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main lobby of the building. A stamp-in 

clock is available for persons wishing to 

retain a proof of filing by stamping in 

and retaining an extra copy of the 

comments being filed.) 

3. By facsimile or E-mail to OMB. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 

Officer, Fax Number (202) 395–6974, Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: December 20, 2010. 

Kenneth Cohen, 

Director, Executive Secretariat & Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Consumer Information and 

Insurance Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32265 Filed 12–20–10; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 60-day 

Notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

for public comment. Interested persons 

are invited to send comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including any of the following subjects: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. To obtain copies of 

the supporting statement and any 

related forms for the proposed 

paperwork collections referenced above, 

e-mail your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and OS document identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 60- 

days. 

Proposed Project: Comparative 

Effectiveness Research Inventory—OMB 

No. 0990–New–Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). 

Abstract: The Office of the Assistance 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 

(ASPE) is requesting approval by OMB 

for the collection of information 

submitted by content users directly to a 

web-based inventory of comparative 

effectiveness research (CER). The CER 

Inventory will categorize and catalogue 

Federal and non-Federal CER outputs 

and activities across four main domains: 

research, human & scientific capital 

(e.g., training/education, methods 

development), data infrastructure, and 

dissemination & translation. The CER 

inventory will serve as a valuable tool 

for researchers, providers, patients, 

policymakers, and other users. 

The CER inventory will draw upon 

primary data sources, including 

PubMed, HSRProj, ClinicalTrials.gov, 

and NIH RePORTER. Working with 

these four major sources and using the 

Federal Coordinating Council for CER’s 

definition of CER and strategic 

framework, selection criteria and tools 

to select and extract the appropriate 

subsets of these datasets for inclusion in 

the CER inventory will be identified. In 

addition, content owners wishing to 

submit CER records to the CER 

inventory will be directed first to submit 

such records to one of these main 

primary source databases, as 

appropriate. This method will not only 

help to augment these existing 

databases, it will enable efficient and 

effective capture of CER information for 

the CER Inventory via CER search 

filters, etc., that have been developed for 

those respective source databases. If 

candidate CER records under 

consideration are not suitable for 

submission to one of these main 

databases, an alternative method that 

allows for direct submissions to the CER 

inventory will be made available to 

content users. Examples include reports 

and published articles or projects and 

programs that focus on areas of CER 

outside of primary research (e.g., 

training and education). The pilot 

inventory tool will provide a Web form 

that may be used by content owners to 

submit CER records, subject to 

validation. This process for direct 

submission will draw from the 

experience with content owner 

submissions for such established 

databases as HSRProj and 

ClinicalTrials.gov. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Form Type of 

respondent 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

CER Inventory Direct Submission Form 

for Reports or Other Publications ........ Researchers/ 

Research 

Assistants 

400 1 400 25/60 167 

CER Inventory Direct Submission Form 

for Projects ........................................... Researchers/ 

Research 

Assistants 

100 1 100 28/60 47 

Total .................................................. 214 


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Seleda M. Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32057 Filed 12–21–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30 Day–11–10GQ] 

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) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Written comments should be received 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

The Evaluation of Ordinances to 

Prevent Workplace Violence in 

Convenience Stores—NEW—National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention,(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Workplace violence (WPV) is a 

significant concern for employers and 

employees alike; every year in the U.S., 

WPV results in hundreds of deaths, 

nearly two million nonfatal injuries, and 

billions of dollars in costs. Historically, 

retail establishments have been the 

focus of WPV research. In 1997–2008, 

there were 1,800 homicides of retail 

workers of which 1,572 were due to 

robbery or assaults. 

Situational Crime Prevention 

programs to reduce robbery and violent 

crime have been proven to be successful 

in reducing robbery and robbery-related 

injury risk to both employees and 

customers in retail settings. These 

programs incorporate a criminological 

concept called Crime Prevention 

Through Environmental Design (CPTED) 

which theorizes that environments can 

be modified to make potential criminals 

feel they are being watched, i.e. under 

surveillance and thus vulnerable, 

resulting in avoidance of the target by 

increasing the robber’s perception that a 

robbery is not worth the risk. 

NIOSH is requesting approval to 

conduct an evaluation of the 

effectiveness of convenience store safety 

ordinances in Dallas and Houston, 

Texas. The goals of this research are to 

(1) determine if the ordinances 

effectively increase the frequency of 

implementation of CPTED components 

in stores and decrease robbery and 

assaults to workers and customers; (2) 

determine the benefits to stores from 

compliance to the city ordinance; (3) 

determine the process the cities used for 

ordinance development and their 

recommendations to other cities, and (4) 

develop evidence-based 

recommendations to provide to other 

cities and retail companies considering 

CPTED programs. Recommendations 

about the process used by Houston and 

Dallas may be helpful to other 

communities considering ordinances. 

Additionally, benefits to the stores with 

regard to return on investment, 

increased quality of customers, 

increased sales, and decreases in 

employee stress due to risk of workplace 

violence may be useful to other cities 

and their retailers considering 

ordinances. 

The proposed NIOSH study will be a 

population based follow-up study of 

convenience stores which are operating 

1-year after the effective date of their 

ordinance. A sample of 300 stores in 

Dallas and 300 stores in Houston will be 

selected. Each store will be visited by a 

survey interviewer who will evaluate 

the store environment and interview the 

store managers in person. Data will be 

collected on compliance with the safety 

ordinance, reasons for non-compliance, 

and benefits to the store from 

compliance including return on 

investment, increased sales, increased 

quality of customers, decreased crime, 

and decreased employee stress. 

The participation of the store manager 

will be voluntary. Data from the store 

evaluation will be recorded on a 

checklist form and will take 

approximately 15 minutes of the store 

interviewer’s time. The store evaluation 

will be conducted independently of the 

managers and will not require their time 

or assistance thus; they will not be 

incurring burden. The interview of the 

store manager will require 

approximately 30 minutes of the 

manager’s time. From previous studies 

of convenience stores, over a 90% 

response rate is expected. Prior to the 

survey NIOSH will contact those 

companies in the sample who own two 

or more stores that can be identified 

based on the company or store name, 

and obtain approval from the store 

owners/upper management for their 

store manager’s participation. 

Permission to participate will be 

obtained from the remainder of the store 

managers at the time of the survey. If a 

store manager refuses to participate, 

another store will be selected from the 

sampling frame to ensure a sample of 

600 stores. The survey interviewer will 

first visit the store and leave the 

questionnaire with the manager and 

then return 1–2 days later for the 

interview. This leaves time for the 

manager to obtain approval to 

participate from owners and upper 

management. The store manager’s 

participation will be voluntary and 

consent to participate will be obtained 

from the manager. 

A burden of 3 hours is estimated for 

each of approximately 35 owners/ 

managers to review the questionnaire 

and survey protocol, and to discuss 

their store managers’ participation with 

NIOSH project officers by conference 

call. 

Once the study is completed, NIOSH 

will provide a copy of the final report 

to each participating store, the 

participating city Mayor’s Task force for 

Convenience Store Safety, the police 

department, and the industry and 

community partners. 

Approximately 3 industry leaders in 

each city who participate on the 

Mayor’s Task Force for Convenience 

Store Safety will provide support and 

voluntarily contact approximately 90 

stores and recommend they participate. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 495. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hrs) 

Store manager Screening/interviews ........................................................................................... 600 1 30/60 

Store owners/upper management approve manager interviews ................................................ 35 1 3 


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