97-14262. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29728-29729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14262]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 DAY-12-97]


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 Office on [phone]. 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. 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 (P.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

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collection of information consists solely of those application forms. 
The total annual burden hours are 100.

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                                                                                   Number of       Avg. burden/ 
                         Respondents                              Number of        responses/     response  (in 
                                                                 respondents       respondent         hrs.)     
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Agencies and Individuals.....................................             600                1            0.167 
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    Dated: May 27, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-14262 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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