97-4005. Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8022-8023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4005]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-97-03]


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 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 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 [phone].
    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 Wilma Johnson, CDC 
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. Technical Assistance to Enhance the Statistical and Analytic 
capacity of State and Local Public Health Professionals For Year 2000 
Applications--(0920-0290)--Extension--Responsibility for identifying 
and providing data for monitoring the Year 2000 objectives is shared by 
agencies throughout the government, in State and local governments and 
in the private sector. Each of the 22 health priority areas outlined in 
the Year 2000 Objectives provides an assessment of the availability of 
data for establishing baseline measures and potential data sources for 
tracking progress. A key set of provisions of the Year 2000 Health 
Objectives Planning Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-582) provided for grants 
to states for the development of plans to implement the Year 2000 
Health Objectives within each state, including the assessment of health 
within each of the states. The Act further mandated the development of 
uniform health status indicators for use by federal, state and local 
health agencies and model methods of collecting and reporting data. In 
order to enhance state capacity to use data, the National Center for 
Health Statistics (NCHS/CDC) has provided training in the use of data 
for public health purposes through the Applied Statistics Training 
Institute (ASTI). ASTI presents a series of short focused courses on 
data collection, analysis and utilization. These courses are offered to 
professionals in state and local health departments. The attendees gain 
knowledge of practical applications and techniques for evaluating the 
Year 2000 health objectives. Also, by sponsoring these courses, CDC can 
expect certain standards of data analysis on the local level. An 
upgrading of methodological skills for those persons at the local level 
primarily responsible for analysis is vitally important in 
understanding the health status of a population and in planning 
effective prevention programs. Each year ASTI mails a Bulletin of 
Courses to state and local public health agencies informing them, of 
the curriculum of courses available. An application for training form 
is included in the Bulletin of Courses for use by individuals 
interested in attending a course. This collection of information 
consists solely of those application forms. The total cost to 
respondents is estimated at $2,000.

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                                                                                          Average               
                                                           Number of       Number of      burden/       Total   
                      Respondents                         respondents     responses/      response    burden (in
                                                                          respondent     (in hrs.)      hrs.)   
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Agencies and Individuals..............................             600               1        0.167          100
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    Total.............................................  ..............  ..............  ...........          100
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Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-4005 Filed 2-20-97; 8:45 am]
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