34706 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 105 / Wednesday, May 31, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–37–00]

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) 639–7090. 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 Projects

1. Implementation of Automated

Management Information System (MIS)

for Diabetes Control Programs—NEW—

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), National Center for

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Division of Diabetes

Translation. Diabetes is the seventh

leading cause of death in the United

States, contributing to more than

193,000 deaths each year. An estimated

10.3 million people in the United States

have been diagnosed with diabetes, and

an estimated 5.4 million people have

undiagnosed diabetes. The Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),

Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT),

provides funding to health departments

of States and territories to develop,

implement, and evaluate systems-based

Diabetes Control Programs (DCPs). DCPs

are population-based, public health

programs that design, implement, and

evaluate public health prevention and

control strategies that improve access to

and quality of care for all and reach

communities most impacted by the

burden of diabetes (e.g., racial/ethnic

populations, the elderly, rural dwellers

and the economically disadvantaged).

Support for these programs is a

cornerstone of the DDT’s strategy for

reducing the burden of diabetes

throughout the nation. The Diabetes

Control Program is authorized under

sections 301 and 317(k) of the Public

Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. sections

241 and 247b(k)].

Funding recipients are required to

submit quarterly status reports to CDC

that are used by DDT managers and

Program Development Officers (PDOs)

to identify training and technical

assistance needs; monitor compliance

with cooperative agreement

requirements; evaluate the progress

made in achieving national and

program-specific goals; and respond to

inquiries regarding program activities

and effectiveness. Funding recipients

currently have a wide latitude in the

content of the information they report

with some recipients providing

extensive and detailed programmatic

progress information and others

providing minimal detail regarding DCP

operations. Historically, information has

been collected and transmitted via hardcopy paper documents. The manual

reporting system significantly impacts

the DDT’s staff ability to accomplish its

responsibilities resulting from providing

DCP funds, particularly with respect to

compiling, summarizing, and reporting

aggregate DCP program information.

The proposed change in data

collection methodology is being driven

by DDT’s development of an automated

management information system (MIS)

to maintain individual DCP information

and to normalize the information

reported by these programs. The

proposed data collection will employ a

more formal, systematic method of

collecting information that has

historically been requested from

individual DCPs and will standardize

the content of this information. This

will facilitate the DDT staff’s ability to

fulfill its obligations under the

cooperative agreements; to monitor,

evaluate, and compare individual

programs; and to assess and report

aggregate information regarding the

overall effectiveness of the DCP

program. It will also support DDT’s

broader mission of reducing the burden

of diabetes by enabling DDT staff to

more effectively identify the strengths

and weaknesses of individual DCPs and

to disseminate information related to

successful public health interventions

implemented by these organizations to

prevent and control diabetes.

Respondents reside in each of the 50

States, 8 Territories, and the District of

Columbia and provide progress

reporting on a semi-annual frequency.

The annual hour burden is estimated at

236 total hours based on 2 hours to

complete a semi-annual report twice per

year. The annual burden is estimated to

be 236 hours.

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TO RESPONDENTS

Form name Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondents

Average

burden/

response

Response

burden/hrs.

Progress Report ............................................................................................... 59 2 2 236

Dated: May 24, 2000.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–40–00]

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) 639–7090. 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 Projects

1. Evaluation of Effectiveness of

Worker Notifications Conducted by

NIOSH—(New)—The National Institute

for Occupational Safety and Health