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interventions are most needed and

important to you?

(C) As a health care provider, what

kinds of information about CAM

practices and interventions are most

needed and important to you?

The Town Hall Meeting is open to the

public and opportunities for oral

comments and written statements by the

public will be provided.

Name of Committee: The White

House Commission on Complementary

and Alternative Medicine Policy.

Date: October 30–31, 2000.

Place: Town Hall Seattle, Seneca

Room, 1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, WA

98101.

Contact Persons: Stephen C. Groft,

Pharm. D., Executive Director, or

Michele Chang, CMT, MPH, Executive

Secretary; 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room

1010, MSC–7707, Bethesda, MD 20817–

7707; Phone: (301) 435–7592, Fax: (301)

480–1691, E–Mail:

WHCCAMP@od.nih.gov.

The President established the White

House Commission on Complementary

and Alternative Medicine Policy on

March 7, 2000 by Executive Order

13147. The mission of the White House

Commission on Complementary and

Alternative Medicine Policy is to

provide a report, through the Secretary

of the Department of Health and Human

Services, on legislative and

administrative recommendations for

assuring that public policy maximizes

the benefits of complementary and

alternative medicine to Americans.

Because of the need to obtain the

views of the public on these issues as

soon as possible and because of the

early deadline for the report required of

the Commission, this notice is being

provided at the earliest possible time.

Public Participation

The Town Hall meeting is open to the

public with attendance limited by the

availability of space on a first come, first

serve basis. Members of the public who

wish to present oral comment may

register by calling 1–800–953–3298 or

by accessing the website at http://

www.whccamp.hhs.gov no later than

October 25, 2000.

Oral comments will be limited to five

minutes. Individuals who register to

speak will be assigned in the order in

which they registered. Due to time

constraints, only one representative

from each organization will be allotted

time for oral testimony. The number of

speakers and the time allotted may also

be limited by the number of registrants.

All requests to register should include

the name, address, telephone number,

and business or professional affiliation

of the interested party, and should

indicate the area of interest or question

(as described above) to be addressed.

Individuals interested in attending the

meeting to observe the proceedings but

not to provide oral testimony should

also register.

Any person attending the meeting

who has not registered to speak in

advance of the meeting will be allowed

to make a brief oral statement at the

conclusion of the morning and

afternoon sessions, if time permits, and

at the chairperson’s discretion.

Individuals unable to attend the

meeting, or any interested parties, may

send written comments by mail, fax, or

electronically to the staff office of the

Commission for inclusion in the public

record. When mailing or faxing written

comments, please provide, if possible,

an electronic version or a diskette.

Persons needing special assistance,

such as sign language interpretation or

other special accommodations, should

contact the Commission staff at the

address or telephone number listed no

later than October 25, 2000.

Dated: October 11, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60Day–01–01]

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 Anne O’Connor,

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: Health Hazard

Evaluations/Technical Assistance and

Emerging Problems (OMB No. 0920–

0260)—Extension

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In accordance with its mandates

under the Occupational Safety and

Health Act of 1970 and the Federal

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH) responds

each year to approximately 400 requests

for health hazard evaluations to identify

potential chemical, biological, or

physical hazards at the workplace.

Approximately half of these requests

require that NIOSH conduct a shortterm field study to adequately address

the issues raised by the requester. Since

1970, more than 10,000 of these studies

have been completed. The main purpose

of these studies is to help employers

and employees identify and eliminate

occupational health hazards. Ninety-five

percent of these investigations respond

to specific requests for assistance from

employers, employees, employee

representatives, or other government

agencies. The remaining investigations

are short-term field investigations

initiated by NIOSH because it received

information that a chemical, biological

or physical agent may be hazardous to

workers. In these investigations, NIOSH

determines whether the issue warrants

more detailed studies. Approximately

50% of the field investigations involve

interviews or the administration of a

questionnaire to the workers. Each

questionnaire is specific to that

workplace and its suspected diseases

and/or hazards; however, questionnaires

are derived from standard medical

evaluation techniques. NIOSH

distributes interim and final reports of

the investigations, excluding personal

identifiers, to requesters, employers,

employee representatives, the

Department of Labor (OSHA and

MSHA), and, as appropriate, other state

and federal agencies. Following the

completion of field investigations,

NIOSH administers follow-back

questionnaires to employer and

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employee representatives at the

workplace to assess program

effectiveness and identify areas for

improvement. Because of the large

number of investigations conducted

each year, the need to respond quickly

to requests for assistance, and the

diverse nature of these investigations,

NIOSH requests clearance for data

collection in these investigations. The

total estimated annual cost to

respondents is $40,950.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of response per respondent

Avg. burden

total per response (in

hours)

Total burden

(in hours)

Employees (initial interviews) .......................................................................... 4,200 1 .25 1,050

Employees (questionnaires interviews) ........................................................... 5.250 1 .50 2,625

Employees (follow-back questionnaires) ......................................................... 420 1 .50 210

Employees (follow-back questionnaires) ......................................................... 420 1 .50 210

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,095

Dated: October 13, 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

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Tribal TANF (Temporary

Assistance to Needy Families)

Experience: Problems, Solutions, and

Lesson Learned.

OMB Number: New collection.

Description: The proposed research

has four objectives: (1) To develop

national-level research-based

information on tribal TANF that is

responsive to the needs of the tribal

governments in making decisions on

initiating their own TANF programs, as

well as the needs of policymakers at

federal, state, and local levels; (2) to

develop objective performance measures

for tribal TANF programs; (3) to develop

a decision-support system to help tribal

officials assess the advantages,

disadvantages, risks and opportunities

associated with operating a TANF

program; and (4) to develop a tribal

TANF Handbook that incorporates the

experiences, best practices, and lessons

learned.

Support Services International,

Incorporated (SSI), an Indian-owned

consulting firm, shall develop the data

collection instruments and conduct the

study. Data will be collected through:

(1) Telephone surveys with staff at all

current tribal TANF programs (a total of

27), a sample of 10 non-TANF tribes,

and relevant officials in 20 states; (2) indepth interviews with program staff on

site visits to 9 tribes (7 TANF tribes and

2 non-TANF tribes); and (3) focus

groups of 6–9 TANF recipients at each

of the 7 tribal TANF sites visited. Four

respondents at each site will be

included in the telephone survey, and

four in each in-depth on-site interview.

The non-TANF tribes includes in the

research samples are from a group of

tribes that have considered the option of

developing and operating their own

tribal-specific TANF programs, but have

declined to do so.

Respondents: Individuals.

Annual Burden Estimates:

Data collection instrument

Estimated

No. of

respondents

Responses

per

respondents

Average burden hour per

interview*

Total burden hrs

Telephone Interview Guide ............................................................................................ 228 1 0.50 114

Personal Interview Guide .............................................................................................. 36 1 1.0 36

Focus Group Notes ....................................................................................................... 53 1 0.8 44

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 194.

There are no Capital Costs, Operating

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to

report for this information collection.

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the

Administration for Children and

Families (ACF) is soliciting public

comment on the specific aspects of the

information collection described above.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and

comments may be forwarded to the

Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Information Services,

370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF

Reports Clearance Officer. All requests

should be identified by the title of the

information collection.

The Department specifically requests

comments on: (a) Whether the

information collection activity 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)

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 or

other forms of information technology.

Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: October 13, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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