Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, 27143-27144 [E9-13302]
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
To Conduct Voluntary Customer/
Partner Surveys
Summary: Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve
the information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on March 30, 2009 (Vol. 74, No.
59, Pg. 14137) and allowed 60-days for
public comment. One public comment
was received. The purpose of this notice
is to allow an additional 30 days for
public comment. The National Institutes
of Health may not conduct or sponsor,
and the respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: Generic
Clearance To Conduct Voluntary
Customer/Partner Surveys. Type of
Information Collection Request:
Extension. OMB Control No. 0925–0476,
with an expiration date of July 31, 2009.
Need and Use of Information Collection:
Executive Order 12962 directed
agencies that provide significant
services directly to the public to survey
customers to determine the kind and
quality of services they want and their
level of satisfaction with existing
services. Additionally, since 1994, the
NLM has been a ‘‘Federal Reinvention
Laboratory’’ with a goal of improving its
methods of delivering information to the
public. An essential strategy in
accomplishing reinvention goals is the
ability to periodically receive input and
feedback from customers about the
design and quality of the services they
receive. The NLM provides significant
services directly to the public including
health providers, researchers,
universities, other Federal agencies,
State and local governments, and to
others through a range of mechanisms,
including publications, technical
assistance, and Web sites. These
services are primarily focused on health
and medical information dissemination
activities. The purpose of this
submission is to obtain OMB’s generic
approval to continue to conduct
satisfaction surveys of NLM’s
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customers. The NLM will use the
information provided by individuals
and institutions to identify strengths
and weaknesses in current services and
to make improvements where feasible.
The ability to periodically survey NLM’s
customers is essential to continually
update and upgrade methods of
providing high quality service.
Frequency of Response: Annually or
biennially. Affected Public: Individuals
or households; businesses or other for
profit; State or local governments;
Federal agencies; non-profit institutions;
small businesses or organizations. Type
of Respondents: Organizations, medical
researchers, physicians and other health
care providers, librarians, students, and
the general public. The annual reporting
burden is as follows: Estimated Number
of Respondents: 27,910. Estimated
Number of Responses per Respondent:
1. Average Burden Hours per Response:
0.129 and Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours Requested: 3,607. The
annualized cost to respondents is
estimated at $23,126. There are no
Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or
Maintenance Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies should
address one or more of the following
points: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the function of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the item(s) contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time, should be directed to the: Office
of Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs,
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to 202–395–6974, Attention: Desk
Officer for NIH. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, contact: David
Sharlip, National Library of Medicine,
Building 38A, Room B2N12, 8600
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, or
PO 00000
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call non-toll free number 301–402–9680,
or e-mail your request to
sharlipd@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: June 2, 2009.
Betsy L. Humphreys,
Deputy Director, National Library of
Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
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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
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 or send
comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS D–74, 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
Workload Management Study of
Central Cancer Registries—New—
Division of Cancer Prevention and
Control, National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
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Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC currently supports the National
Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), a
group of central cancer registries in 45
states, the District of Columbia, and 2
territories. The central cancer registries
are data systems that collect, manage,
and analyze data about cancer cases and
cancer deaths. NPCR-funded central
cancer registries submit populationbased cancer incidence data to CDC on
an annual basis (OMB No. 0920–0469,
exp. 1/31/2010). In addition, NPCRfunded registries submit program and
performance indicator information to
CDC on a semi-annual schedule (OMB
No. 0920–0706, exp. 12/31/2011). CDC
uses the performance indicators to
evaluate the registries’ use of funds,
their progress toward meeting
objectives, and their infrastructure and
operational attributes.
Central cancer registries report that
they are chronically understaffed, and
many registries are concerned about the
impact of staff shortages on data quality
standards. Staffing patterns are known
to vary widely from registry to registry,
and registries differ greatly in the
number of incidence cases that they
process as well as their use of
information technology. Cancer
registries have asked for clear staffing
guidelines based on registry
characteristics such as size (i.e., number
of new cases annually), degree of
automation, and registry-specific
reporting procedures.
CDC proposes to conduct a one-time
Workload Management Survey (WLM)
in 2009–2010 to inform the
development of staffing guidelines for
central cancer registries. The WLM
survey questions do not duplicate the
program and performance indicator
information reported to CDC on a
routine basis. Respondents will be
cancer registrars in the NPCR-funded
central cancer registries in 45 states and
the District of Columbia. Cancer
registrars at each registry will maintain
a paper-based Work Activities Journal
for a one-week period. At the end of the
week, the registry manager will
consolidate the individual journal
worksheets to prepare an aggregate
Workload Management Survey for the
registry, which will be submitted to
CDC electronically.
Results of the WLM survey will
enable CDC to assess the workforce
necessary for meeting data reporting
requirements and to estimate the impact
of planned changes to surveillance data
reporting. Finally, CDC will develop
specific guidance so that cancer registry
managers can more effectively measure
workload, evaluate the need for staff
and staff credentials, and advocate for
adequate staffing.
Participation in the survey is
voluntary. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
(in hours)
Type of respondents
Form name
NPCR Registries ............................
Workload Management Survey .....
Work Activities Journal ..................
46
368
1
1
4
2
184
736
Total ........................................
........................................................
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..........................
..........................
920
Dated: June 1, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 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
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
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instruments, call 404–639–5960 or send
comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC
Acting 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
National Adult Tobacco Survey
(NATS)—New—National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
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Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Despite the high level of public
knowledge about the adverse effects of
smoking, tobacco use remains the
leading preventable cause of disease and
death in the United States. Tobacco use
results in approximately 440,000 deaths
annually, including approximately
38,000 deaths from secondhand smoke
exposure. Adults who smoke contribute
to $92 billion annually in lost worker
productivity, and die an average of 14
years earlier than nonsmokers. Although
the prevalence of current smoking
among adults decreased significantly
from 1998 to 2007 in 44 states, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,
only one state and one territory have
met Healthy People 2010 targets for
reducing adult smoking prevalence to
12%, and six states have shown no
substantial changes in prevalence after
controlling for age, sex, and race/
ethnicity.
The National Tobacco Control
Program (NTCP) was established by
CDC to help reduce tobacco-related
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-09-09BV]
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 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 or
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, 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
Workload Management Study of Central Cancer Registries--New--
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
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Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC currently supports the National Program of Cancer Registries
(NPCR), a group of central cancer registries in 45 states, the District
of Columbia, and 2 territories. The central cancer registries are data
systems that collect, manage, and analyze data about cancer cases and
cancer deaths. NPCR-funded central cancer registries submit population-
based cancer incidence data to CDC on an annual basis (OMB No. 0920-
0469, exp. 1/31/2010). In addition, NPCR-funded registries submit
program and performance indicator information to CDC on a semi-annual
schedule (OMB No. 0920-0706, exp. 12/31/2011). CDC uses the performance
indicators to evaluate the registries' use of funds, their progress
toward meeting objectives, and their infrastructure and operational
attributes.
Central cancer registries report that they are chronically
understaffed, and many registries are concerned about the impact of
staff shortages on data quality standards. Staffing patterns are known
to vary widely from registry to registry, and registries differ greatly
in the number of incidence cases that they process as well as their use
of information technology. Cancer registries have asked for clear
staffing guidelines based on registry characteristics such as size
(i.e., number of new cases annually), degree of automation, and
registry-specific reporting procedures.
CDC proposes to conduct a one-time Workload Management Survey (WLM)
in 2009-2010 to inform the development of staffing guidelines for
central cancer registries. The WLM survey questions do not duplicate
the program and performance indicator information reported to CDC on a
routine basis. Respondents will be cancer registrars in the NPCR-funded
central cancer registries in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
Cancer registrars at each registry will maintain a paper-based Work
Activities Journal for a one-week period. At the end of the week, the
registry manager will consolidate the individual journal worksheets to
prepare an aggregate Workload Management Survey for the registry, which
will be submitted to CDC electronically.
Results of the WLM survey will enable CDC to assess the workforce
necessary for meeting data reporting requirements and to estimate the
impact of planned changes to surveillance data reporting. Finally, CDC
will develop specific guidance so that cancer registry managers can
more effectively measure workload, evaluate the need for staff and
staff credentials, and advocate for adequate staffing.
Participation in the survey is voluntary. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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NPCR Registries............. Workload 46 1 4 184
Management
Survey.
Work Activities 368 1 2 736
Journal.
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Total................... ............... .............. ............... ............... 920
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Dated: June 1, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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