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and investment control process

including budget and acquisition

management.

Establish the Office of the Director

(PHA) and enter the functional

statement as follows:

Office of the Director (PHA)

(1) Provides leadership and overall

management for information technology

resources for which PSC has

responsibility; (2) directs the

development, implementation, and

enforcement of the PSC’s information

technology architecture, policies,

standards, and acquisitions in all areas

of information technology; (3) oversees

PSC’s information systems security

program; and (4) manages and directs

the PSC’s IT business technology

functions including business planning,

development, budgeting and fiscal

planning for IRMS, establishing service

level agreements, assessing customer

satisfaction, assuring compliance with

the Government Performance Results

Act (GPRA) and overseeing capital

planning and investment control (CPIC)

for IT initiatives, monitoring awareness

of emerging business technologies and

implementing new financial systems

initiatives.

Establish the Computer and Network

Services Division (PHB) and enter the

functional statement as follows:

Computer and Network Services

Division (PHB)

(1) Designs, obtains, installs, and

maintains all Local Area Network (LAN)

capabilities within the PSC for

application and office automation

support; (2) provides all electronic mail

and third party software support; (3)

designs, obtains, installs, and maintains

all communication and Wide Area

Network (WAN) connectivity

capabilities within the PSC; (4)

establishes and maintains a help desk

for desktop support; (5) provides all

system administration functions; (6)

schedules, operates, and maintains all

production processes for PSC

applications; (7) provides customer

liaison services to resolve issues and

improve customer service; (8) designs,

obtains, installs, and maintains

computer and network systems

including hardware, software, and data

communications required to support

human resource, financial management,

and administrative automated systems

including office automation; (9)

provides automated data processing

management services for computer

systems located in operational regional

and local offices; and (10) supports the

implementation of the PSC’s

information system security program,

including documenting and reporting

security breaches.

Establish the Enterprise Applications

Division (PHC) and enter the functional

statement as follows:

Enterprise Applications Division (PHC)

(1) Provides the full range of

automated data processing support

activities associated with the

development and maintenance of

information technology systems; (2)

analyzes, designs, and implements

system changes, enhancements, and

new requirements; (3) provides

customer liaison services to resolve

issues and improve customer service; (4)

administers PSC data resources

including database administration; (5)

provides and implements data mining

activities that assist in technology or

workforce decisionmaking as well as

application and regulatory reporting; (6)

develops detailed system and/or

subsystem specifications, program

specifications, program modules, files,

databases, libraries, and documentation

necessary to support system

maintenance and development

activities; (7) participates in the

development of unit test criteria and test

methodology necessary to conduct

system/subsystem and program-level

tests needed to ensure the integrity of

information technology sytems; (8)

implements enterprise resource

planning (ERP) systems including, but

not limited to, using commercial-off-theshelf (COTS) packages; (9) develops and

implements emerging technology

projects which cross cut service

business lines; (10) designs, develops,

and maintains PSC Web applications

and pages; and (11) supports the

implementation of the PSC’s

information system security program,

including documenting and reporting

security breaches.

Establish the Systems Integrity and

Quality Assurance Division (PHE) and

enter the functional statement as

follows:

Systems Integrity and Quality

Assurance Division (PHE)

(1) Functions as the information

technology liaison for audits executed

within the PSC; (2) assists program

managers in preparing/revising

certification packages to acquire or

retain approval to operate, i.e.,

certification and accreditation, through

the PSC System Accreditation Board; (3)

provides customer liaison services to

resolve issues and improve customer

service; (4) provides contingency

planning and continuity of operations

support for PSC systems, (5) oversees

the implementation of configuration

management services including

automated systems designed to reduce

errors and support parallel and

concurrent development; (6) oversees

software acceptance testing, quality

assurance, Independent Verification and

Validation (IV&V), and quality control

functions for all new and legacy

systems/subsystems including major

enhancements and systems changes for

PSC applications and infrastructure; (7)

ensures the integrity of production

environments; and (8) supports the

implementation of PSC’s information

system security program, including

documenting and reporting security

breaches.

Delegations of Authority: All

delegations and redelegations of

authority made to officials and

employees of affected organizational

components will continue in them or

their successors pending further

redelegation, provided they are

consistent with this reorganization.

Dated: June 5, 2001.

Curtis L. Coy,

Director, Program Support Center.

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BILLING CODE 4168–17–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 01127]

Population-Based Models To Establish

Surveillance for Asthma Incidence in

Defined Geographic Areas; Notice of

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for ‘‘Surveillance for Asthma

Incidence: Developing Population-based

Models.’’ This program addresses the

‘‘Healthy People 2010’’ focus areas of

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health, and

Respiratory Diseases.

The purpose of the program is to

assist in the definition of populationbased models from which sites for the

surveillance of incident cases of asthma

can be established. It is anticipated that

such models could form a reporting

network in the future. Asthma Incidence

Surveillance sites will be populationbased centers designed to assess the

public health impact of asthma, to

determine the incidence of asthma and

to identify population-based risk factors

associated with the onset of asthma.

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The objectives of this project are, for

the population or in a defined

population that is essentially

representative of the general population

of a geographic area, to:

1. Define the population-base from

which new (incident) cases of asthma

can be identified.

2. Define the network of providers

that serves the population-base and

determine health care utilization

practices.

3. Define the prevalence of asthma.

4. Provide estimates of the incidence

of asthma.

5. Estimate the costs for a surveillance

system for incident cases.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit

organizations, such as managed care

organizations, and by governments and

their agencies; that is, universities,

colleges, hospitals, State and local

governments or their bona fide agents,

and federally recognized Indian tribal

governments, Indian tribes, or Indian

tribal organizations.

To be an eligible applicant, you must

provide the following:

1. Define a population base of

between 400,000 to 1,000,000 persons in

the county, city, metropolitan area, or

tribal jurisdiction. You must provide

evidence of the population size in the

geographic area based on the most

recent census estimates.

2. If there are competing health care

provider networks serving the

population who are not within your

partnership, you must document that

the estimated proportion of the

population served by your network is

within the required population range.

You must also document the process

used to derive this estimate.

3. If the applicant is other than a

State, city, county or territorial health

departments, you must include a letter

from the State Health Department

indicating the degree of support and

collaboration of that State Health

Department in this project.

This documentation should be placed

after the face page of the application. An

application that does not provide the

above information will be determined

non-responsive and returned without

review.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $400,000 is available

in FY 2001 to fund up to two awards.

It is expected that the average award

will be $200,000, ranging from $150,000

to $225,000. It is expected that the

awards will begin on or about

September 30, 2001, and will be made

for a 12 month budget period within a

project period of up to two years.

Funding estimates may change.

Continuation awards within an

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress as

evidenced by required reports and the

availability of funds.

Depending on the availability of

funds, a new competitive

announcement, limited to recipients of

this award, will follow to implement the

incidence surveillance activities. It is

expected that the number of recipients

awarded funds in the next phase will be

based on the progress of the recipients

during this award as evidenced by

required reports and site visits, the

estimated budget needs for the

surveillance activities, and the

availability of projected funds for these

projects.

Funding Preference

Preference may be given to proposals

that represent geographic distribution

among the approved projects.

D. Program Requirements

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under 1. (Recipient Activities), and CDC

will be responsible for the activities

listed under 2. (CDC Activities).

1. Recipient Activities

a. Develop a working case definition

for asthma for the purposes of this

project.

b. Develop and implement a protocol

to test the reliability and reproducibility

of the asthma case definition, including,

as necessary, in the second year of the

project, contact with persons who have

newly diagnosed asthma to conduct

field testing of questionnaires and

specimen collection.

c. Prepare a plan that allows for the

collection of numerator and

denominator data to calculate the

appropriate rates. Specifically they

should:

1. Define and enumerate their

population base.

2. Demonstrate the ability to identify

cases of asthma, including incident

(new) cases and deaths from asthma, in

their defined geographic area.

3. Demonstrate the ability to obtain

relevant demographic and risk factor

information.

4. Demonstrate that duplicate entries

can be identified and eliminated from

the database.

5. Define the period prevalence of

asthma in their population, and estimate

the incidence of asthma for that period.

6. Use the estimates of incidence and

prevalence for sample size projections

and cost considerations for the asthma

incidence surveillance system.

d. In conjunction with (c) above, the

program should define its network of

health care providers and patterns of

health care utilization within its defined

geographic area. Specifically the

program should demonstrate:

1. That this network serves the

defined population base.

2. That persons with asthma utilize

primary and specialty medical care and

hospitalization services within the

network.

3. That the appropriate diagnostic

facilities and expertise for the

evaluation of persons with asthma exists

within the network.

4. That a high proportion of persons

with asthma who come to medical

attention will be ascertained.

5. That new individual cases of

asthma will be ascertained based on the

case definition.

e. The program should demonstrate

that the proposed surveillance system

will incorporate both public and private

health care providers.

2. CDC Activities

a. Provide technical assistance as

appropriate in all project areas.

b. Participate, as appropriate, in the

analysis and interpretation of data,

participate in the comparison of data

across sites and participate in the

dissemination of information.

c. Assist in the development of a

research protocol for Institutional

Review Board review by all cooperating

institutions participating in the research

project.

The CDC IRB will review and approve

the project protocols initially and on at

least an annual basis until the research

project is completed.

E. Application Content

Letter of Intent (LOI)

A one-page non-binding letter of

intent (LOI) is requested to enable CDC

to determine the level of interest in this

announcement and to assist in

determining the size and composition of

the independent review panel. The LOI

should provide a brief description of the

proposed project and identify the

principle investigator, the name and

addresses of organizations actively

involved in the proposed project, and

the address and telephone number for

key contacts.

Application

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements, and

Evaluation Criteria sections to develop

the application content. Your

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application will be evaluated on the

criteria listed, so it is important to

follow them in laying out your program

plan. The narrative should be no more

than twenty double-spaced pages,

printed on one side, with one-inch

margins, and unreduced font and

should consist of, at a minimum, a plan,

objectives, methods, evaluation and

budget. The application must be

submitted unstapled and unbound.

F. Submission and Deadline

Letter of Intent (LOI)

Submit the LOI on or before July 10,

2001, to the Grants Management

Specialist identified in the ‘‘Where to

Obtain Additional Information’’ section

of this announcement.

Application

Submit the original and two copies of

PHS 5161–1 (OMB Number 0920–0428).

Forms are available in the application

kit and at the following Internet address:

www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm.

On or before August 9, 2001, submit

the application to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement. Deadline: Applications

shall be considered as meeting the

deadline if they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline

date; or

2. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the independent review group.

(Applicants must request a legibly dated

U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain

a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.

Late: Applications which do not meet

the criteria in 1. or 2. above will be

returned to the applicant.

G. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent review group

appointed by CDC.

1. Background and Need (10 points)

a. The extent to which applicant

demonstrates a clear understanding of

the subject area, particularly as it relates

to the local situation.

b. The extent to which applicant’s

discussion of the background for the

proposed project demonstrates a clear

understanding of the purpose and

objectives of this cooperative agreement

program.

c. The extent to which applicant

illustrates and justifies the need for the

proposed project that is consistent with

the purpose and objectives of this

cooperative agreement program.

d. The extent to which applicant

demonstrates past experience in

conducting activities similar to those

proposed and that the new activities

will complement current ones.

2. Operational plan (40 points)

a. The extent to which applicant

presents a detailed operational plan for

initiating and conducting the project,

which clearly and appropriately

addresses all Recipient Activities for the

project.

b. The extent to which applicant

identifies key personnel with

appropriate experience and adequate

facilities for the project.

c. The extent to which applicant

clearly identifies specific assigned

responsibilities for all key professional

personnel.

d. The extent to which the applicant

enlists the participation of local health

departments, academic institutions, and

other public and private organizations

with an interest in addressing public

health issues relating to asthma.

Specifically, the extent to which the

applicant demonstrates active

involvement by and collaboration with

State, County, Local, City or Territorial

Health departments.

e. The extent to which the applicant

can provide evidence that this activity

can be accomplished.

f. The extent to which applicant

includes letters of support from

proposed collaborators indicating

essential collaborating organizations or

individuals and their willingness to

participate as proposed.

g. Since the proposed project may

involve human subjects in research,

describe the procedures for the

protection of human subjects.

Applications should meet the CDC

Policy requirements regarding the

inclusion of women, ethnic, and racial

groups in the proposed research. This

includes:

1. The proposed plan for the inclusion

of both sexes and racial and ethnic

minority populations for appropriate

representation.

2. The proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent.

3. A statement as to whether the

design of the study is adequate to

measure differences when warranted.

4. A statement as to whether the plans

for recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

3. Objectives (15 points)

The extent to which the plan is

adequate to accomplish the stated

objectives.

4. Methods (15 points)

a. The extent to which the plan

clearly describes applicant’s technical

approach and methods for conducting

the proposed studies.

b. The extent to which applicant

describes specific study protocols or

plans for the development of study

protocols that are appropriate for

achieving project objectives.

5. Evaluation (20 points)

a. The extent to which applicant

provides an effective, comprehensive

and appropriate evaluation plan to

monitor and evaluate the scientific and

operational accomplishments of the

project.

b. The extent to which the applicant

outlines measures to document progress

in implementing the operational plan.

The extent to which the applicant

outlines a realistic time-line for the

implementation of recipient activities.

6. Budget (Not scored)

The extent to which a 12-month

budget is clearly detailed, justified, and

appropriate for activities proposed.

7. Human Subjects (Not scored)

The extent to which the application

adequately addresses the requirements

of Title 45 CFR part 46 for the

protection of human subjects. An

application can be disapproved if the

research risks are sufficiently serious

and protection against risks is so

inadequate as to make the entire

application unacceptable.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. Semi-annual progress reports;

2. Financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. Final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after the

end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, seeAttachment I of the

announcement.

AR–1 Human Subjects Requirements

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AR–2 Requirements for Inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research

AR–7 Executive Order 12372 Review

AR–8 Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

AR–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR–15 Proof of Non-Profit Status

AR–22 Research Integrity

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

section 301 of the Public Health Service

Act, [42 U.S.C. section 241], as

amended. The Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance number is 93.283.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC announcements

can be found on the CDC home page

Internet address http://www.cdc.gov.

Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and

Cooperative Agreements.’’

To receive additional written

information and to request an

application kit, call 1–888–GRANTS4

(1–888–472–6874). You will be asked to

leave your name and address and will

be instructed to identify the

ProgramAnnouncement number of

interest.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from:Sonia

Rowell, Grants Management

Specialist,Grants Management

Branch,Procurement and Grants

Office,Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road,

Room 3000,Atlanta, GA 30341–

4146,Telephone number: (770) 488–

2724,Email address: svp1@cdc.gov

For program technical assistance,

contact:Dr. Clive M. Brown,Medical

Epidemiologist,National Center for

Environmental Health, 1600 Clifton

Road, MS–E17,Telephone number: (404)

498–1003,Email address: cmb8@cdc.gov

Dated: June 4, 2001.

John L. Williams,

Director, Procurement and Grants Office,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC).

[FR Doc. 01–14575 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: Financial Institution Data Match

OMB No.: 0970–0196

Description: Section 466(a)(17) of the

Social Security Act (the Act), as added

by section 372 of Public Law 104–193,

requires States to establish procedures

under which the State child support

enforcement (IV–D) agency shall enter

into agreements with financial

institutions doing business in the State

for the purpose of securing information

leading to the enforcement of child

support orders.

Respondents: Financial Institutions

ANNUAL BURDEN

Instrument

Number

of respondents

Number

of responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

Financial data match tape ............................................................................................................... 4233 4 .5 8466

Election form .................................................................................................................................... 241 1 .5 120.5

Estimated total annual burden hours ....................................................................................... ................ ................ ................ 8586.5

Additional Information Copies of the

proposed collection may be obtained by

writing to The Administration for

Children and Families, Office of

Information Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to

make a decision concerning the

collection of information between 30

and 60 days after publication of this

document in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the following: Office

of Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503. Attn:

Desk Officer for ACF.

Dated: June 6, 2001.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–14597 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–0214]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for Omb

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Independent

Diagnostic Testing Facility and

Supporting Regulations contained in 42