[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1638-1639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-565]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-05-00]
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) 639-7090. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
1. National Disease Surveillance Program--II. Disease Summaries
(0920-0004)--Reinstatement--National Center for Infectious Diseases
(NCID), National Disease Surveillance Program. Surveillance of the
incidence and distribution of disease has been an important function of
the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) since 1878. Through the years,
PHS/CDC has formulated practical methods of disease control through
field investigations. The CDC Surveillance program is based on the
premise that diseases cannot be diagnosed, prevented, or controlled
until existing knowledge is expanded and new ideas developed and
implemented. Over the years, the mandate of CDC has broadened to
include preventive health activities and the surveillance systems
maintained have expanded.
Data on disease and preventable conditions are collected in
accordance with jointly approved plans by CDC and the Council of State
and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). Changes in the surveillance
program and in reporting methods are effected in the same manner. At
the onset of this surveillance program in 1968, the CSTE and CDC
decided on which diseases warranted surveillance. These diseases are
reviewed and revised based on variations in the public health.
Surveillance forms are distributed to the State and local health
departments who voluntarily submit these reports to CDC on variable
frequencies, either weekly or monthly. CDC then calculates and
publishes weekly statistics via the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report
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(MMWR), providing the states with timely aggregates of their
submissions.
The following diseases/conditions are included in this program:
Influenza Virus, Respiratory and Enterovirus, Arboviral Encephalitis,
Rabies, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, Foodborne Outbreaks,
Waterborne Outbreaks, and Enteric Virus. This request is for extension
of the data collection for three years with minor revisions.
These data are essential on the Local, State, and Federal levels
for measuring trends in diseases, evaluating the effectiveness of
current preventive strategies, and determining the need for modifying
current preventive measures. The total annual burden hours are 2647.
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses/ of response
respondents respondent (in hrs.)
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State and Local Health Officials in 50 states/territories.... 864 28 .25
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Dated: January 5, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-565 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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