[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 99 (Thursday, May 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30962-30963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11001]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-20-0106; Docket No. CDC-2020-0056]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled Information Collections to 
Advance State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT) Governmental 
Agency and System Performance, Capacity, and Program Delivery. This 
collection allows CDC to collaborate 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.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 20, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0056 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. 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;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. 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 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Information Collections to Advance State, Tribal, Local, and 
Territorial (STLT) Governmental Agency and System Performance, 
Capacity, and Program Delivery--Extension--Center for State, Tribal, 
Local and Territorial Support (CSTLTS), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services is to 
enhance the health and well-being of all Americans. As part of HHS, CDC 
conducts critical science and provides health information to people and 
communities to save lives and protect people from health threats. To 
this end, CDC and HHS seek to accomplish their 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 to extend 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.

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    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. 
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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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden  per    Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per    respondent       (in hrs.)
                                                                    respondent       (in hrs.)
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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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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-11001 Filed 5-20-20; 8:45 am]
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