48076 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 181 / Monday, September 21, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–09–09AS] 

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 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Management Information System for 

Comprehensive Cancer Control 

Programs—New—National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC currently funds the National 

Comprehensive Cancer Control Program 

(NCCCP), which provides funding and 

technical support to all 50 states, the 

District of Columbia, seven tribes/tribal 

organizations, and seven territories/U.S. 

Pacific Island jurisdictions. The NCCCP 

was established to improve the 

integration and implementation of 

comprehensive cancer control (CCC) 

plans across funding and jurisdiction 

boundaries, and is an outgrowth of 

efforts involving CDC, the American 

Cancer Society, the National Cancer 

Institute, the American College of 

Surgeons, the North American 

Association of Central Cancer Registries, 

and public health leaders at the state 

and national levels. 

All 65 NCCCP-funded programs are 

required to submit continuation 

applications and semi-annual progress 

reports describing performance plans 

and measures. To date, progress reports 

have been collected on templates that 

serve as a guide, but do not standardize 

the information to be collected. This 

non-standardized approach to progress 

reporting results in CCC program reports 

that vary in content and detail, and 

cannot be readily compiled to produce 

summary reports. 

CDC proposes to implement a 

database-driven Management 

Information System (MIS) that will 

achieve two objectives. First, the MIS 

will provide an organized source of 

information about the activities and 

accomplishments of all funded NCCCP 

programs. Secondly, the electronic MIS 

will provide an efficient mechanism for 

generating state, regional, and national 

level summary reports. 

Information reported through the MIS 

will be used by CDC to identify training 

and technical assistance needs, monitor 

compliance with cooperative agreement 

requirements, evaluate progress made in 

achieving program-specific goals, and 

obtain information needed to respond to 

Congressional and other inquiries 

regarding program activities and 

effectiveness. 

OMB approval is requested for a 

three-year period. Information will be 

collected electronically twice per year. 

The initial burden per response is 

estimated to be six hours. After 

respondents have become experienced 

with entering data, and the amount of 

new data to be entered decreases, the 

burden per response is expected to 

decrease. The total estimated 

annualized burden hours are 780. There 

are no costs to respondents other than 

their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

NCCCP grantees ......................................................................................................................... 65 2 6 

Dated: September 11, 2009. 

Maryam Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–09–0571] 

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 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Minimum Data Elements (MDEs) for 

the National Breast and Cervical Cancer 

Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) 

(OMB# 0920–0571 exp. 1/31/2010)— 

Extension—National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Congress established the National 

Breast and Cervical Cancer Early 

Detection Program (NBCCEDP) in 1991 

by enacting the Breast and Cervical 

Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 

1990. This legislation authorized the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) to provide funding to 

states for the development and 

maintenance of early detection 

programs designed to ensure that underserved, low income, and under-insured 

women receive access to breast and 

cervical cancer screening services. 

Services provided through the 

NBCCEDP include clinical breast 

examinations, mammograms and Pap 

tests, timely and adequate diagnostic 

testing for abnormal results, and 

referrals to appropriate treatment. The 

NBCCEDP has operated for 19 years and 

currently funds 68 programs including 

all 50 states, five U.S. Territories, 12 

American Indian/Alaska Native 

organizations and the District of 

Columbia. 

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NBCCEDP awardees collect patientlevel screening and tracking data to 

manage the program and clinical 

services, and transmit a de-identified 

subset of data on patient demographics, 

screening tests and outcomes to CDC 

twice per year (Minimum Data Elements 

(MDEs) for the NBCCEDP, OMB No. 

0920–0571, exp. 1/31/2010). CDC 

requests OMB approval to continue 

electronic information collection for 

three additional years. 

CDC uses the MDEs to monitor and 

evaluate NBCCEDP awardees; improve 

the availability and quality of screening 

and diagnostic services for underserved 

women; develop outreach strategies for 

women who are never or rarely screened 

for breast and cervical cancer; and 

report program results to Congress and 

other legislative authorities. There are 

no costs to respondents other than their 

time. The total estimated annualized 

burden hours are 544. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

NBCCEDP Grantees ................................................................................................................... 68 2 4 

Dated: September 11, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–22653 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–0222] 

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 project or to obtain a copy of 

data collection plans and instruments, 

call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer 

on 404–639–5960 or send comments to 

CDC/ATSDR Assistant Reports 

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, 

MS D–74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an 

e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. 

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 the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Questionnaire Design Research 

Laboratory (QDRL) 2010–2012, (OMB 

No. 0920–0222 exp. 2/28/2010)— 

Revision—National Center for Health 

Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall undertake 

and support (by grant or contract) 

research, demonstrations, and 

evaluations respecting new or improved 

methods for obtaining current data to 

support statistical and epidemiological 

activities for the purpose of improving 

the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality 

of health services in the United States. 

The Questionnaire Design Research 

Laboratory (QDRL) conducts 

questionnaire pre-testing and evaluation 

activities for CDC surveys (such as the 

NCHS National Health Interview 

Survey, OMB No. 0920–0214) and other 

Federally sponsored surveys. NCHS is 

requesting 3 years of OMB Clearance for 

the project. 

The QDRL conducts cognitive 

interviews, focus groups, mini fieldpretests, and experimental research in 

laboratory and field settings, both for 

applied questionnaire evaluation and 

more basic research on response errors 

in surveys. 

The most common questionnaire 

evaluation method is the cognitive 

interview. In a cognitive interview, a 

questionnaire design specialist 

interviews a volunteer participant. The 

interviewer administers the draft survey 

questions as written, but also probes the 

participant in depth about 

interpretations of questions, recall 

processes used to answer them, and 

adequacy of response categories to 

express answers, while noting points of 

confusion and errors in responding. 

Interviews are generally conducted in 

small rounds of 10–15 interviews; 

ideally, the questionnaire is re-worked 

between rounds and revisions are tested 

iteratively until interviews yield 

relatively few new insights. 

When possible, cognitive interviews 

are conducted in the survey’s intended 

mode of administration. For example, 

when testing telephone survey 

questionnaires, participants often 

respond to the questions via a telephone 

in a laboratory room. Under this 

condition, the participant answers 

without face-to-face interaction. QDRL 

staff watch for response difficulties from 

an observation room, and then conduct 

a face-to-face debriefing with in-depth 

probes. Cognitive interviewing provides 

useful data on questionnaire 

performance at minimal cost and 

respondent burden. 

Similar methodology has been 

adopted by other Federal agencies, as 

well as by academic and commercial 

survey organizations. There are no costs 

to respondents other than their time. 

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