[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18847-18848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08931]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-19-0604]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled School-Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance
System (SAVD) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on February
2, 2019 to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC
received four comments related to the previous notice. This notice
serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
School-Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance System (SAVD) (OMB#:
0920-0604, expiration 05/31/2019)--Revision--National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) proposes to maintain a system for
the surveillance of school-associated homicides and suicides. The
system relies on existing public records and interviews with law
enforcement officials and school officials. The purpose of the system
is to (1) estimate the rate of school-associated violent death in the
United States and (2) identify common features of school-associated
violent deaths. The system will contribute to the understanding of
fatal violence associated with schools, guide further research in the
area, and help direct ongoing and future prevention programs.
Violence is the leading cause of death among young people, and
increasingly recognized as an important public health and social issue.
In 2016, over 3,600 school-aged children (five to 18 years old) in the
United States died violent deaths due to suicide, homicide, and
unintentional firearm injuries. The vast majority of these fatal
injuries were not school associated. However, whenever a homicide or
suicide occurs in or around school, it becomes a matter of particularly
intense public interest and concern. NCIPC conducted the first
scientific study of school-associated violent deaths (SAVD) during the
1992-99 academic years to establish the true extent of this highly
visible problem. Despite the important role of schools as a setting for
violence research and
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prevention interventions, relatively little scientific or systematic
work has been done to describe the nature and level of fatal violence
associated with schools. Until NCIPC conducted the first nationwide
investigation of violent deaths associated with schools, public health
and education officials had to rely on limited local studies and
estimated numbers to describe the extent of school-associated violent
death.
SAVD is an ongoing surveillance system that draws cases from the
entire United States in an attempt to capture all cases of school-
associated violent deaths that have occurred. Investigators review
public records and published press reports concerning each school-
associated violent death. For each identified case, investigators also
contact the corresponding law enforcement agency and speak with an
official in order to confirm or reject the case as an SAVD, and to
request a copy of the official law enforcement report for confirmed
SAVD cases.
In past years, investigators would interview an investigating law
enforcement official (defined as a police officer, police chief, or
district attorney), and a school official (defined as a school
principal, school superintendent, school counselor, school teacher, or
school support staff) who were knowledgeable about the case in
question; however, moving forward, the interviews with these
respondents will be eliminated, and instead CDC study personnel will
abstract data from law enforcement reports to enter using a Data
Abstraction Tool. Data to be abstracted from the law enforcement report
include the following: Information on both the victim and alleged
offender(s)--including demographic data, their criminal records, and
their relationship to one another; the time and location of the
incident precipitating the fatality; the circumstances, motive, and
method of the fatal injury; and the security and violence prevention
activities in the school and community where the death occurred, before
and after the fatal injury event. The revised data collection process
eliminating the use of telephone interviews will reduce respondents'
burden greatly.
All data are secured through the use of technical, physical, and
administrative controls. Hard copies of data are kept under lock and
key in secured offices, located in a secured facility that can be
accessed only by presenting the appropriate credentials. Digital data
are password protected and then stored (and backed up routinely) onto a
secure Local Area Network that can only be accessed by individuals who
have been appropriately authorized. Study data are reported in the
aggregate, such that no individual case can be identified from the
reports. There are no costs to the respondents other than their time.
The total estimated annual burden hours are 17.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Law Enforcement Officer............... Law Enforcement Case 50 1 5/60
Confirmation Script.
Letter to Local Law 50 1 15/60
Enforcement Officials.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-08931 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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