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month later, and six months later. In

addition, questionnaire data will be

collected once from individuals

contacted through Outreach programs.

The cost to respondents is estimated at

$32,300.00. These data will supplement

a survey (announced in the Federal

Register on 8/27/96) designed to assess

the full program’s coverage of the target

population.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondentsAvg. burden/response

(in hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Young people under 25 years of age in targeted prevention program communities:

Skills-Building Workshops ....................................................................... 3,000 1 2 6,000

Peer Outreach ......................................................................................... 1,000 1 0.5 500

Parents:

Consent ................................................................................................... 3,000 1 0.05 150

Parent-Outreach ...................................................................................... 250 1 0.50 125

Organization Outreach ............................................................................ 50 1 0.5 25

Total ..................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ .......................... 6,800

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

And Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 97–7465 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

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[30DAY–2–97]

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

Office on (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 Project

1. National Nosocomial Infections

Surveillance (NNIS) System—(0920–

0012)—Reinstatement—The National

Nosocomial Infections Surveillance

(NNIS) system is currently the only

source for national data on nosocomial

(hospital-associated) infections in the

United States. It first began collecting

data in 1970. It is a collaborative project

between the Hospital Infections Program

of the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) and voluntarily

participating hospitals in the United

States. The goals of the system are to: (1)

Develop comparative nosocomial

infection rates that can be used by

hospitals to assess quality of care, (2)

describe the scope and magnitude,

including trends, of the nosocomial

infection problem in the U.S., (3)

identify risk factors associated with

these infections, (4) assist hospitals in

the effective use of surveillance data to

improve the quality of patient care, and

(5) conduct collaborative research

studies. Data are collected using

protocols developed by CDC that define

the specific populations of patients at

risk, risk factors, and outcomes. The

decision about which component(s) to

use is made by each hospital depending

on its own needs for surveillance data.

The data are collected by trained

surveillance personnel, assisted by

hospital personnel, and are entered into

IDEAS, a surveillance software which

makes the data available for analysis at

the hospital’s convenience. The data are

currently transmitted to CDC by floppy

disk, then aggregated into a national

database. During 1996, it will become

possible for some hospitals to transmit

the data to CDC through the NNIS

telecommunications system. This

system is expected to be used by all

participating hospitals by 1997,

resulting in reduced response time.

NNIS methodology, which has been

published, is the standard nosocomial

infection surveillance methodology and

is used at least in part by most U.S.

hospitals. The total annual burden

hours are 338.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondentAvg. burden/

response

(in hours)

Hospitals ....................................................................................................................................... 319 14 0.0756

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 97–7464 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

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Administration For Children and

Families

Office of Child Support Enforcement

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This Notice amends Part K, Chapter K

of the Statement of Organization,

Functions, and Delegations of Authority

of the Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KF, The Office of Child Support

Enforcement (OCSE) (61 FR 32443) as

last amended, June 24, 1996. This

Notice reflects the Office of Child

Support Enforcement’s realignment of

functions and the incorporation of new

functional responsibilities due to new

legislation.

Amend Chapter KF as follows:

1. KF.00 Mission. Delete in its

entirety and replace with the following:

KF.00 Mission. The Office of Child

Support Enforcement (OCSE) advises

the Secretary, through the Assistant