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studies when the investigator cannot

control the race, ethnicity and/or sex of

subjects. Further guidance to this policy

is contained in the Federal Register,

Vol. 60, No. 179, pages 47947–47951,

and dated Friday, September 15, 1995.

Application Submission and Deadlines

A. Preapplication Letter of Intent

Although not a prerequisite of

application, a non-binding letter of

intent-to-apply is requested from

potential applicants. The letter should

be submitted to Victoria F. Sepe, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, CDC at the address listed

in this section. It should be postmarked

no later than July 2, 1998. The letter

should identify program announcement

number 98058, and name of the

principal investigator. The letter of

intent does not influence review or

funding decisions, but it will enable

CDC to plan the review more efficiently

and will ensure that each applicant

receives timely and relevant information

prior to application submission.

B. Application

The original and two copies of the

application PHS Form 5161–1 (Revised

7/92, OMB Number 0937–0189) must be

submitted to Victoria Sepe, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE, Room 321,

Atlanta, GA 30305, on or before July 31,

1998.

1. Deadline: Applications will be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date, or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the objective review group. (The

applicants must request a legibly dated

U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain

a receipt from a commercial carrier or

the U.S. Postal Service. Private metered

postmarks will not be acceptable as

proof of timely mailing.)

2. Late Applicants: Applications that

do not meet the criteria in 1.(a) or 1.(b)

above are considered late applications.

Late applications will not be considered

in the current competition and will be

returned to the applicants.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information call 1–888–GRANTS4. You

will be asked to leave your name,

address, and phone number and will

need to refer to NIOSH Announcement

98058. You will receive a complete

program description, information on

application procedures, and application

forms. CDC will not send application

kits by facsimile or express mail.

PLEASE REFER TO NIOSH

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 98058

WHEN REQUESTING INFORMATION

AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from

Victoria Sepe, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), Mailstop E–13, Room 321, 255

East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Atlanta, GA

30305, telephone (404) 842–6804,

Internet: vxw1@cdc.gov.

Programmatic technical assistance

may be obtained from Paul K.

Henneberger, MPH, ScD, Research

Epidemiologist, Division of Respiratory

Disease Studies, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, Center

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), Mailstop 234, 1095 Willowdale

Road, Morgantown, WV 26505,

telephone 304–285–6161, or Internet:

pkh0@.cdc.gov.

This and other CDC announcements

are available through the CDC homepage

on the Internet. The address for the CDC

homepage is: http://www.cdc.gov.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report,

Stock No. 017–001–00473–1) through

the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402–9325, telephone

(202) 512–1800.

The National Occupational Research

Agenda

Copies of this publication may be

obtained from The National Institute of

Occupational Safety and Health,

Publications Office, 4676 Columbia

Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1998 or

phone 1–800–356–4674, and is available

through the NIOSH Home Page; ‘‘http:/

www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora.html’’.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Diane D. Porter,

Acting Director, National Institute For

Occupational Safety and Health Centers For

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

Part C (Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention) of the Statement of

Organization functions, and Delegations

of Authority of the Department of

Health and Human Services (45 FR

67772–76, dated October 14, 1980, and

corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20,

1980, as amended most recently at 63

FR 2256, dated January 14, 1998) is

amended to reflect the restructuring of

the Office of the Director, National

Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention. The

functional statement for the Office of the

Director is being revised accordingly.

Section C–B, Organization and

Functions, is hereby amended as

follows:

Delete the functional statement for the

Office of the Director (CR1) and insert

the following:

(1) Directs and manages the programs

and activities of the National Center for

Infectious Diseases (NCID); (2) provides

leadership for the implementation of the

Emerging Infections Plan to enhance the

prevention and control of infectious

diseases nationally and internationally;

(3) provides leadership and guidance on

policy, program planning and

development, program management,

and operations; (4) provides NCID-wide

administrative and program services,

and coordinates or assures coordination

with the appropriate CDC staff offices

on administrative and program matters;

(5) provides liaison with other

Governmental agencies, international

organizations, including the World

Health Organization, and other outside

groups; (6) coordinates, in collaboration

with the appropriate NCID and CDC

components, international health

activities relating to the prevention and

control of infectious diseases; (7)

advises the Director, CDC, on policy

matters concerning NCID programs and

activities; (8) coordinates development

and review of regulatory documents and

congressional reports; (9) analyzes

health programs and proposed

legislation with respect to NCID’s

programs, goals and objectives; (10)

provides leadership and support for

NCID Programs in the areas of statistics,

information technology, and database

management.

Delete the title and functional

statement for the Office of Planning and
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Health Communications (CR14) and

insert the following:

Office of Health Communication

(CR14). (1) Provides national leadership,

in consultation with the NCID divisions

and programs and the CDC Office of

Communication, on the implementation

of a comprehensive and integrated

program of public health

communications for the prevention an

control of new and reemerging

infectious diseases; (2) plans, develops,

coordinates, and evaluates NCID-wide

networks, partnerships, systems, and

standards for public and professional

health communications; (3) advises the

Director and other NCID leadership staff

on health communication strategies; (4)

provides expert technical assistance,

consultation, and training to NCID staff

on theory-based health education,

behavioral science, distance education,

community organization, and electronic,

print, and oral communications; (5)

develops infectious disease prevention

and control messages and promotes

their dissemination to lay and

professional audiences through various

marketing techniques; (6) investigates,

plans, develops, evaluates, and

promotes the use of electronic

technology to expand NCID’s health

communications capacity and impact in

collaboration with CDC communication

and information offices, state and local

health departments, and other

prevention partners; (7) provides

services, coordination, identification,

guidance, and training for, and

promotes usage of, state-of-the-art

electronic communication technologies;

(8) provides editorial and clearance

assistance in the preparation of

scientific articles and other documents

and products for electronic and hard

copy publication or presentation; (9)

produces NCID-wide publications,

including a newsletter, anthologies and

compilations, and cross-cutting

background documents; and manages

NCID’s technical information resources,

including document databases.

Office of Surveillance (CR16). (1)

Provides leadership, guidance, and

coordination on NCID surveillance

activities and systems; (2) provides

NCID leadership on issues related to

internal and external integration of CDC

surveillance; (3) advises the Director on

surveillance priorities for determining

the burden of infectious diseases; (4)

provides direction and oversight for the

Emerging Infections Programs (EIPs) and

sentinel surveillance networks through

cooperative agreements with state/local

health departments and other

organizations; (5) provides technical

assistance and direction for surveillance

activities in the Epidemiology and

Laboratory capacity cooperative

agreements and other emerging

infections activities/programs with a

surveillance emphasis; (6) provides

leadership for enhancing surveillance of

infectious diseases through

collaboration with managed care

organizations; (7) provides technical

leadership for and consultation on

international infectious diseases

surveillance activities; (8) provides

NCID leadership on economic analysis

and prevention effectiveness evaluation

of infectious disease control and

prevention activities; (9) in carrying out

the above functions, collaborates, as

appropriate, with other Centers,

Institute, and Offices (CIOs) of the CDC.

Dated: June 1, 1998.

Clarie V. Broome,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 98–15442 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–18–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Notice of Publication of Biennial

Report to the Congress on the Status

of Children in Head Start Programs;

Fiscal Year 1997

AGENCY: Head Start Bureau,

Administration on Children Youth and

Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of publication and

availability of FY 1997 Biennial Report

to Congress on the Status of Children in

Head Start Programs.

SUMMARY: The Head Start Bureau

announces publication of the Biennial

Report to Congress on the Status of

Children in Head Start Programs. This

report is mandated under Section 650 of

the Head Start Act, as amended, which

requires the Secretary of Health and

Human Services to submit a report to

the Congress, at least once during every

two-year period, on the status of

children in Head Start programs. The

sources of data for this report were the

Program Information Report (PIR), the

Head Start Cost System (HSCOST), the

Head Start Monitoring Tracking System

(HSMTS) and the 1990 Census.

Head Start is a comprehensive child

development program for low-income

preschool children and their families.

Head Start provides high quality early

childhood education which emphasizes

cognitive and language development,

social and emotional development,

physical and mental health, nutrition,

social services and parent involvement.

The goal of Head Start is to bring about

a greater degree of social competence in

the children of low-income families by

enhancing their effectiveness in dealing

with their present environment, and

with later responsibilities in school and

life.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Authority

Section 650 of the Head Start Act, as

amended, requires that the Secretary of

the Department of Health and Human

Services submit a report to the Congress

concerning the status of children in

Head Start programs.

This notice is submitted to the

Federal Register in compliance with

Section 650 of the Head Start Act, as

amended, which states that upon

submitting the Biennial Report on the

Status of Children in Head Start

Programs to Congress, a notification

must be placed in the Federal Register

announcing the report has been

submitted to Congress, and noting that

the report is available to the general

public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the Head Start Biennial Report

may be obtained by contacting: Head

Start Publications Management Center,

P.O. Box 26417, Alexandria, VA 22313.

The fax number is (703) 683–5769. The

e-mail address is HSPMC6@idt.net.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Helen H. Taylor,

Associate Commissioner, Head Start Bureau,

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families.

[FR Doc. 98–15388 Filed 6–9–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 98N–0335]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the

PRA), Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, including each proposed

extension of an existing collection of