transcripts, professional credentials, and letters of 
recommendation; a review by selected programmatic staff and expert 
panel members; selection of qualified candidates for interview; 
interview of candidates; and selection of trainees for programs.
    The online application questions ask for demographic data, academic 
history, professional experience, references and description of 
professional goals. The application questions and data collected are 
necessary to the application process to determine programmatic 
eligibility and to ensure that the most highly qualified candidates are 
chosen for the training programs.
    With the exception of their time, the cost to the candidates is 
minor. One expense depends on their academic institutions since they 
must obtain and submit all their academic transcripts. Another expense 
depends on the cost to obtain and submit other professional credentials 
including professional licenses and certifications. The final expense 
is the cost to submit letters of recommendation. The total estimated 
annualized burden in hours is 740.

                                           Estimated Annualized Burden
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                                                                                Number of        Average burden
                      Respondents                            Number of        responses per    per response  (in
                                                            respondents         respondent           hours)
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Fellowship Applicants..................................                685                  1              40/60
Fellowship and EIS-PMR/F Alumni........................               1130                  1              15/60
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    Dated: October 25, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-21423 Filed 10-30-07; 8:45 am]
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