[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32834]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-00-14]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data
collection projects. To request more information on the proposed
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
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; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Projects
1. Implementation of Automated Management Information System (MIS)
for Diabetes Control Programs--NEW--National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation.
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States
contributing to more than 193,000 deaths each year. An estimated 10.3
million people in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes
and an estimated 5.4 million people have undiagnosed diabetes. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Diabetes
Translation (DDT) provides funding to health departments of States and
territories to develop, implement, and evaluate systems-based Diabetes
Control Programs (DCPs), DCPs are population-based, public health
programs that design, implement, and evaluate public health prevention
and control strategies that improve access to and quality of care for
all and reach communities most impacted by the burden of diabetes
(e.g., racial/ethnic populations, the elderly, rural dwellers and the
economically disadvantaged). Support for these programs is a
cornerstone of the DDT's strategy for reducing the burden of diabetes
throughout the nation. The Diabetes Control Program is authorized under
sections 301 and 317(k) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C.
sections 241 and 247b(k)].
Funding recipients are required to submit quarterly status reports
to CDC that are used by DDT managers and Program Development Officers
(PDOs) to identify training and technical assistance needs; monitor
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements; evaluate the
progress made in achieving national and program-specific goals; and
respond to inquiries regarding program activities and effectiveness.
Funding recipients currently have a wide latitude in the content of the
information they report with some recipients providing extensive and
detailed programmatic progress information and others providing minimal
detail regarding DCP operations. Historically, information has been
collected and transmitted via hard-copy paper documents. The manual
reporting system significantly impacts the DDT's staff ability to
accomplish its responsibilities resulting from providing DCP funds,
particularly with respect to compiling, summarizing, and reporting
aggregate DCP program information.
The proposed change in data collection methodology is being driven
by DDT's development of an automated management information system
(MIS) to maintain individual DCP information and to normalize the
information reported by these programs. The proposed data collection
will employ a more formal, systematic method of collecting information
that has historically been requested from individual DCPs and will
standardize the content of this information. This will facilitate the
DDT staff's ability to fulfill its obligations under the cooperative
agreements; to monitor, evaluate, and compare individual programs; and
to assess and report aggregate information regarding the overall
effectiveness of the DCP program. It will also support DDT's broader
mission of reducing the burden of diabetes by enabling DDT staff to
more effectively identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual
DCPs and to disseminate information related to successful public health
interventions implemented by these organizations to prevent and control
diabetes. The total cost to respondents is $6,945.48.
Annualized Burden to Respondents
Form Name: Progress Report.
Number of Respondents: 59.
Number of Responses Per Respondent: 2.
Hours per Response: 2.
Response Burden: 236.
Date: December 13, 1999.
Respondents reside in each of the 50 States, 8 Territories, and the
District of Columbia and provide progress reporting on a semi-annual
frequency. The annual hour burden is estimated at 236 total hours based
on 2 hours to complete a semi-annual report twice per year. Figure was
calculated using an average hourly wage of $29.43 per hour.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-32834 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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