[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 241 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66969-66970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29972]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-10-0739]


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 or 
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, 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

    CDC Oral Health Management Information System (OMB No. 0920-0739 
exp. 6/30/2010)--Revision--Division of Oral Health, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The CDC seeks to improve the oral health of the Nation by targeting 
efforts to improve the infrastructure of State and territorial oral 
health departments, strengthening and enhancing program capacity 
related to monitoring the population's oral health status and 
behaviors, developing effective programs to improve the oral health of 
children and adults, evaluating program accomplishments, and informing 
key stakeholders, including policy makers, of program results. Through 
a cooperative agreement program, CDC provides funding to oral health 
programs in states and territories. Funding is used to strengthen the 
states' core oral health infrastructure and capacity and to reduce 
health disparities among high-risk groups.
    The CDC collects information from State- and territory-based 
awardees to support oral health program management, consulting and 
evaluation. Information is submitted through and stored in an 
electronic management information system (MIS), which provides a 
central, standardized and searchable repository of information about 
the awardee's objectives, programmatic activities, performance 
indicators, and financial status. The MIS increases the efficiency and 
consistency with which applications, budgets, and reports are prepared 
and reviewed; facilitates program evaluation; reduces

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data/information redundancy by integrating existing information from 
other sources; and improves accountability to management officials, 
funders, and stakeholders. The MIS also allows CDC staff to record 
information related to technical assistance, consultative plans, 
communication and site visits, thus improving the effectiveness and 
timeliness of technical assistance and communication between CDC and 
oral health programs. Finally, the reporting functions of the MIS 
facilitate rapid retrieval of information and summary reports, allowing 
CDC and awardees to respond to time-sensitive inquiries in a timely 
fashion and to make programmatic decisions in a more efficient, 
informed manner.
    The information collected in the oral health MIS facilitates CDC 
staff's ability to fulfill its obligations under the cooperative 
agreement; to monitor, evaluate, and compare individual programs; and 
to assess and report aggregate information regarding the overall 
effectiveness of the oral health infrastructure and capacity at the 
state and territorial level. It supports CDC's broader mission of 
reducing oral health disparities by enabling CDC staff to more 
effectively identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual state 
and territorial oral health programs; to identify national progress 
toward reaching the goals of Healthy People 2010; and to disseminate 
information related to successful public health interventions 
implemented by state and territorial programs to prevent and control 
the burden of oral diseases.
    Information will be collected electronically twice per year. No 
changes to the MIS or the estimated burden per response are proposed. 
There is a small increase in the total estimated annualized burden due 
to the addition of one new CDC-funded oral health program. There are no 
costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
             Type of respondents                 Number of      responses per     per response    Total  burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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State Oral Health Programs..................              16                2               11              352
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    Dated: December 8, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-29972 Filed 12-16-09; 8:45 am]
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