[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-460]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-11AD]


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

    Surveys of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT) 
Governmental Health Agencies--New--Office of the Director, Office for 
State, Tribal Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC's mission includes addressing the leading causes of disease, 
injury, and disability in the United States, including a focus on 
tobacco control; improving nutrition, physical activity, and food 
safety; reducing healthcare-associated infections; preventing motor 
vehicle injuries; preventing teen pregnancy; and preventing HIV. CDC's 
priorities for approaching improvements to public health include--
strengthening surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory science; 
better supporting efforts in states and communities; and pursuing 
policies that have an impact. As such, CDC's relationship with state, 
local, tribal and territorial (STLT) governmental health officials is 
key to its emergency preparedness, health promotion and disease 
prevention responsibilities.
    CDC is requesting a three-year approval for a generic clearance to 
assess information related to a myriad of public health issues that 
affect STLT health agencies. Information will be used to assess 
situational awareness of current public health emergencies, make 
decisions that will affect planning, response and recovery activities 
of subsequent emergencies, and fill gaps in knowledge that will 
strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory science; better 
supporting efforts in states and communities. CDC will conduct short 
surveys, across a range of public health topics, using standard 
questionnaire administration approaches (e.g., phone, Web, e-mail, and 
paper, in person).
    The burden is calculated based on the assumption of querying at 
most 100% of all available State, territorial (60) and county (3000) 
health officials/employees and a representative sample of at most 100 
municipal/city employees. CDC estimates that it will conduct up to 48 
queries with State, territorial or tribal health officials/employees, 6 
queries with county health employees, and 6 queries with municipal 
health employees each year. The total annualized burden hour estimate 
is 40,080. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      No. of      Average Burden
                       Type of respondent                             No. of       responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in Hours)
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State, Territorial, Tribal Health Officials/Employees...........              60              48               1
County Health Employees.........................................            3000               6               2
Municipal/City Health Employees.................................             100               6               2
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    Total.......................................................  ..............  ..............  ..............
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    Dated: January 6, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-460 Filed 1-11-11; 8:45 am]
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