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Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Subcommittee on Procedures Review,
Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH), National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting of the
aforementioned subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., January
9, 2012.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott,
2395 Progress Drive, Hebron, Kentucky
41018. Telephone (859) 334–4611, Fax
(859) 334–4619.
Status: Open to the public, but
without an oral public comment period.
Written comments may be submitted.
To access by conference call, dial the
following information: (866) 659–0537,
Participant Pass Code 9933701.
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
compensation program. Key functions of
the ABRWH include providing advice
on the development of probability of
causation guidelines that 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
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classes of workers to the Special
Exposure Cohort (SEC).
In December 2000, the President
delegated responsibility for funding,
staffing, and operating the ABRWH to
HHS, which subsequently delegated this
authority to 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, 2013.
Purpose: The ABRWH 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, advising 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 a reasonable likelihood
that such radiation doses may have
endangered the health of members of
this class. The Subcommittee on
Procedures Review was established to
aid the ABRWH in carrying out its duty
to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose
reconstructions. The Subcommittee on
Procedures Review is responsible for
overseeing, tracking, and participating
in the reviews of all procedures used in
the dose reconstruction process by the
NIOSH Division of Compensation
Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its
dose reconstruction contractor.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda
for the Subcommittee meeting includes
discussion of the following ORAU and
DCAS procedures: OCAS TIB–0010
(‘‘Best Estimate External Dose
Reconstruction for Glovebox Workers’’);
DCAS TIB–0013 (‘‘Selected Geometric
Exposure Scenario Considerations for
External Dose Reconstruction at
Uranium Facilities’’), OTIB–0019
(‘‘Analysis of Coworker Bioassay Data
for Internal Dose Assignment’’), OTIB–
0047 (‘‘External Radiation Monitoring at
the Y–12 Facility During the 1948–1949
Period’’), OTIB–0052 (‘‘Parameters to
Consider When Processing Claims for
Construction Trade Workers’’), and
OTIB–0070 (‘‘Dose Reconstruction
During Residual Radioactivity Periods at
Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities’’);
and a continuation of the commentresolution process for other dose
reconstruction procedures under review
by the Subcommittee.
The agenda is subject to change as
priorities dictate.
This meeting is open to the public,
but without an oral public comment
period. In the event an individual
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wishes to provide comments, written
comments may be submitted. Any
written comments received will be
provided at the meeting and should be
submitted to the contact person below
in advance of the meeting.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Theodore Katz, Executive Secretary,
NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road,
Mailstop E20, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,
Telephone: (513) 533–6800, Toll Free:
1–(800) CDC–INFO, Email
dcas@cdc.gov.
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 the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: December 6, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Maternal, Infant and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Evaluation:
Baseline survey data collection.
OMB No.:
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACE) and Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) have
launched a national evaluation called
the Maternal, Infant and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Evaluation
(MIECE). This evaluation, mandated by
the Affordable Care Act, will inform the
federal government about the
effectiveness of the newly established
MIECHV program in its first few years
of operation, and provide information to
help states develop and strengthen
home visiting programs in the future. By
systematically estimating the effects of
home visiting programs across a wide
range of outcomes and studying the
variation in how programs are
implemented, MIECE will provide
valuable information on the effects of
these programs on parents and children.
This includes investigating the effects of
home visiting on maternal and child
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well-being, how those effects vary for
different home visiting approaches, and
how variations in program design and
implementation influence program
fidelity and impacts.
The MIECE study includes two
phases: Phase 1 includes baseline data
collection and implementation data;
Phase 2 includes follow up data
collection. The purpose of the current
document is to request approval of data
collection efforts needed for Phase 1 of
MIECE and to request a waiver for
subsequent 60 day notices for Phase 2.
Phase I will include data collected about
families when they enter the study as
well as data on program
implementation. Those data collection
efforts include the following: (1)
Obtaining consent to collect data from
all Phase 1 respondents, (2) surveys of
parents when they enter the study, (3)
annual semi-structured interviews with
state MIECHV administrators, (4) annual
surveys of home visiting program site
managers, (5) annual surveys of home
visiting program site supervisors, (6)
annual surveys of program site home
visitors, (7) annual surveys of
administrators of community resources
that provide services relevant to home
visited families; (8) logs maintained by
supervisors on supervisory activities, (9)
logs maintained by home visitors on
service delivery, (10) self-completed
questionnaires by parents during
selected home visits, (11) self-completed
questionnaires by home visitors during
selected home visits, and (12)
qualitative interviews and focus groups
with staff at participating program sites
in each state. These data will be used to
measure characteristics of participating
families at the time of enrollment into
the study; characteristics of program
staff; factors for service delivery; and
program implementation, fidelity, and
costs. In addition to data collected
during Phase 1, the evaluation will
collect information on family outcomes
around the time of the child’s first
birthday. These data will include a onehour interview with the parent and 30minutes of observed interactions
between the parent and child. This
notice does not seek comment on these
follow-up data collection activities.
The baseline family survey will be
used to collect information on
background and experiences when
families enter the study. The remaining
data collection will be used to collect
information on organizational and
individual-level factors that influence
how home visiting services are
delivered. The visit logs for families
participating in NIECE and assigned to
the home visiting group and the
videotaped home visits will be used to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation
and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned
subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., January 9, 2012.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron,
Kentucky 41018. Telephone (859) 334-4611, Fax (859) 334-4619.
Status: Open to the public, but without an oral public comment
period. Written comments may be submitted. To access by conference
call, dial the following information: (866) 659-0537, Participant Pass
Code 9933701.
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 compensation program. Key
functions of the ABRWH include providing advice on the development of
probability of causation guidelines that 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
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classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for
funding, staffing, and operating the ABRWH to HHS, which subsequently
delegated this authority to 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, 2013.
Purpose: The ABRWH 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, advising 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 a
reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the
health of members of this class. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review
was established to aid the ABRWH in carrying out its duty to advise the
Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstructions. The Subcommittee on Procedures
Review is responsible for overseeing, tracking, and participating in
the reviews of all procedures used in the dose reconstruction process
by the NIOSH Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS) and
its dose reconstruction contractor.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes discussion of the following ORAU and DCAS procedures: OCAS
TIB-0010 (``Best Estimate External Dose Reconstruction for Glovebox
Workers''); DCAS TIB-0013 (``Selected Geometric Exposure Scenario
Considerations for External Dose Reconstruction at Uranium
Facilities''), OTIB-0019 (``Analysis of Coworker Bioassay Data for
Internal Dose Assignment''), OTIB-0047 (``External Radiation Monitoring
at the Y-12 Facility During the 1948-1949 Period''), OTIB-0052
(``Parameters to Consider When Processing Claims for Construction Trade
Workers''), and OTIB-0070 (``Dose Reconstruction During Residual
Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities''); and a
continuation of the comment-resolution process for other dose
reconstruction procedures under review by the Subcommittee.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
This meeting is open to the public, but without an oral public
comment period. In the event an individual wishes to provide comments,
written comments may be submitted. Any written comments received will
be provided at the meeting and should be submitted to the contact
person below in advance of the meeting.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Theodore Katz, Executive
Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E20, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll Free: 1-(800) CDC-INFO,
Email dcas@cdc.gov.
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: December 6, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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