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improve performance on those quality 

measures. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

quality_instruct.html. 

Dated: November 2, 2007. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 07–5643 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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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 72 FR 45430–45433, 

dated August 14, 2007) is amended to 

reflect the reorganization of the Office of 

Enterprise Communication, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: Delete in their entirety the 

functional statements for the Office of 

Enterprise Communication (CAU) and 

the Office of the Director (CAU1), and 

insert the following: 

Office of Enterprise Communication 

(CAU). The mission of the Office of 

Enterprise Communication (OEC) is to 

assure CDC’s leadership role in 

promoting public health and preventing 

disease by fostering an organizational 

culture that ensures coordination and 

prompt response to urgent issues and 

concerns; anticipates and elevates issues 

that shape the Agency’s position; 

upholds and safeguards our credibility 

and confidence of employees, partners, 

and public; and promotes effective and 

efficient communication networks and 

products. To carry out its mission, OEC 

(1) plans, directs, coordinates, and 

facilitates communication activities 

related to policy issues and situations 

with serious and cross-cutting potential 

organizational impact; (2) provides 

leadership, technical assistance, and 

consultation to the agency’s 

coordinating centers/offices (CC/COs), 

national centers (NCs), and offices in 

reputational risk communication and 

reputational management; (3) provides 

leadership, technical assistance, and 

consultation to the agency’s CC/COs, 

NCs, and offices in establishing best 

business communication practices and 

strategic principles to maximize 

effectiveness; (4) conducts 

environmental scanning to determine 

emerging threats to the agency’s 

reputation; (5) implements external 

communication strategies to promote 

and protect the agency’s brand; (6) 

provides guidance on best practice in 

internal and external communication; 

(7) assists the CC/COs, their NCs, and 

partners in identifying and building 

needed expertise and state-of-the-art 

technology, logistical support, and other 

capacities required for effective external 

and internal policy/public affairs 

communication, and media relations; (8) 

positions the agency to respond quickly, 

fairly, openly, and honestly to 

challenges and potential problems; (9) 

maintains liaison with officials from the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), other Federal and 

state public health agencies, and private 

sector organizations to coordinate 

communication programs and strategies 

of mutual concern; and (10) identifies 

and promotes the use of the latest 

information technologies to support and 

coordinate CDC’s enterprise-wide 

communication efforts throughout the 

CC/COs. 

Office of the Director (CAU1). (1) 

Ensures CDC communication activities 

follow policy directions established by 

DHHS; (2) establishes and interprets 

policies and determines priorities for 

communicating the value and benefits 

of CDC programs; (3) establishes, 

administers, and coordinates CDC’s 

media relations policies in a manner to 

ensure that communication efforts 

reflect the scientific integrity of all CDC 

research, programs, and activities, and 

that such information is factual, 

accurate, and targeted toward improving 

public health; (4) provides leadership 

and guidance on developing and 

implementing external public relations 

strategies to communicate upward and 

outward to customers, partners, and 

other stakeholders; (5) provides 

leadership and guidance on developing 

and implementing internal public 

relations strategies to communicate to 

the agency’s workforce; (6) facilitates 

coordination throughout the agency to 

ensure the use of consistent and 

repetitive messages that achieve 

awareness and understanding; (7) 

facilitates coordination throughout the 

agency to ensure the distribution of 

messages through the right channels and 

to the appropriate audience; (8) 

provides guidance on leadership 

communication effectiveness; (9) 

provides leadership in the development 

and implementation of proactive 

strategies and practices for effective 

issue management and public affairs 

activities; (10) provides leadership and 

guidance in using efficient and 

transparent processes to communicate 

the decision-making activities of CDC’s 

leadership; (11) facilitates the activation 

of situation-specific teams of experts 

and specialists to develop and 

implement communication strategies to 

respond to and resolve controversial 

public issues, influence public attitude 

and perception, and support and 

promote the business of the agency in a 

scientific and positive manner; (12) 

collaborates with stakeholders and 

partners, responsible for the planning, 

coordination and management of the 

Conference Center located in the Global 

Communications Center (GCC) on the 

Roybal Campus; manages the 

infrastructure support for functions 

within the Scientific Communication 

Center provided by contract; (13) 

manages the functions of common used 

space in the GCC and Building 21, First 

Floor, on the Roybal Campus; (14) 

provides conference management 

support to internal and external 

customers for meetings held in the GCC 

and Building 21, First Floor; and (15) 

creates and maintains liaisons with the 

CC/CO Enterprise Communication 

Officers Executive Leadership Board, 

CDC Foundation, and Emergency 

Communications System to monitor and 

respond to issues that are a threat to the 

business of the agency. 

Delete in its entirety the functional 

statement for the Management Analysis 

and Services Office (CAJG) and insert 

the following: 

Plans, coordinates, and provides CDCwide management and information 

services in the following areas: policy 

development, management and 

consultation; management studies and 

surveys; internal controls program; 

delegations of authorities; organizations 

and functions; Federal Advisory 

Committee management; records 

management; most efficient organization 

implementation; printing procurement; 

electronic forms design and 

management; mail center services and 

operations; information quality; 

competitive sourcing; and office 

automation services and support. 

Delete items (4) and (8) of the 

functional statement for the 

Management and Information Services 

Branch (CAJGC), Management Analysis 

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and Services Office (CAJG), and 

renumber the remaining items 

accordingly. 

Dated: November 5, 2007. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 07–5634 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Comment Request 

In compliance with the requirement 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects 

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United 

States Code, as amended by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. 

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) will 

publish periodic summaries of proposed 

projects being developed for submission 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. To request more 

information on the proposed project or 

to obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans, call the HRSA Reports Clearance 

Officer on (301) 443–1129. 

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 through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

of other forms of information 

technology. 

Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool 

for Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant 

Program: (New) 

The mission of the Office of Rural 

Health Policy (ORHP) is to sustain and 

improve access to quality care services 

for rural communities. In its authorizing 

language (Sec. 711. [42 U.S.C. 912]), 

Congress charged ORHP with 

‘‘administer[ing] grants, cooperative 

agreements, and contracts to provide 

technical assistance and other activities 

as necessary to support activities related 

to improving health care in rural areas.’’

In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 

1820(g)(3)(F), the Health Resources and 

Services Administration proposes to 

revise the Rural Hospital Flexibility 

Grant Program—Guidance and Forms 

for the Application. The guidance is 

used annually by 45 States in writing 

applications for Grants under the Rural 

Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) of 

the Social Security Act, and in 

preparing the required report. 

ORHP seeks to expand the 

information gathered from Grantees on 

their use of the grant funds. Flex 

Grantees would be required to report on 

the number of Critical Access Hospitals 

(CAHs), other eligible hospitals, 

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) 

providers, or rural health networks they 

have worked with during the grant 

period. Areas that can work with the 

CAHs and eligible hospitals include: 

Strategic Planning, Board Training, 

Networking, Benchmarking/Quality 

Reporting, EMS—Training, Medical 

Direction, Transfers, and Health 

Information Technology (HIT) 

Adoption. During the grant period the 

grantee can sponsor meetings, seminars, 

workshops, and/or use other means as 

appropriate to engage with the hospitals 

on any of the above subjects or others 

that are not listed. The Flex grantees 

would report information on the total 

number of hospitals or other 

organizations that participated in any 

sponsored activities, as well as provide 

the name of the hospitals and 

organizations and their addresses. 

In addition, ORHP seeks further 

information on the use of grant funds. 

Many Flex grantees use sub-contractual 

agreements to provide direct aid to 

CAHs, eligible hospitals, rural health 

networks, EMS providers or other 

organizations. ORHP will ask each Flex 

grantee to list all sub-contractual awards 

made during the grant period, identify 

the organization which received Flex 

funding, the amount they received, and 

the purpose of award. Services provided 

to CAHs, other hospitals or providers, 

EMS providers or other entities will be 

quantified and the value of the service 

provided will be submitted. 

Submission may be made through the 

use of a spreadsheet attached to the 

application. 

The estimated average annual burden 

is as follows: 

Form Number of 

respondents 

Responses per 

respondent 

Burden hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Flex Report .............................................................................. 45 1 12.5 562.5 

Total .................................................................................. 45 .............................. .............................. 562.5 

Send comments to Susan G. Queen, 

Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 10–33 Parklawn Building, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 

20857. Written comments should be 

received within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: November 7, 2007. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review 

and Coordination. 

[FR Doc. E7–22241 Filed 11–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Information Collection Sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; National Wildlife 

Refuge System Evaluation: Surveys of 

State Agencies, Indian Tribes, and 

Local Partners 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. The ICR, which is 

summarized below, describes the nature 

of the collection and the estimated 

burden and cost. We may not conduct 

or sponsor and a person is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before December 14, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this ICR to the Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395–6566 

(fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov 

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