[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28513-28515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11312]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-14-0879]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 
its

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continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the 
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information 
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to 
LeRoy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send 
an email to [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval. 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; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Surveys of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT) 
Governmental Agencies (OMB Control No. 0920-0879, Exp. 4/30/2017)--
Revision--Office of the Director, Office for State, Tribal Local and 
Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services is to 
help provide the building blocks that Americans need to live healthy, 
successful lives. As part of HHS, CDC's mission is to create the 
expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to 
protect their health--through health promotion, prevention of disease, 
injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. CDC and 
HHS seek to accomplish its mission by collaborating with partners 
throughout the nation and the world to: Monitor health, detect and 
investigate health problems, conduct research to enhance prevention, 
develop and advocate sound public health policies, implement prevention 
strategies, promote healthy behaviors, foster safe and healthful 
environments, and provide leadership and training.
    CDC is requesting a three-year approval for a generic clearance to 
collect information related to domestic public health issues and 
services that affect and/or involve state, tribal, local and 
territorial (STLT) government entities. HHS, specifically the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), will be a 
new user for this generic clearance.
    The respondent universe is comprised of STLT governmental staff or 
delegates acting on behalf of a STLT agency involved in the provision 
of essential public health services in the United States. Delegate is 
defined as a governmental or non-governmental agent (agency, function, 
office or individual) acting for a principal or submitted by another to 
represent or act on their behalf. The STLT agency is represented by a 
STLT entity or delegate with a task to protect and/or improve the 
public's health.
    Information will be used to assess situational awareness of current 
public health emergencies; make decisions that affect planning, 
response and recovery activities of subsequent emergencies; fill CDC 
and HHS gaps in knowledge of programs and/or STLT governments that will 
strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory science; improve 
CDC's support and technical assistance to states and communities. CDC 
and HHS will conduct brief data collections, across a range of public 
health topics related to essential public health services.
    CDC estimates up to 30 data collections with STLT governmental 
staff or delegates, and 10 data collections with local/county/city 
governmental staff or delegates will be conducted on an annual basis. 
It is also estimated that HHS/ASPE may submit up to three data 
collections with STLT governmental or staff delegates annually. Ninety-
five percent of these data collections will be Web-based and five 
percent telephone, in-person, and focus groups. The total annualized 
burden of 54,000 hours is based on the following estimates.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                                                     Number of     responses per    burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondent            Form name       respondents     respondent      respondent         hours
                                                                       type         (in hours)
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State, Territorial, or Tribal   Web, telephone,              800              30               1          24,000
 government staff or delegate.   in-person,
                                 focus group.
Local/County/City government    Web, telephone,            3,000              10               1          30,000
 staff or delegate.              in-person,
                                 focus group.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          54,000
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LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 2014-11312 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
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