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Prevention (DVP)/NCIPC in establishing
an ongoing SAVD in the United States
with the goal of tracking and monitoring
the extent of this problem on an ongoing
basis. The SAVD surveillance system
remains the only systematic effort to
document school-associated violent
deaths on a national basis. Data from the
SAVD surveillance system are intended
to contribute to the understanding of
fatal violence associated with schools,
guide further research in the area, and
help direct ongoing and future
prevention programs.
The data collection methodology
involves investigators reviewing public
records and published press reports
concerning each SAVD. For each
identified case, investigators will
interview an investigating law
events in which there was a schoolassociated violent death in the U.S.
The surveillance system will continue
to contribute to the understanding of
fatal violence associated with schools,
guide further research in the area, and
help direct ongoing and future
prevention programs. Data collected
through the surveillance system will be
reviewed and used by CDC, the DOE,
the US Department of Justice, and other
outside agencies and organizations.
OMB approval is requested for three
years for a revision of the currently
approved information collection. The
only cost to respondents will be time
spent on the telephone responding to
the survey.
enforcement official and a school
official who are knowledgeable about
the case in question. Researchers will
request information on both the victim
and alleged offender(s)—including
demographic data, their academic and
criminal records, and their relationship
to one another. They will also collect
data on the time and location of the
death; the circumstances, motive, and
method of the fatal injury; and the
security and violence prevention
activities in the school and community
where the death occurred, before and
after the fatal injury event. Additionally,
CDC will obtain law enforcement
reports on each case.
The study population will include the
victims and offenders from all identified
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)
Total burden
hours
(in hrs.)
Type of respondent
Form name
Law Enforcement Officer ...................
School Official ...................................
Law Enforcement Interview Tool .....
School Official Interview Tool ..........
35
35
1
1
65/60
65/60
38
38
Total ...........................................
..........................................................
........................
........................
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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–FY–15BBV; Docket No. CDC–2015–
0066]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
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
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Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection entitled ‘‘Screening and
Counseling of Male EVD Survivors to
Reduce Risk of Sexually Transmitting
Ebola Virus in Guinea’’. This activity
will collect information on participants’
laboratory results and sexual activity
prior to and during participation in the
screening program.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2015–
0066 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.
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 Projects
Screening and Counseling of Male
EVD Survivors to reduce Risk of
Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in
until two consecutive negative RT–PCR
results are obtained.
Participants will be asked follow-up
questions until their semen specimens
test negative twice consecutively. They
will receive tokens of appreciation for
their participation at the initial visit and
again at every subsequent follow-up
visit and a supply of condoms.
A trained study data manager will
collect test results for all participants in
a laboratory results form. Results and
analyses are needed to update relevant
counseling messages and
recommendations from the Guinea
Ministry of Health, World Health
Organization, and CDC.
This program will provide the
information that is critical to the
development of public health measures,
such as recommendations about sexual
activity and approaches to evaluation of
survivors to determine whether they can
safely resume sexual activity. These
approaches in turn are expected to
reduce the risk of Ebola resurgence and
mitigate stigma for thousands of
survivors. The information is likewise
critical to reducing the risk that Ebola
would be introduced in a location that
has not previously been affected.
CGH requests a three-year approval
for this information collection. Each
semen-testing program time burden is
2,067 hours which is incurred by 1,000
participants. There are no other costs to
the respondents other than their time.
Guinea—New—Center for Global Health
(CGH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Much progress has been made in the
year since the CDC first responded to
the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but
the agency’s efforts must continue until
there are zero new cases of Ebola virus
disease (EVD). In order to reach the
international goal of zero new EVD
cases in 2015, the agency must intensify
its efforts to identify and prevent every
potential route of human disease
transmission and to understand the
most current community barriers to
reaching that final goal.
‘‘Screening and Counseling of Male
EVD Survivors to reduce Risk of
Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in
Guinea’’ will inform male Ebola
infection survivors ≥15 years of age of
Ebola virus detected in their semen
through voluntary laboratory testing
performed in Guinea. Participants for
the semen testing program will be
recruited by trained study staff from
Ebola treatment units (ETUs) and
survivor registries in Guinea.
Participants will be followed up at
study sites in government hospitals.
Specimens will be tested for Ebola
Virus ribonucleic acid (RNA) by reverse
transcription polymerase chain reaction
test (RT–PCR). Semen specimens will be
collected and tested every two weeks
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)
Total burden
(in hrs.)
Type of respondents
Form name
Male Ebola Survivors ≥15 years old
Male Ebola Survivors ≥15 years old
Male Ebola Survivors ≥15 years old
Baseline Questionnaire ....................
Follow-up Questionnaire ..................
Consent Form ..................................
1,000
1,000
1,000
1
8
1
20/60
10/60
2/60
334
1,334
34
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
1,702
Total ...........................................
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
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
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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;
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[FR Doc No: 2015-20812]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-FY-15BBV; Docket No. CDC-2015-0066]
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 collection entitled ``Screening and Counseling of Male EVD
Survivors to Reduce Risk of Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in
Guinea''. This activity will collect information on participants'
laboratory results and sexual activity prior to and during
participation in the screening program.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2015-
0066 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
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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 Projects
Screening and Counseling of Male EVD Survivors to reduce Risk of
Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in Guinea--New--Center for Global
Health (CGH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Much progress has been made in the year since the CDC first
responded to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but the agency's
efforts must continue until there are zero new cases of Ebola virus
disease (EVD). In order to reach the international goal of zero new EVD
cases in 2015, the agency must intensify its efforts to identify and
prevent every potential route of human disease transmission and to
understand the most current community barriers to reaching that final
goal.
``Screening and Counseling of Male EVD Survivors to reduce Risk of
Sexually Transmitting Ebola Virus in Guinea'' will inform male Ebola
infection survivors >=15 years of age of Ebola virus detected in their
semen through voluntary laboratory testing performed in Guinea.
Participants for the semen testing program will be recruited by trained
study staff from Ebola treatment units (ETUs) and survivor registries
in Guinea. Participants will be followed up at study sites in
government hospitals.
Specimens will be tested for Ebola Virus ribonucleic acid (RNA) by
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR). Semen
specimens will be collected and tested every two weeks until two
consecutive negative RT-PCR results are obtained.
Participants will be asked follow-up questions until their semen
specimens test negative twice consecutively. They will receive tokens
of appreciation for their participation at the initial visit and again
at every subsequent follow-up visit and a supply of condoms.
A trained study data manager will collect test results for all
participants in a laboratory results form. Results and analyses are
needed to update relevant counseling messages and recommendations from
the Guinea Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, and CDC.
This program will provide the information that is critical to the
development of public health measures, such as recommendations about
sexual activity and approaches to evaluation of survivors to determine
whether they can safely resume sexual activity. These approaches in
turn are expected to reduce the risk of Ebola resurgence and mitigate
stigma for thousands of survivors. The information is likewise critical
to reducing the risk that Ebola would be introduced in a location that
has not previously been affected.
CGH requests a three-year approval for this information collection.
Each semen-testing program time burden is 2,067 hours which is incurred
by 1,000 participants. There are no other costs to the respondents
other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hrs.)
respondent hrs.)
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Male Ebola Survivors >=15 Baseline 1,000 1 20/60 334
years old. Questionnaire.
Male Ebola Survivors >=15 Follow-up 1,000 8 10/60 1,334
years old. Questionnaire.
Male Ebola Survivors >=15 Consent Form.... 1,000 1 2/60 34
years old.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,702
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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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