[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 241 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66971-66972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30013]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-09AS]


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) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Management Information System for Comprehensive Cancer Control 
Programs--Existing Collection without an OMB Control Number--National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), 
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently 
funds the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP), which 
provides funding and technical support to all 50 states, the District 
of Columbia, seven Tribes/Tribal organizations, and seven territories/
U.S. Pacific Island jurisdictions. The NCCCP was established to improve 
the integration and implementation of comprehensive cancer control 
(CCC) plans across funding and jurisdiction boundaries, and is an 
outgrowth of efforts involving CDC, the American Cancer Society, the 
National Cancer Institute, the American College of Surgeons, the North 
American Association of Central Cancer Registries, and public health 
leaders at the State and national levels.
    All 65 NCCCP-funded programs are required to submit continuation 
applications and semi-annual progress reports describing performance 
plans and measures. To date, progress reports have been collected on 
templates that

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serve as a guide, but do not standardize the information to be 
collected. The non-standardized approach to progress reporting has 
resulted in CCC program reports that vary in content and detail, and 
cannot be readily compiled to produce summary reports. OMB approval has 
not previously been obtained for the collection of this information.
    CDC seeks OMB approval to implement a new database-driven 
Management Information System (MIS) for the collection of standardized 
progress and performance information. The MIS will achieve two 
objectives. First, the MIS will provide an organized source of 
information about the activities and accomplishments of all funded 
NCCCP programs. Secondly, the electronic MIS will provide an efficient 
mechanism for generating State, regional, and national level summary 
reports.
    Information reported through the MIS will be used by CDC to 
identify training and technical assistance needs, monitor compliance 
with cooperative agreement requirements, evaluate progress made in 
achieving program-specific goals, and obtain information needed to 
respond to Congressional and other inquiries regarding program 
activities and effectiveness.
    OMB approval is requested for a three-year period. Information will 
be collected electronically twice per year. The initial burden per 
response is estimated to be six hours. After respondents have become 
experienced with entering data, and the amount of new data to be 
entered decreases, the burden per response is expected to decrease. The 
total estimated annualized burden hours are 780. 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
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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NCCCP grantees...............................................              65                2                6
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    Dated: December 11, 2009.
Marilyn S. Radke,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-30013 Filed 12-16-09; 8:45 am]
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