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Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In 2012, the most recent year for 

which complete information is 

available, more than 580,000 people 

died of cancer and more than 1.5 

million were diagnosed with cancer. It 

is estimated that 13.8 million Americans 

are currently alive with a history of 

cancer (2). In the U.S., state-based 

cancer registries are the only method for 

systematically collecting and reporting 

population based information about 

cancer incidence and outcomes such as 

survival. These data are used to measure 

the changing incidence and burden of 

each cancer; identify populations at 

increased or increasing risk; target 

preventive measures; and measure the 

success or failure of cancer control 

efforts in the U.S. 

In 1992, Congress passed the Cancer 

Registries Amendment Act which 

established the National Program of 

Cancer Registries (NPCR). The NPCR 

provides support for state-based cancer 

registries that collect, manage and 

analyze data about cancer cases. The 

state-based cancer registries report 

information to CDC through the 

National Program of Cancer Registries 

Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR 

CSS), (OMB No. 0920–0469 5/31/2016). 

CDC plans to request OMB approval to 

continue collecting this information for 

three years. Data definitions will be 

updated to reflect changes in national 

standards for cancer diagnosis and 

coding, but the number of respondents 

and the burden per respondent will not 

change. 

The NPCR CSS allows CDC to collect, 

aggregate, evaluate and disseminate 

cancer incidence data at the national 

level. The NPCR CSS is the primary 

source of information for United States 

Cancer Statistics (USCS), which CDC 

has published annually since 2002. The 

latest USCS report published in 2015 

provided cancer statistics for 99% of the 

United States population from all cancer 

registries whose data met national data 

standards. Prior to the publication of 

USCS, cancer incidence data at the 

national level were available for only 

14% of the population of the United 

States. 

The NPCR CSS also allows CDC to 

monitor cancer trends over time, 

describe geographic variation in cancer 

incidence throughout the country, and 

provide incidence data on racial/ethnic 

populations and rare cancers. These 

activities and analyses further support 

CDC’s planning and evaluation efforts 

for state and national cancer control and 

prevention. In addition, datasets can be 

made available for secondary analysis. 

Respondents are NPCR-supported 

central cancer registries (CCR) in 45 U.S. 

states, 2 territories, and the District of 

Columbia. Thirty-eight CCRs submit 

data elements specified for the Standard 

NPCR CSS Report. Ten specialized 

CCRs submit data elements specified for 

the Enhanced NPCR CSS Report, which 

includes additional information about 

treatment and follow-up for cases of 

breast, colorectal, and chronic myeloid 

leukemia cases diagnosed in 2011. Each 

CCR is asked to transmit two data files 

to CDC per year. The first file, submitted 

in January, is a preliminary report 

consisting of one year of data for the 

most recent year of available data. CDC 

evaluates the preliminary data for 

completeness and quality and provides 

a report back to the CCR. The second 

file, submitted by November, contains 

cumulative cancer incidence data from 

the first diagnosis year for which the 

cancer registry collected data with the 

assistance of NPCR funds (e.g., 1995) 

through 12 months past the close of the 

most recent diagnosis year (e.g., 2014). 

The cumulative file is used for analysis 

and reporting. 

The burden for each file transmission 

is estimated at two hours per response. 

Because cancer incidence data are 

already collected and aggregated at the 

state level the additional burden of 

reporting the information to CDC is 

small. 

All information is transmitted to CDC 

electronically. Participation is required 

as a condition of the cooperative 

agreement with CDC. There are no costs 

to respondents except their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Central Cancer Registries in States, Territories and the District of Columbia.Standard NPCR CSS Report 

Enhanced NPCR CSS Report.

38 

10 

2 

2 

2 

2 

152 

40 

Total ....................................................... ............................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 192 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–16–16LL; Docket No. CDC–2016– 

0012] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed information 

collect project entitled ‘‘Evaluation of 

Enhancing HIV Prevention 

Communication and Mobilization 

Efforts through Strategic Partnerships’’. 


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DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– 

0012 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact the Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; 

Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Proposed Project 

Evaluation of Enhancing HIV 

Prevention Communication and 

Mobilization Efforts through Strategic 

Partnerships—New—National Center for 

HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In an effort to refocus attention on 

domestic HIV and AIDS, CDC launched 

the Act Against AIDS (AAA) initiative 

in 2009 with the White House and the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. AAA is a multifaceted national 

communication initiative that supports 

reduction of HIV incidence in the U.S. 

through multiple, concurrent 

communication and education 

campaigns for a variety of audiences 

including, the general public, 

populations most affected by HIV and 

health care providers. All campaigns 

support the comprehensive HIV 

prevention efforts of CDC and the 

National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). 

Within this context, the CDC’s 

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention 

(DHAP) is implementing various 

partnership activities to increase HIV 

awareness among the general public, 

reduce new HIV infections among 

disproportionately impacted 

populations, and improve health 

outcomes for people living with HIV 

and AIDS in the United States and its 

territories. 

For example, DHAP is funding the 

‘‘Enhancing HIV Prevention 

Communication and Mobilization 

Efforts through Strategic Partnerships’’ 

program. Partners funded under the 

partnership program will (1) support the 

dissemination of Act Against AIDS 

(AAA) campaign materials, messaging, 

and other CDC resources that support 

HIV prevention and (2) implement 

national engagement efforts focusing on 

HIV prevention and awareness. Partners 

represent civil, media, and LGBTfocused organizations. 

In addition, DHAP will continue to 

support the Business Responds to AIDS 

(BRTA) program. Founded in 1992, the 

purpose of the BRTA program is to 

engage and support the private sector in 

promoting HIV education, awareness, 

and policies in the workplace. This 

partnership between CDC, business, 

labor, and the public health sector aims 

to encourage businesses to implement 

HIV/AIDS policies and education 

programs in the workplace with the 

overarching goal of increasing public 

understanding of, involvement in, and 

support for HIV prevention. Other 

partnership efforts serve the same 

purpose: To increase HIV awareness 

among the general public, reduce new 

HIV infections among 

disproportionately impacted 

populations, and improve health 

outcomes for people living with HIV 

and AIDS in the United States and its 

territories. 

The project will evaluate the extent to 

which activities implemented by 

partners meet the initiative’s goals for 

disseminating, communicating, and 

engaging the public in HIV prevention 

and education activities. We will collect 

information from partners on their 

activities for disseminating HIV 

messages through materials distribution 

at national and local events, media and 

advertising, HIV testing facilitation, and 

formation and coordination of strategic 

partnerships; barriers and facilitators to 

implementation of these activities, and 

factors that may help contextualize their 

progress towards meeting the initiative’s 

goals; and their involvement in 

promoting HIV education, awareness, 

and policies in their organization. We 

will collect this information through 

these five sources: (a) Metrics Database: 

Partners will be required to report 

quarterly data to CDC and CDC’s 

evaluation contractor through a metrics 

database. (b) Biannual key informant 

interviews: The point of contacts from 

some partner organizations will be 

interviewed twice yearly via telephone. 

(c) Interim Progress Reports: Partners 

will complete a standardized progress 

report on a biannual basis via a userfriendly electronic form. The progress 

reports will gather information on key 

successes, facilitators and barriers, and 

major achievements. (d) Partner Survey: 

Partners will complete a brief online 


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survey to assess their involvement in 

promoting HIV education, awareness, 

and policies in their organization. (e) 

Partnerships Activities Form: Partners 

may be asked to complete a brief 

electronic form to provide information 

on each partner activity that they 

complete. The form will collect 

information on information such as the 

type of event, the audience, and key 

highlights; the number of HIV tests 

administered (if any) and the number of 

preliminary positives; the number and 

type of materials distributed. This 

information will allow CDC to know 

what partners are doing to advance HIV 

prevention and education, and how 

CDC can alter their partnership efforts to 

facilitate HIV prevention and education 

in the future. 

The information obtained from the 

proposed study will be used by federal 

policy makers to assess the effectiveness 

of the partnership activities and the 

appropriateness of continued or 

expanded funding of partnership 

projects. 

There is no cost to participants other 

than their time. The total estimated 

annualized burden hours are 5,200. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Partner Organization ......................... Quarterly Metric Database ............... 50 4 18 3,600 

Partner Organization ......................... Bi-annual Key Informant Interview .. 25 2 1 50 

Partner Organization ......................... Interim Progress Reports ................. 25 2 8 400 

Partner Organization ......................... Partner Survey ................................. 300 1 30/60 150 

Partner Organization ......................... Partnerships Activities Form ............ 500 4 25/60 1,000 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 5,200 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–16–16CO] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address any of the 

following: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agencies estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) Minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses; and (e) Assess information 

collection costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice 

should be directed to the Attention: 

CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or 

by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Developing a Self-Management Tool 

for Individuals with Systemic Lupus 

Erythematosus—New—National Center 

for Chronic Disease Preventions and 

Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) 

is an autoimmune disease in which the 

immune system produces antibodies to 

cells within the body leading to 

widespread inflammation and tissue 

damage. SLE has a variety of clinical 

manifestations and can affect joints, 

skin, the brain, lungs, kidneys, and 

blood vessels. 

Effective SLE management depends 

not only upon clinical interventions, but 

also on self-management— those things 

done on a day-to-day basis to manage 

SLE. SLE self-management requires 

gaining essential knowledge, skills, and 

confidence to manage the condition. 

CDC previously launched a two-year 

project called ‘‘Filling a Gap: Creating 

Educational Program, Tools, or 

Materials to Enhance Self-Management 

in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus’’ to 

identify and address the needs of lupus 

patients in practicing effective selfmanagement. The purpose of this 

project is to develop a SLE selfmanagement tool to improve the ability 

of people living with lupus to manage 

their condition. 

The proposed information collection 

will assess a prototype CDC SLE selfmanagement tool that is in development 

to ensure that the tool is usable and 

useful to members of the target 

audience. The tool is expected to be 

comprised of multiple SLE selfmanagement resources that may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Education resources about fatigue 

management, pain management, healthy 

diet, and exercise; symptom trackers; 

medication trackers; appointment 

calendars; resources about 

communication with family, friends, 

and co-workers about SLE; and 

strategies for coping with depression 

and anxiety. 

CDC plans to make the tool available 

in an electronic format (web-based or a 

native mobile application) and will 


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