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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of the minutes of the June 17,

1996, Board meeting.

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report by the

Executive Director.

3. Discussion of additional or different

system developer selection criteria, if any.

4. Review of KPMG Peat Marwick audit

reports:

(a) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of ADP Hardware

Operations Management of the Thrift Savings

Plan at the United States Department of

Agriculture, National Finance Center’’.

(b) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Thrift Savings

Plan Forfeiture and Forfeiture Restoration

Operations and Interfund Transfer Process at

the United States Department of Agriculture,

National Finance Center’’.

(c) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Thrift Savings

Plan Loan Operations at the United States

Department of Agriculture, National Finance

Center’’.

(d) ‘‘Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration Review of the Thrift Savings

Plan System Enhancements and Software

Change Controls at the United States

Department of Agriculture, National Finance

Center’’.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of

External Affairs (202) 942–1640.

Dated: July 1, 1996.

Roger W. Mehle,

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift

Investment Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement 651]

1996 Demonstration Sites for State

Pregnancy and Pediatric Nutrition

Surveillance Systems

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 1996

funds for a cooperative agreement for

Demonstration Sites for Pediatric

Nutrition Surveillance Systems

(PedNSS) and State Pregnancy Nutrition

Surveillance Systems (PNSS) to improve

data quality and to add additional

questions to these systems.

The CDC is committed to achieving

the health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2000,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the priority

areas of Nutrition, Maternal and Infant

Health, and Surveillance and Data

Systems. (For ordering a copy of

‘‘Healthy People 2000’’, see the section

‘‘Where To Obtain Additional

Information.’’)

Authority

This program is authorized under

sections 301(a)and 317(k)(2)of the

Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C.

241(a) and 247b(k)(2)], as amended.

Smoke-Free Workplace

CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the nonuse of

all tobacco products, and Public Law

103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are the official

public health agencies of States or their

bona fide agents. This includes the

District of Columbia, American Samoa,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, the Federated States of

Micronesia, Guam, the Northern

Mariana Islands, the Republic of the

Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau,

and federally recognized Indian tribal

governments.

Eligible applicants must:

1. Provide evidence that the State is

currently participating in, and

submitting data for, items indicated

below in the PedNSS and/or PNSS:

a. If applying to work with the

PedNSS system, a minimum of 4 of the

5 data items listed in Appendix A

should have no more than 40% missing

data. (A copy of Appendix A will be

included in the application kit.)

b. If applying to work with the PNSS

system, a minimum of 14 of the 18 data

items listed in Appendix B should have

no more than 40% missing data. (A

copy of Appendix B will be included in

the application kit.)

2. Provide written documentation that

each demonstration site includes:

a. A minimum of 1,000 children

enrolled in Women, Infants, and

Children (WIC) are seen in each of at

least 10 potential demonstration sites

per year (PedNSS system only).

b. A minimum of 300 women enrolled

in WIC are seen in each of at least 10

potential demonstration sites per year

(PNSS system only).

Availability Of Funds

Approximately $350,000 is available

in FY 1996 to fund approximately 4

awards, no more than two of which will

be made to applicants who participate

in PedNSS only. It is expected that the

average award will range from $80,000

to $100,000. It is expected that the

awards will begin on or about

September 30, 1996, and will be made

for a 12-month budget period within a

project period of up to 3 years. Funding

estimates may vary and are subject to

change. Continuation awards within the

project period will be made on the basis

of satisfactory progress and the

availability of funds.

Purpose

These awards are to establish

demonstration test clinic sites to

improve the quality of the PedNSS and/

or PNSS surveillance; collect high

quality data; process, analyze, and

disseminate data; add new data items;

and enhance the ability of these systems

to monitor nutrition-related problems of

women and children.

Program Requirements

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

shall be responsible for conducting

activities under A, and CDC shall be

responsible for conducting activities

under B.

A. Recipient Activities

1. Establish demonstration sites to: (a)

improve the quality of data collected by

the PedNSS and/or PNSS; (b) expand

the PedNSS and/or PNSS to include

additional data items that are routinely

collected in public health clinics; and

(c) develop standardized questions to

add to the PedNSS and/or PNSS on two

of the following topics: food security,

dietary information, and physical

activity.

2. Choose potential demonstration

sites (clinics, county, or agency) based

on clinic size, current data quality,

geographic representation, and ethnic

diversity.

3. Document equipment used, current

practices of measuring health

parameters, and data collection

procedures using standard qualitative

research methods such as focus groups,

key informant interviews, etc.

4. Develop and carry out a plan to

assure standardized equipment and

measurement techniques, training

procedures, and data collection forms in

accordance with guidelines to be

provided by CDC.

5. Include in the surveillance system,

information on type of formula fed to

infants, whether the infant’s mother

participates in WIC (PedNSS only), and

risk factors contributing to WIC

eligibility. Add new standardized
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questions to the data collection form on

two of the following three topics: food

security, dietary information, and

physical activity. The recipient should

be willing to consider including other

data items as the need arises.

6. Develop and implement a plan to

monitor data collection activities.

7. Develop a plan to assess data

quality on an ongoing basis and revise

practices and techniques as needed.

8. Evaluate the project in terms of: (a)

improvement of data quality, (b)

feasibility of collecting new data items,

and (c) usefulness of new data items.

9. Prepare and disseminate

procedures used and findings through

presentation and publication in

appropriate forums.

B. CDC Activities

1. Provide technical support to

evaluate current practices of data

collection and develop a plan to

improve data quality.

2. Collaborate in the design of

standardized data items, definitions,

procedures, and methods to collect the

desired surveillance information.

3. Provide technical support for

monitoring data collection and data

quality, data processing and analysis,

and the distribution of tasks between

State and clinic offices.

Evaluation Criteria (100 Points)

Applications will be reviewed and

evaluated according to the following

criteria:

A. Statement of Need (5 Points)

The need for State-specific, highquality data on data items currently

collected and new data items.

B. Goals and Objectives (5 Points)

The appropriateness of goals,

objectives, and activities stated in the

overall plan, and whether objectives are

specific, measurable, time-phased, and

feasible.

C. Operational Plan (45 Points)

The extent and adequacy of the plan

to use qualitative methods, assure use of

standardized equipment and operational

procedures, monitor data collection

activities, assess data quality, revise

practices and techniques, and add new

standardized questions to the data

collection.

D. Capability (35 Points)

1. The extent and appropriateness of

the existing surveillance system for

PedNSS and/or PNSS.

2. The extent to which project staff

appear to have the skills to provide

training on data collection, data quality

assessment and data processing.

3. Evidence that adding new data

items and software to analyze data

quality to the existing computerized

surveillance systems will be feasible.

E. Project Evaluation (10 Points)

The appropriateness of the evaluation

to assess improvements to data quality

and feasibility of collecting new data

items.

F. Budget (Not Weighted)

The extent to which the budget

clearly relates to proposed objectives

and activities.

G. Human Subjects: (Not Scored)

Whether or not exempt from the

DHHS regulations, procedures are to be

adequate for the protection of human

subjects. Recommendations on the

adequacy of protections include: (1)

protections appear adequate and there

are no comments to make or concerns to

raise, (2) protections appear adequate,

but there are comments regarding the

protocol, (3) protections appear

inadequate and the ORG has concerns

related to human subjects, or (4)

disapproval of the application is

recommended because the research

risks are sufficiently serious and

protection against the risks are

inadequate as to make the entire

application unacceptable.

Executive Order 12372 Review

Applications are subject to

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs as governed by Executive

Order (E.O.) 12372. E.O. 12372 sets up

a system for State and local government

review of proposed Federal assistance

applications. Applicants (other than

federally recognized Indian tribal

governments) should contact their State

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) as early

as possible to alert them to the

prospective applications and receive

any necessary instructions on the State

process. For proposed projects serving

more than one State, the applicant is

advised to contact the SPOC of each

affected State. A current list of SPOCs

is included in the application kit. If

SPOCs have any State process

recommendations on applications

submitted to CDC, they should send

them to Sharron P. Orum, Grants

Management Officer, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail

Stop E–18, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, no

later than 30 days after the receipt date

of the application.

The appropriation for this financial

assistance program was received late in

the fiscal year and would not allow for

an application date which would

accommodate the 60-day State

recommendation process period. The

Program Announcement Number and

Program Title should be referenced on

the document. The granting agency does

not guarantee to ‘‘accommodate or

explain’’ State process

recommendations it receives after that

date.

Indian tribes are strongly encouraged

to request tribal government review of

the proposed application. If tribal

governments have any tribal process

recommendations on applications

submitted to CDC, they should forward

them to Sharron P. Orum, Grants

Management Office, Grants Management

Branch, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry

Road, NE., Room 314, Mail Stop E–18,

Atlanta, Georgia 30305. This should be

done no later than 30 days after the

receipt date of the application. The

granting agency does not guarantee to

‘‘accommodate or explain’’ for tribal

process recommendations it receives

after that date.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93–283.

Other Requirements

Paperwork Reduction Act

Projects that involve the collection of

information from 10 or more individuals

and funded by the cooperative

agreement will be subject to review by

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction

Act.

Human Subjects

If the proposed project involves

research on human subjects, the

applicant must comply with the

Department of Health and Human

Services Regulations, 45 CFR Part 46,

regarding the protection of human

subjects. Assurance must be provided to

demonstrate that the project will be

subject to initial and continuing review

by an appropriate institutional review

committee. In addition to other

applicable committees, Indian Health

Service (IHS) institutional review

committees also must review the project

if any component of IHS will be

involved or will support the research. If

any American Indian community is
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involved, its tribal government must

also approve that portion of the project

applicable to it. The applicant will be

responsible for providing assurance in

accordance with the appropriate

guidelines and form provided in the

application kit.

Should human subjects review be

required, the proposed workplan should

incorporate timelines for such

development and review activities.

Application Submission and Deadline

The original and two copies of the

application PHS Form 5161–1 (Revised

7/92, OMB Number 0937–0189) must be

submitted to Sharron P. Orum, Grants

Management Officer, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail

Stop E–18, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, on or

before August 2, 1996.

1. Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date; or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the objective review group. (Applicants

must request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or obtain a legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or the U.S. Postal Service. Private

metered postmarks shall not be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)

2. Late Application: Applications that

do not meet the criteria in 1.(a) or 1.(b)

above are considered late applications.

Late applications will not be considered

in the current competition and will be

returned to the applicant.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

A complete program description,

information on application procedures,

application package, and business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from Albertha Carey, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail

Stop E–18, Atlanta, Georgia 30305,

telephone (404) 842–6508, fax (404)

842–6513, or Internet or CDC WONDER

electronic mail at

<ayc1@opspgo1.em.cdc.gov>.

Technical assistance may be obtained

from Diane Clark, Public Health

Nutritionist, Division of Nutrition,

National Center for Chronic Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Mail Stop K–25, 4770

Buford Highway, NE., Atlanta, Georgia

30341–3724, telephone (770) 488–4913,

fax (770) 488–4728, or Internet or CDC

WONDER electronic mail at

<ldc2@ccddn1.em.cdc.gov>.

Please refer to Announcement 651

when requesting information and

submitting an application.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Full

Report; Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Summary

Report; Stock No. 017–001–00473–1)

referenced in the ‘‘Introduction’’

through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325,

telephone (202) 512–1800.

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

Part C (Centers of 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 60 FR 52199, October

5, 1995) is amended to (1) establish the

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB

Prevention (NCHSTP) within the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) to strengthen and

enhance the ability to prevent and

control the spread of HIV/AIDS in the

United States and throughout the world,

and (2) abolish the National Center for

Prevention Services.

Section C–B, Organization and

Function, is hereby amended as follows:

After the functional statement for the

Immunization Services Division (CJ4),

National Immunization Program (CJ),

insert the following:

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB

Prevention (CK). The mission of this

organization is to provide leadership in

preventing and controlling human

immunodeficiency virus infection, other

sexually transmitted diseases, and

tuberculosis by collaborating with

community, state, national, and

international partners and applying well

integrated, multi-disciplinary programs

of research, surveillance, technical

assistance, and evaluation. In carrying

out this mission, the National Center for

HIV, STD, and TB Prevention

(NCHSTP): (1) coordinates the

development of CDC short- and longrange plans for preventing the spread of

HIV infection in the United States; (2)

allocates and tracks CDC resources for

HIV prevention programs; (3) conducts

national public information and

awareness activities; (4) coordinates HIV

prevention activities with other Federal

agencies and with international

organizations, including the World

Health Organization in conjunction with

the Associate Director for International

Health; (5) plans, directs, and

coordinates national programs of

assistance involving preventive health

services to state and local health

agencies; (6) assists state and local

health agencies in integrating and

coordinating preventive services

delivered by private and public

organizations in the community and in

assuring delivery of preventive services

to all persons regardless of

socioeconomic status; (7) assists states

and localities in specifying major health

problems in the community and in

formulating technical theories on which

intervention strategies can be based; (8)

serves as the primary focus for assisting

states and localities through grants and

other mechanisms, in establishing and

maintaining prevention and control

programs directed toward health

problems related to acquired

immunodeficiency syndrome, sexually

transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis;

(9) maintains operational knowledge of

the nature, scope, and occurrence of

preventable health problems; (10)

conducts operational research to

improve the assistance programs; (11)

assesses program operations and public

health practices and provides technical

assistance to states in the operation of

preventive health service programs; (12)

maintains liaison with other U.S.

governmental agencies, state and local

health agencies, national organizations,

and educational institutions; (13)

provides technical assistance to other

nations; (14) in carrying out the above

functions, collaborates, as appropriate,

with other Centers, Institute, and Offices

(CIOs) of the CDC.

Office of the Director (CKI). (1)

Provides leadership and guidance on

the development of goals and objectives,

policies, program planning and

development, program management and

operations of the activities of the

NCHSTP; (2) manages, directs,

coordinates, and evaluates the Center’s

activities; (3) facilities closer linkages

between HIV, STD, and TB surveillance

activities and prevention programs at all

levels; (4) facilitates collaboration,

integration, and multi-disciplinary