[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25882-25884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09435]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-26-0879; Docket No. CDC-2026-0793]
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 to comment on a 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 System Performance, Capacity, and Program Delivery.
This Generic Clearance mechanism is used to facilitate situational
awareness of current public health emergencies, make decisions that
affect planning, response and recovery activities of subsequent
emergencies, and fill CDC and HHS gaps in knowledge of programs and/or
STLT governments that will strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, and
laboratory science, as well as improve CDC's support and technical
assistance to states and communities.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before July 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2026-
0793 by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffery M. Zirger, Lead, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
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proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffery M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone: 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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Information Collections to Advance State, Tribal, Local, and
Territorial (STLT) Governmental Agency System Performance, Capacity,
and Program Delivery (OMB Control No. 0920-0879, Exp. 08/31/2026)--
Revision--National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce (NCSTLTPHIW), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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.
In 2011, CDC obtained OMB approval to establish a Generic Clearance
for the purpose of facilitating information collection related to
domestic public health issues and services that affect and/or involve
State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT) government entities. Since
that time the Generic Clearance has been used to collect information
supporting the work of a wide variety of CDC/ATSDR programs and STLT
partnerships.
In 2026, CDC is seeking OMB approval to continue the Generic
Clearance. There are no proposed changes to its purpose and scope,
however, the requested number of responses and total burden hours will
be reduced based on CDC review of past utilization and revised
projections for future use. As in previous approval cycles, the
respondent universe will be comprised of STLT governmental staff or
delegates acting on behalf of an 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 an
STLT entity or delegate with a task to protect and/or improve the
public's health.
The information to be collected may be used to: (1) assess
situational awareness of current public health emergencies; (2) make
decisions that affect planning, response and recovery activities for
subsequent emergencies; (3) fill CDC and HHS gaps in knowledge of
programs and/or STLT governments that will strengthen surveillance,
epidemiology, and laboratory science; and (4) 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
will continue to request OMB approval of each information collection
under the generic by submitting a project-specific request that
describes project purpose and methodology. CDC estimates up to 15 data
collections with STLT governmental staff or delegates, and five data
collections with local/county/city governmental staff or delegates will
be conducted on an annual basis. The burden per response for each data
collection activity is estimated to be one hour. Approximately 95% of
these data collections will be web-based and 5% will be conducted
through interviews or focus groups conducted by telephone, in-person,
or virtually.
CDC requests OMB approval for three years. The total estimated
annualized burden for all projects is 27,000 hours. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time.
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 response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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State, Territorial, or Tribal Web, paper, 800 15 1 12,000
government staff or delegates. telephone or in-
person survey,
interview, or
focus group.
Local, County, or City Web, paper, 3,000 5 1 15,000
government staff or delegates. telephone or in-
person survey,
interview, or
focus group.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 27,000
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2026-09435 Filed 5-11-26; 8:45 am]
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