[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40421-40422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19646]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-96-19]
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 (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 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.
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Proposed Projects
1. National Disease Surveillance Program--II. Disease Summaries
(0920-0004)--Reinstatement--Surveillance of the incidence and
distribution of disease has been an important function of the U.S.
Public Health Service 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. This surveillance program is authorized under the provisions
of Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act.
Data on disease and preventable conditions are collected in
accordance with jointly approved plans by CDC and the Council of State
Territorial Health Epidemiologists. 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 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, campylabacter, shigella, foodborne outbreaks,
waterborne outbreaks, and enteric virus. This request is for extension
of the data collection for three years with minor revisions. A new form
has been added for Enteric Virus Surveillance to monitor national
patterns in the epidemiology of rotovirus.
Increased use of electronic submission will reduce the burden
during the next three years.
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No. of Avg. burden/ Total
Respondents No. of responses/ response burden (in
respondents respondent (in hrs.) hrs.)
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State/Local health department staff......................... 864 28 0.25 6048
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Dated: July 29, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-19646 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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