[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4910-4911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1742]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-11-0768]


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 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-
5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Project

    The Outcome Evaluation of the CDC National Prevention Information 
Network (NPIN, formerly known as the National AIDS Clearinghouse, OMB 
No. 0920-0768) --- Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral 
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    NCHHSTP has the primary responsibility within the CDC and the U.S. 
Public Health Service for the prevention and control of HIV infection, 
viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis 
(TB), as well as for community-based HIV prevention activities, 
syphilis, and TB elimination programs. NPIN serves as the U.S. 
reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/
AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB, supporting NCHHSTP's mission to 
link Americans to prevention, education, and care services. NPIN is a 
critical member of the network of government agencies, community 
organizations, businesses, health professionals, educators, and human 
services providers that educate the American public about the grave 
threat to public health posed by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and 
TB. NPIN provides the most comprehensive listing of HIV/AIDS, viral 
hepatitis, STD, and TB resources and services for prevention partners 
and the American public throughout the country and makes it available 
on the NPIN Web site. More than 29 million hits to the Web site are 
recorded annually.
    To accomplish CDC's goal of consistently improving NPIN's Web site, 
and NPIN's other products and services, and meet the ever-growing needs 
of the prevention professionals, prevention partners, and the general 
public, it is necessary to collect feedback from visitors to the NPIN 
Web site and the users of NPIN's products and services on a on-going 
basis. Every effort has been made to minimize the burden on prevention 
professionals and the general public.

Evaluation Method and Recruitment

    The evaluation will be accomplished by survey data collection from 
two groups--users of the NPIN Web site and users of NPIN products and 
services. Respondents for each survey will include representatives from 
government agencies, community-based organizations, advocacy 
organizations, various other organizations involved in the prevention 
and/or treatment of HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB, and/or viral hepatitis, and the 
general public. The NPIN Web site user survey will be conducted on an 
ongoing basis via the Web site and a blast e-mail reminder will be sent 
out annually. The NPIN products and services user survey will be 
conducted on a bi-annual basis with a blast email sent out every 6 
months. When appropriate, NPIN will distribute the surveys at 
conferences and via social networks. Some of the NPIN Web site user 
surveys and the NPIN products and services surveys will be conducted 
over the phone as needed, which will be kept to an absolute minimum.
    The information collected from the surveys is not intended to 
provide statistical data for publication. The purpose of this activity 
is solely to obtain user feedback that will help identify opportunities 
to improve the services and products provided to the public by NPIN and 
to ultimately allow NPIN to fulfill its mission.
    Collecting the information described in this package allows NPIN 
to:
     Acquire accurate, up-to-date information from users of the 
NPIN Web site, and other products and services on a regular basis and 
in a timely manner.
     Identify the service needs of NPIN users and implement new 
features to meet those needs.
     Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the NPIN Web 
site, and others products and services.
     Collect data using a consistent format.
     Comply with requirements under the Public Health Service 
Act, Executive Order 12862, and GPRA.
     Provide the highest quality products and services to NPIN 
users.

Without this information collection, CDC will be hampered in 
successfully carrying out its mission of providing quality products and 
services to populations served. Failure to continue with our data 
collection effort would compromise efforts to meet the legislative 
requirement of being as responsive as possible to the public who 
consistently seek information about the prevention and treatment of 
HIV/AIDS, STDS, TB, and viral hepatitis. Moreover, it would diminish 
NPIN's value to the public in terms of usability and credibility as a 
comprehensive Federal information and education resource. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 342.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                  Average burden
         Type of respondent                   Form name              Number of     Responses per   per  response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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NPIN Web Site User.................  NPIN Web site User Survey..             500               1           15/60
NPIN Products and Services User....  NPIN Products and Services              500               2           13/60
                                      User Survey.
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    Dated: January 20, 2011.
Carol E. Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-1742 Filed 1-26-11; 8:45 am]
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