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consider taking to obtain relief. Because

this activity is different in nature and

degree than the incidental provision of

information in other types of fraud

complaints, staff excludes it with regard

to identity theft-related calls.

Customer Satisfaction Survey

The customer satisfaction survey

would collect information concerning

the overall effectiveness and timeless of

the CRC. The CRC will survey roughly

2 percent of complainants. Subsets of

consumers who have contacted staff

throughout the year will be questioned

about specific aspects of CRC customer

service.

Each consumer surveyed would be

asked 8–10 questions chosen from the

list noted above. Half of the questions

would ask consumers to rate CRC

performance on a scale or call for yes or

no repsonses. The second half of the

survey wold ask more open-ended

questions seeking a short written or

verbal answer. BCP staff estimates that

each respondent will require four

minutes to answer the questions

(approximately 20–30 seconds per

question).

What follows are staff’s estimates of

burden for these various collections of

information, including the

questionnaire. The figures for the online

forms and consumer hotlines are an

average of annualized volume-to-date

for the respective programs and

projected volume for the next two years

(the period of the existing clearance for

FTC administrative activities), and are

rounded to the nearest thousand.

Annual hours burden:

Activity Number of

respondents

Number

minutes/

activity

Total hours

Miscell, and fraud-related consumer complaints (phone) ....................................................................... 300,000 4.5 23,000

Miscell, and fraud-related consumer complaints (online) ........................................................................ 35,000 5.0 3,000

IDT complaints (phone) ........................................................................................................................... 90,000 8 12,000

IDT complaints (online) ............................................................................................................................ 26,000 7.5 3,000

Customer Satisfaction Questionaire ........................................................................................................ 9,000 4.0 600

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 460,000 .................... 41,600

Annual cost burden:

The cost per respondent should be

negligible. Participation is voluntary,

and will not require any labor

expenditures by respondents. There are

no capital, start-up, operation,

maintenance, or other similar costs to

the respondents.

Debra A. Valentine,

General Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Minority Health; Notice of a

Cooperative Agreement With the

Association of Asian and Pacific

Community Health Organizations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office

of Minority Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Single Source

Cooperative Agreement with the

Association of Asian and Pacific

Community Health Organizations.

Program Title

Cooperative Agreement to Improve

the Health Status of Minority

Populations.

OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance: The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number for this cooperative

agreement is 93.004.

Authority: This cooperative agreement is

authorized under section 1707 (e)(1) of the

Public Health Service Act, as amended.

The Office of Minority Health (OMH),

Office of Public Health and Science,

announces it is continuing to support a

single source umbrella cooperative

agreement with the Association of Asian

and Pacific Community Health

Organizations (AAPCHO) for it to

expand and enhance its activities in

health promotion, disease prevention,

and health service research and the

development of models to improve

primary care service delivery. This

cooperative agreement will continue the

broad programmatic framework in

which specific projects can be

supported by various governmental

agencies to carry out the ultimate goal

of improving the health status and

access to care for minorities and

disadvantaged people, especially the

underserved.

The OMH expects substantial

programmatic involvement in this

project with AAPCHO to assist in

identifying health-related information

for dissemination in the Asian

American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)

populations, particularly in rural and

isolated AAPI communities; linking

emerging AAPI communities to

technical assistance and resource

opportunities available on a national

basis; identifying HHS programs that

involve clinical trials and research

studies to increase the involvement of

AAPIs; identifying candidates for

advisory panels and developing

selection criteria; and arranging

consultation with other government and

non-government agencies relative to

activities that affect policies and

programs within AAPI communities.

This cooperative agreement will be

continued for an additional 5-year

project period with 12-month budget

periods. Depending upon the types of

projects and availability of funds, it is

anticipated that this cooperative

agreement will receive approximately

$100,000 per year. Continuation awards

within the project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress and

the availability of funds.

During the last 5 years, AAPCHO has

successfully demonstrated the ability to

work with its organizational

membership and health agencies on

mutual education, service, and research

endeavors. The OMH believes AAPCHO

is uniquely qualified to accomplish the

purpose of this cooperative agreement

and that no organization other than

AAPCHO could fulfill the program

objectives for the reasons cited below. It

has:

• Established a web site which

promotes resources and current

culturally and linguistically appropriate

materials to AAPI health care providers

and provides linkages with emerging

AAPI communities to appropriate

health care services and materials.

• Promoted health care access to rural

and isolated AAPI communities,

including emerging communities,

specifically in the West and MidWest,

and has extensive experience in

addressing the health needs of these

communities.

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• Developed the capacity to provide

technical assistance to AAPI community

groups on organizational and

communication infrastructure

development and how to access health

and health services programs.

• Developed a strategy to raise

awareness in AAPI communities for

assuring AAPI representation in clinical

trials and research activities.

• A network of community health

centers that provides a foundation upon

which it develops, promotes, and

manages health intervention, education,

and training programs which are aimed

at preventing and reducing morbidity

and mortality among AAPIs.

• An extensive knowledge-base of

essential health services, health care

accessibility issues, and professional

development initiatives that deal

exclusively with AAPI populations,

attributes that are necessary for effective

intervention with this population group.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

cooperative agreement, contact Ms.

Cynthia Amis, Office of Minority

Health, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 1000,

Rockville, Maryland 20852 or telephone

(301) 594–0769.

Dated: September 12, 2000.

Nathan Stinson Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority

Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60Day–00–51]

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, the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) is providing an

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, call the CDC Assistant

Reports Clearance Officer at 404–639–

7090.

Comments are invited on: (i) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the CDC, including

whether the information shall have a

practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (iii)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (iv) 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.

Send comments to Seleda M. Perryman,

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D24,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

Travelers’ Health Survey—New—

National Center for Infectious Diseases

(NCID). Approximately 50 million

Americans travel abroad each year and

more than 25 million of these travel to

rural areas or developing countries

where the risk is greater for contracting

infectious diseases. Many of these

diseases are preventable through

vaccines, drugs, and other preventive

measures. According to surveillance

data from the CDC, over 99 percent of

malaria, 72 percent of typhoid, and 7

percent of hepatitis A cases in the U.S.

are acquired abroad. Information on

preventing illness during travel is

available free or at little cost through

public health departments, a CDC tollfree fax system, and the Internet.

However, many travelers may be

unaware of the health risks they face

when traveling because they either lack

access to pretravel health services or do

not understand the measures necessary

to avoid health risks. Evidence shows

first-and second-generation U.S.

immigrant travelers, when traveling to

their countries of origin to visit friends

and relatives, may be at greater risk than

the general public, for contracting

infectious diseases.

The objectives of this project are to

determine (i) whether travelers seek

pretravel health information, (ii) where

they access this information, (iii)

travelers’ baseline knowledge of

prevention measures for diseases

commonly associated with travel, and

(iv) whether specific groups of travelers

(i.e. first-and second-generation

immigrants) lack information on or

access to pretravel health

recommendations and services. To

accomplish these objectives, in

partnership with Delta Airlines, CDC

proposes to conduct voluntary, selfadministered, anonymous, in-flight

surveys of U.S. citizens and residents

traveling abroad to areas where malaria,

typhoid fever, and hepatitis A are

endemic.

This preliminary project will focus on

first-and second-generation U.S.

immigrants from India visiting friends

and relatives in India, where all three

diseases are endemic. A study period of

2 to 3 months is estimated. Data from

this project will fulfill Healthy People

2010 objectives for travelers. In

addition, it will enable CDC to develop

appropriate educational interventions

for high-risk travelers and to gain a

better understanding of the role of travel

in emerging infectious diseases. The

survey tool will take approximately 15

minutes to complete.

There are no costs to respondents,

only the time it takes to complete the

survey.

Number of respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/

response (in

hours)

Total burden

hours

5,600 ............................................................................................................................................ 1 16/16 1,400