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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 66 / Thursday, April 6, 2006 / Notices
Office of the President’s Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the President’s
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
(PCPFS) announces the opportunity for
both Federal and non-Federal public
and private sector entities to cosponsor
a fitness festival depicting activities to
help all Americans get moving for
health and fitness in celebration of May,
National Physical Fitness and Sports
Month. Potential cosponsors must have
a demonstrated interest in physical
activity/fitness and/or sports and be
willing to participate substantively in
the cosponsored activity.
DATES: To receive consideration, a
request to participate as a cosponsor
must be received by the close of
business on April 21, 2006. Requests
will meet the deadline if they are either
(1) received on or before the deadline
date; or (2) postmarked on or before the
deadline date.
ADDRESSES: Notifications of interest in a
cosponsorship should be sent to
Christine Spain, Director of Research,
Planning and Special Projects, Office of
the President’s Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports, Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, Room 738–H, 200
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201; Ph: (202) 690–
5148, Fax: (202) 690–5211. Notifications
may also be submitted by electronic
mail to cspain@osophs.dhhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Spain, Director of Research,
Planning and Special Projects, Office of
the President’s Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports, Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, Room 738–H, 200
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201; Ph: (202) 690–
5148, Fax: (202) 690–5211, E-mail:
cspain@osophs.dhhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The PCPFS was established by the
President of the United States and
operates under Executive Order No.
13265, continued by Executive Order
13385, in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. Its purpose is
to provide advice and recommendations
to the President through the Secretary of
HHS regarding actions to develop and
coordinate a national program for
physical activity/fitness and sports and,
in part, inform the general public of the
importance of exercise and the link
between regular physical activity and
good health.
The Office of the PCPFS serves as a
catalyst to promote the development
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and implementation of physical
activity/fitness and sports programs for
all Americans. The Office of the PCPFS
has a long and productive history of
working with public and private
sponsors to bring opportunities to
participate in activities at the grassroots
level. Cosponsorship of this activity will
help to further the promotion of
physical activity/fitness and sports by
the Office of the PCPFS. This activity
will be carried out by the Office of the
PCPFS under its authority contained in
Title XVII of the Public Health Service
Act.
The purpose of the 3rd annual
HealthierUS Fitness Festival is to
motivate individuals, of all ages and
abilities, to begin and continue an active
lifestyle leading to enhanced physical
fitness by providing access to actual
demonstrations and sound information
on diverse organizations and activities.
Over one thousand individuals
participated in this event on June 16,
2004; and 2,000 on May 2, 2005. The
program will take place in Washington,
DC on Saturday, May 6, 2006 from 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will include
ongoing interactive sports and fitness
demonstrations. Health and fitness
experts from a myriad of organizations
will be on hand to share tips as well as
health and fitness information. No
registration fees will be charged for any
participants. All cosponsors agree not to
sell any educational materials/
equipment pertaining to the event.
There are no federal funds available for
this event. Participation may be limited
depending on the number of proposals
received and the space available.
Requirements of Cosponsorship
The Office of the PCPFS is seeking a
cosponsor(s) to partner in ways that
accord with its particular
circumstances. For example, an entity
might offer to cosponsor the following
proposed program activities with the
Office of PCPFS:
(1) Participate in the development of
the concept, planning of physical
activity/fitness/sports demonstrations,
and designation of professional
organizations and experts in those
specific activities;
(2) Participate in the review and
approval of all materials produced to
educate the public and promote the
event;
(3) Participate in the review,
development, and approval of all
materials, signage, press releases, etc.
that mention the cosponsorship;
(4) Participate in the coordination of
logistical concerns; e.g., U.S. Park
Police, bonds, insurance, etc.
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No discrete portion of the event may
be sponsored independently.
Availability of Funds
There are no Federal funds available
for this cosponsorship. All cosponsors
agree to not use the event as a vehicle
to sell or promote products or services.
Any incidental promotional materials
cannot imply that the PCPFS, Office of
the PCPFS, or HHS endorses any
products or services.
Eligibility for Cosponsorship
To be eligible, a requester must: (1)
Have a demonstrated interest and
understanding of physical activity/
fitness and/or sports; (2) participate
substantively in the cosponsored
activity (not just provide funding or
logistical support); (3) have an
organizational or corporate mission that
is not inconsistent with the public
health and safety mission of the
Department; and (4) agree to sign a
cosponsorship agreement with the
Office of the PCPFS which will set forth
the details of the cosponsored activity.
Evaluation Criteria
After engaging in exploratory
discussions with potential cosponsors
that respond to this notice, the
cosponsor(s) will be selected by the
Office of the PCPFS using the following
evaluation criteria:
(1) Requester’s qualifications and
capability to fulfill cosponsorship
responsibilities;
(2) Requester’s creativity for
enhancing the medium for program
messages; and
(3) Requester’s potential for reaching
underserved/special populations.
Dated: March 31, 2006.
Melissa Johnson,
Executive Director, President’s Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports, Department of
Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Seleda Perryman,
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
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
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
Economic Analysis of the National
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program—New—National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC administers the National Breast
and Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Program (NBCCEDP) which provides
critical breast and cervical cancer
screening services to underserved
women in the United States, the District
of Columbia, 4 U.S. territories, and 13
American Indian/Alaska Native
organizations. The program provides
breast and cervical cancer screening for
eligible women who participate in the
program as well as diagnostic
procedures for women who have
abnormal findings. For the past decade,
the NBCCEDP has provided over 5
million breast and cervical cancer
screening and diagnostic exams to
almost 2.1 million low-income women.
Women diagnosed with cancer through
the program are eligible for Medicaid
coverage through the Breast and
Cervical Cancer Prevention and
Treatment Act passed by Congress in
2000.
The NBCCEDP is the largest organized
cancer screening program in the United
States but to date there has been no
systematic analysis of the economic
costs incurred by the program. CDC is
proposing to collect one year of cost
data, (period covering 07/01/2005—06/
30/2006), from all the 68 NBCCEDP
grantees to assess the cost and costeffectiveness of the program. The
information required to perform an
activity-based cost analysis includes:
staff and consultant salaries, screening
costs, contracts and material costs,
provider payments, in-kind
contributions, administrative costs,
allocation of funds and staff time
devoted to specific program activities.
CDC has developed and tested a draft
questionnaire with 9 NBCCEDP grantees
to assess the ability of the grantees to
provide the cost data elements
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requested, identify the cost information
required, and to complete the
questionnaire within the allocated
timeframe.
The cost data provided by the 68
grantees will be used to evaluate the
programs to ensure the most appropriate
use of limited program resources.
Performing an assessment of the
resources expended on NBCCEDP will
provide valuable information to the CDC
and its’ partners for improving program
efficiency within the various
components of the NBCCEDP including
screening, case management, outreach,
and overall management. The cost data
will allow CDC to assess the costs of the
various program components, identify
factors that impact average cost, perform
cost-effectiveness analysis and develop
a resource allocation tool. The
collection and analysis of the cost data
will allow CDC to utilize a more
systematic process to allocate program
resources based on grantees’ past
performance, level of efficiency, and
future needs.
Since information on screening and
diagnosis volumes (the effectiveness
measures) are already collected as part
of the Minimum Data Elements (MDEs),
OMB# 0920–0571 Exp. Date 05/31/2006,
the additional burden on grantees to
provide the requested cost data will be
modest. If future cost data collection
efforts are undertaken, the response
burden would be further reduced
because the infrastructure established to
capture the data is already in place.
There are no costs to respondents
except their time to participate in the
survey. All respondents will be using
the same cost assessment tool.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of respondents
Number responses per
respondent
Average burden per response
(in hours)
Program Director .............................................................................................
Business Manager ...........................................................................................
Data Manager ..................................................................................................
Total ..........................................................................................................
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Respondent
68
68
68
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1
1
1
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4
4
14
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Total burden
hours
272
272
952
1,496
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Dated: March 31, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH); Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(ABRWH); Meetings
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention announces the
following committee meeting:
Name: Advisory Board on Radiation
and Worker Health, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health and
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction
and Site Profile Reviews (SDRSPR).
Subcommittee Meeting Time and
Date:
9 a.m.–2 p.m., April 25, 2006.
Committee Meeting Times and Dates:
2:30 p.m.–5 p.m., April 25, 2006.
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., April 26, 2006.
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., April 27, 2006.
Public Comment Time and Date:
7 p.m.–8:30 p.m., April 26, 2006.
Place: Four Points by Sheraton
Denver Cherry Creek Hotel, 600 South
Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado
80246. Phone 303.757.3341, Fax
303.756.6670.
Status: Open to the public, limited
only by the space available. The meeting
space accommodates approximately 75
people.
Background: The ABRWH was
established under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000 to advise the
President on a variety of policy and
technical functions required to
implement and effectively manage the
new compensation program. Key
functions of the Board include
providing advice on the development of
probability of causation guidelines
which have been promulgated by the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on
methods of dose reconstruction which
have also been promulgated by HHS as
a final rule, advice on the scientific
validity and quality of dose estimation
and reconstruction efforts being
performed for purposes of the
compensation program, and advice on
petitions to add classes of workers to the
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
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In December 2000, the President
delegated responsibility for funding,
staffing, and operating the Board to
HHS, which subsequently delegated this
authority to the CDC. NIOSH
implements this responsibility for CDC.
The charter was issued on August 3,
2001, renewed at appropriate intervals,
and will expire on August 3, 2007.
Purpose: This board is charged with
(a) providing advice to the Secretary,
HHS, on the development of guidelines
under Executive Order 13179; (b)
providing advice to the Secretary, HHS,
on the scientific validity and quality of
dose reconstruction efforts performed
for this program; and (c) upon request
by the Secretary, HHS, advise the
Secretary on whether there is a class of
employees at any Department of Energy
facility who were exposed to radiation
but for whom it is not feasible to
estimate their radiation dose, and on
whether there is reasonable likelihood
that such radiation doses may have
endangered the health of members of
this class.
Matters to be Discussed: The agenda
for the Subcommittee meeting includes
Y–12 and Rocky Flats Site Profiles;
Procedures Review Update; Selection of
5th and 6th Round of Individual Dose
Reconstructions; and Individual Dose
Reconstruction Reviews. The agenda for
the Board meeting includes the
Subcommittee Report on the following
topics: Y–12 Site and Rocky Flats Site
Profiles, Procedures Review Update,
Selection of 5th and 6th Round of
Individual Dose Reconstructions, and
Individual Dose Reconstruction
Reviews. There will be a report on the
S. Cohen & Associates (SC&A) SEC
Activities, specifically Ames,
Procedures, Rocky Flats and Y–12;
Board SEC Procedures; Conflict of
Interest; Y–12 and Rocky Flats SEC
Petitions; Program Updates from the
Office of Compensation Analysis and
Support on General Items, Bethlehem
Steel Site Profile, and Science Issues;
Program Updates from the Department
of Labor; General SC&A Contract Issues;
Board Correspondence; Future
Schedules and Agendas; Nevada Test
Site SEC Petition; and Pacific Proving
Ground SEC Petition.
The agenda is subject to change as
priorities dictate. In the event an
individual cannot attend, written
comments may be submitted. Any
written comments received will be
provided at the meeting and should be
submitted to the contact person below
well in advance of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Lewis V. Wade, Executive Secretary,
NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway,
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Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone
513.533.6825, fax 513.533.6826.
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 CDC
and the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry.
Dated: March 30, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Privacy Act of 1974; Report
of a Modified or Altered System
Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Notice of a Modified or Altered
System of Records (SOR).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
we are proposing to modify or alter an
existing SOR, ‘‘Medicare Provider
Analysis and Review (MEDPAR),
System No. 09–70–0009.’’ Notice for
this system was published at 65 Federal
Register (FR) 50548 (August 18, 2000).
CMS is reorganizing its databases
because of the impact of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)
(Public Law (Pub. L.) 108–173)
provisions and the large volume of
information the Agency collects to
administer the Medicare program. We
propose to assign a new CMS
identification number to this system to
simplify the obsolete and confusing
numbering system originally designed
to identify the Bureau, Office, or Center
that maintained the system. The new
assigned identifying number for this
system should read: System No. 09–70–
0514.
We propose to establish a new routine
use to provide disclosure of data to
hospitals that may be entitled to
disproportionate share hospital
payments. This new routine use will
implement the disclosure provisions of
Section 951 of the MMA. Section 951
will provide hospitals with a data set
that will span the 2 Federal Fiscal Years
that encompass the hospital’s cost
reporting period. This modification will
carry out the purposes of the MEDPAR
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-06-06BD]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Seleda Perryman,
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.
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 or other
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Economic Analysis of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program--New--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC administers the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program (NBCCEDP) which provides critical breast and cervical
cancer screening services to underserved women in the United States,
the District of Columbia, 4 U.S. territories, and 13 American Indian/
Alaska Native organizations. The program provides breast and cervical
cancer screening for eligible women who participate in the program as
well as diagnostic procedures for women who have abnormal findings. For
the past decade, the NBCCEDP has provided over 5 million breast and
cervical cancer screening and diagnostic exams to almost 2.1 million
low-income women. Women diagnosed with cancer through the program are
eligible for Medicaid coverage through the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Prevention and Treatment Act passed by Congress in 2000.
The NBCCEDP is the largest organized cancer screening program in
the United States but to date there has been no systematic analysis of
the economic costs incurred by the program. CDC is proposing to collect
one year of cost data, (period covering 07/01/2005--06/30/2006), from
all the 68 NBCCEDP grantees to assess the cost and cost-effectiveness
of the program. The information required to perform an activity-based
cost analysis includes: staff and consultant salaries, screening costs,
contracts and material costs, provider payments, in-kind contributions,
administrative costs, allocation of funds and staff time devoted to
specific program activities. CDC has developed and tested a draft
questionnaire with 9 NBCCEDP grantees to assess the ability of the
grantees to provide the cost data elements requested, identify the cost
information required, and to complete the questionnaire within the
allocated timeframe.
The cost data provided by the 68 grantees will be used to evaluate
the programs to ensure the most appropriate use of limited program
resources. Performing an assessment of the resources expended on
NBCCEDP will provide valuable information to the CDC and its' partners
for improving program efficiency within the various components of the
NBCCEDP including screening, case management, outreach, and overall
management. The cost data will allow CDC to assess the costs of the
various program components, identify factors that impact average cost,
perform cost-effectiveness analysis and develop a resource allocation
tool. The collection and analysis of the cost data will allow CDC to
utilize a more systematic process to allocate program resources based
on grantees' past performance, level of efficiency, and future needs.
Since information on screening and diagnosis volumes (the
effectiveness measures) are already collected as part of the Minimum
Data Elements (MDEs), OMB 0920-0571 Exp. Date 05/31/2006, the
additional burden on grantees to provide the requested cost data will
be modest. If future cost data collection efforts are undertaken, the
response burden would be further reduced because the infrastructure
established to capture the data is already in place.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate
in the survey. All respondents will be using the same cost assessment
tool.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number Average burden
Respondent Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Program Director................................ 68 1 4 272
Business Manager................................ 68 1 4 272
Data Manager.................................... 68 1 14 952
Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 1,496
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Dated: March 31, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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