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government officials and elected 

officials. Broad participation is desired. 

Purpose: The public meetings will 

address both regional and sectorspecific priorities for research. During 

the morning session, stakeholders will 

be invited to speak for 3–5 minutes on 

an important occupational safety and 

health issue, including those that occur 

in multiple sectors. Where noted in the 

agenda, the afternoon session will focus 

on sector-specific problems facing the 

nation. Again, participants will be asked 

to make 3–5 minute presentations 

describing what they perceive to be the 

top concerns within their sector or subsector. Participants are encouraged to 

attend both the regional and sectorspecific sessions, or they may elect to 

participate in only one session. 

Types of occupational safety and 

health issues might include diseases, 

injuries, exposures, populations at risk, 

and needs of occupational safety and 

health systems. For example, falls from 

heights might be a top injury issue for 

the residential construction industry. 

Low back pain and related back 

disorders might be a top disease concern 

for the urban transit industry. If 

possible, please include as much 

information as might be useful for 

understanding the safety or health 

research priority you identify. Such 

information could include 

characterization of the frequency and 

severity with which the injury, illness, 

or hazardous exposure is occurring and 

of the factors you believe might be 

causing the health or safety issue. Input 

is also requested on the types of 

research that you believe might make a 

difference and the partners (e.g., specific 

industry associations, labor 

organizations, research organizations, 

governmental agencies) who should be 

involved in forming research efforts and 

in solving the problem. 

All presentations will be entered into 

the NORA Docket, which is maintained 

by NIOSH. All comments in the NORA 

Docket will be used to help shape 

sector-specific and related cross-sector 

research agendas for the nation. 

These events are the first of several 

public meetings. Additional meetings 

will include April 18–20, 2006, in 

Washington, DC, for Agriculture, 

Forestry, and Fishing; Healthcare and 

Social Assistance; Wholesale and Retail 

Trade; Manufacturing; Mining; Services; 

Regional Issues; and a summary session. 

Future Federal Register Notices will 

provide more information on these 

meetings. 

Due to administrative issues that had 

to be resolved, the Federal Register 

notice is being published on short 

notice. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Sid 

Soderholm, Ph.D., NORA Coordinator, 

(202) 401–0721. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may also be emailed to niocindocket@cdc.gov, or sent 

via postal mail to: Docket NIOSH–047, 

Robert A. Taft Laboratories (C–34), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 

45226. 

Stakeholders are also invited to 

submit comments electronically at the 

NORA Web page: http://www.cdc.gov/ 

niosh/nora. Comments submitted to the 

Web page by others can also be viewed 

there. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: November 30, 2005. 

Diane Allen, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–23664 Filed 12–5–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: Head Start Family and Child 

Experiences Survey (FACES) 

OMB No.: 0970–0151. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is requesting comments 

on plans to collect data on a new cohort 

for the Head Start Family and Child 

Experiences Survey (FACES). This 

study is being conducted to collect 

information on Head Start performance 

measures under contract with 

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (with 

Juarez and Associates and Educational 

Testing Service as their subcontractors) 

(contract #HHSP23320052905YC). 

FACES will involve four waves of 

data collection. The first wave will 

occur in fall 2006. Data will be collected 

on a sample of approximately 2,800 

children and families from about 350 

classrooms across 60 Head Start 

programs. Data collection will include 

assessments of Head Start children, 

interviews with their parents, and 

ratings by their Head Start teachers. 

Furthermore, site visitors will interview 

Head Start teachers and make 

observations of the types and quality of 

classroom activities. 

The second wave in spring 2007 will 

be very similar to the fall 2006 data 

collection, except that we will not 

repeat interviews with the Head Start 

staff interviewed in the fall and will add 

an interview of the family services 

coordinator. The children in the second 

wave will be at the end of their first year 

of Head Start. 

The third wave will occur in spring 

2008 and will involve follow-ups with 

children who at this time are either 

completing a second year in Head Start 

or completing Kindergarten. For those 

children who are still attending Head 

Start, data collection will follow the 

same procedures as in spring 2007. For 

those children attending Kindergarten, 

data collection will include assessments 

of the children, an ‘‘update’’ survey of 

the information collection from the 

parent interview, and ratings of the 

children’s academic progress and school 

adjustment by Kindergarten teachers. 

The fourth wave of data collection 

will occur in spring 2009. Children who 

attended Kindergarten the previous year 

will not be included in this wave. The 

procedures for this effort will be the 

same as for Kindergartens in spring 

2008. 

This schedule of data collection is 

necessitated by the mandates of the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–62), 

which requires that the Head Start 

Bureau move expeditiously toward 

development and testing of Head Start 

Performance Measures, and by the 1994 

reauthorization of Head Start (Head 

Start Act, as amended, May 18, 1994, 

Section 649 (d)), which requires 

periodic assessments of Head Start’s 

quality and effectiveness. 

Respondents: Federal Government, 

individuals or households, and not-forprofit institutions. 

Annual Burden Estimates 

Estimated Response Burden for 

Respondents to the Head Start Family 

and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 

2006)—Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 

2008, Spring 2009. 

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Instrument Number of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Year 1 (2006) 

Head Start Parent Interview .................................................................. 2,800 1 1.00 2,800 

Head Start Child Assessment ............................................................... 2,800 1 0.66 1,848 

Teacher Child Rating ............................................................................. 350 8 0.25 700 

Program Director Interview .................................................................... 60 1 1.00 60 

Center Director Interview ....................................................................... 120 1 1.00 120 

Education Coordinator Interview ........................................................... 120 1 0.75 90 

Teacher Interview .................................................................................. 350 1 1.00 350 

Year 1 Total .................................................................................... 6,600 ............................ .......................... 5,968 

Year 2 (2007) 

Head Start Parent Interview .................................................................. 2,400 1 0.75 1,800 

Head Start Child Assessment ............................................................... 2,400 1 0.66 1,584 

Teacher Child Rating ............................................................................. 350 6 .75 0.25 591 

Family Service Coordinator Interview .................................................... 120 1 0.75 90 

Year 2 Total .................................................................................... 5,270 ............................ .......................... 4,065 

Year 3 (2008) 

Head Start Parent Interview .................................................................. 850 1 0.75 638 

Head Start Child Assessment ............................................................... 850 1 0.66 561 

Teacher Child Rating ............................................................................. 175 4 .5 0.25 197 

Kindergarten Parent Interview ............................................................... 1,110 1 0.75 833 

Kindergarten Child Assessment ............................................................ 1,110 1 0.75 833 

Kindergarten Teacher Questionnaire .................................................... 1,110 1 0.50 555 

Year 3 Total .................................................................................... 5,205 ............................ .......................... 3,615 

Year 4 (2009) 

Kindergarten Parent Interview ............................................................... 725 1 0.75 544 

Kindergarten Child Assessment ............................................................ 725 1 0.75 544 

Kindergarten Teacher Questionnaire .................................................... 725 1 0.50 363 

Year 4 Total .................................................................................... 2,175 ............................ .......................... 1,450 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

15,101. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours (average of 4 years): 3,775. 

In compliance with the requirements 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families 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 by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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) 

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: November 30, 2005. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–23643 Filed 12–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Field Test of Social-Emotional 

Measures and Modified Assessment 

Measures for the Head Start National 

Reporting System. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is requesting comments 

on plans to conduct the Field Test of 

Social-Emotional Measures and 

Modified Assessment Measures for the 

Head Start National Reporting System 

(HSNRS). This field test is being 

conducted under contract with Westat 

(with subcontractors Xtria and Pearson 

Educational Measurement) 

(HHS23320052902YC) to examine new 

and modified measures for HSNRS. 

Purposes 

The purposes of the field test are to 

expand NSNRS’s coverage of the 

domain elements of the Head Start 

Outcomes Framework and to improve 

the performance of the current HSNRS 

assessment battery. ACF has been urged 

to expand the coverage of NSNRS to 

include non-cognitive domains, in 

recognition of the ‘‘whole child’’

orientation of Head Start, in particular, 

social and emotional development. To 

that end, the Technical Work Group of 

HSNRS has discussed and reviewed 

potential measures of social-emotional