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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 39 (Monday, March 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9094-9095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4314]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-0729]

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 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy 
of data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on 404-639-5960 or send comments to CDC Assistant 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information 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) ways to enhance 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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Customer Surveys Generic Clearance for the National Center for 
Health Statistics (0920-0729)--Extension--

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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on ``the 
extent and nature of illness and disability of the population of the 
United States.'' This is a request for a generic approval from OMB to 
conduct customer surveys over the next three years.
    As part of a comprehensive program, the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) plans to continue to assess its customers' 
satisfaction with the quality and relevance of the information it 
produces. NCHS will conduct voluntary customer surveys to assess 
strengths in agency products and services and to evaluate how well it 
addresses the emerging needs of its data users. Results of these 
surveys will be used in future planning initiatives.
    The data will be collected using a combination of methodologies 
appropriate to each survey. These may include: evaluation forms, mail 
surveys, focus groups, automated and electronic technology (e.g., e-
mail, Web-based surveys), and telephone surveys. Systematic surveys of 
several groups will be folded into the program. Among these are Federal 
customers and policy makers, state and local officials who rely on NCHS 
data, the broader educational, research, and public health community, 
and other data users. Respondents may include data users who register 
for and/or attend NCHS sponsored conferences; persons who access the 
NCHS Web site and the detailed data available through it; consultants; 
and others. Respondent data items may include (in broad categories) 
information regarding respondent's gender, age, occupation, 
affiliation, location, etc., to be used to characterize responses only. 
Other questions will attempt to obtain information that will 
characterize the respondents' familiarity with and use of NCHS data, 
their assessment of data content and usefulness, general satisfaction 
with available services and products, and suggestions for improvement 
of services and products.
    The resulting information will be for NCHS internal use. There is 
no cost to respondents other than their time to participate in the 
survey.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
        Type of survey             Respondents       Number of      responses/     response (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)           hours
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Questionnaire for conference    Public/private             1,000               1         10 / 60             167
 registrants/attendees.          researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
Focus groups..................  Public/private                80               1               1              80
                                 researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
Web-based.....................  Public/private             1,200               1         10 / 60             200
                                 researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
Other customer surveys........  Public/private               400               1         15 / 60             100
                                 researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
    Total.....................  ................           2,680  ..............  ..............             547
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    Dated: February 24, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-4314 Filed 2-27-09; 8:45 am]
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