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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–19–0853; Docket No. CDC–2018–
0105]
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 effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled ‘‘Asthma Information Reporting
System (AIRS)’’ (OMB Control No.
0920–0853, expiration date 6/30/2019).
The purpose of AIRS to collect
performance measure and surveillance
data spreadsheets designed to increase
the efficiency and effectiveness of state
asthma programs and to monitor the
impact of the state and national
programs.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before February 4,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0105 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
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(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 Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Asthma Information and Reporting
System (AIRS)—Revision—National
Center for Environmental Health
(NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 1999, the CDC began its National
Asthma Control Program (NACP), a
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public health approach to address the
burden of asthma. The program
supports the goals and objectives of
‘‘Healthy People 2020’’ for asthma, and
is based on the public health principles
of surveillance, partnerships,
interventions, and evaluation. The CDC
requests a 12-month approval to revise
the ‘‘Asthma Information Reporting
System (AIRS)’’ (OMB Control No.
0920–0853; expiration date 6/30/2019).
Specifically, CDC seeks to make the
following changes:
• Increase the number of awardees
from 23 to 25.
• Increase the requested burden hours
from 82 to 89.
• Increase the number of optional
performance measures (PMs) and
decrease the number of required PMs,
while still maintaining a total of 18
PMs.
• Update the instructions for the data
collection instruments to reflect the
optional status of 5 of the 18 PMs and
to clarify instructions that were
commonly misinterpreted.
• Update the Emergency Department
Data and Hospital Discharge Data
reporting forms to include example data
submission templates for each awardee.
Add a tab labeled ‘‘Technical Notes’’
within the Excel reporting form to
collect clarifying information about the
data from each awardee.
• Add examples of Emergency
Department Data and Hospital Discharge
Data reporting forms to provide clarity
on how data should be reported within
the forms.
• Update respondent costs to reflect
current wage data from 2017.
The 12-month approval will allow
CDC to continue to monitor states’
program planning and delivery of public
health activities and the programs’
collaboration with health care systems
for the remainder of the fifth and final
year of cooperative agreement EH14–
1404 (program period: September 2014–
August 2019), and the third and final
year of cooperative agreement EH16–
1606 (program period: September 2016–
August 2019).
The goal of this data collection is to
provide NCEH with routine information
about the activities and performance of
the state and territorial awardees funded
under the NACP through an annual
reporting system. NACP requires
awardees to report activities related to
partnerships, infrastructure, evaluation
and interventions to monitor the state
programs’ performance in reducing the
burden of asthma. AIRS also includes
two forms to collect aggregate ED and
HD data from awardees.
AIRS was first approved by OMB in
2010 to collect data in a web-based
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system to monitor and guide
participating state health departments.
Since implementation in 2010, AIRS
and the technical assistance provided by
CDC staff have provided states with
uniform data reporting methods and
linkages to other states’ asthma program
information and resources. Thus, AIRS
has saved state resources and staff time
when asthma programs embark on
asthma activities similar to those done
elsewhere.
In the past three years, AIRS data
were used to:
• Serve as a resource to NCEH when
addressing congressional, departmental
and institutional inquiries.
• Help the branch align its current
interventions with CDC goals and
allowed the monitoring of progress
toward these goals.
• Allow the NACP and the state
asthma programs to make more
informed decisions about activities to
achieve objectives.
• Facilitate communication about
interventions across states, and enable
inquiries regarding interventions by
populations with a disproportionate
burden, age groups, geographic areas
and other variables of interest.
• Provide feedback to the grantees
about their performance relative to
others through the distribution of two
written reports and several
presentations (webinar and in-person)
summarizing the results.
• Customize and provide technical
assistance and support materials to
address implementation challenges.
There will be no cost to respondents
other than their time to complete the
three AIRS spreadsheets annually. The
estimated annualized burden hours are
89.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name
State Asthma Program Awardees ....
AIRS Performance Measures Reporting Spreadsheets.
AIRS Emergency Department Visits
Reporting Form.
AIRS Hospital Discharge Reporting
Forms.
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review
Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–19–19DO; Docket No. CDC–2018–
0108]
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 effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
SUMMARY:
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Type of respondents
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30/60
13
25
1
30/60
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89
You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0108 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Acting Lead,
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
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Total burden
(in hours)
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ADDRESSES:
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
25
proposed information collection project
titled National Surveillance of
Community Water Systems and
Corresponding Populations with the
Recommended Fluoridation Level. This
surveillance collects the fluoridation
status of the nation’s approximately
52,000 community water systems (CWS)
which serve the 50 states and the
District of Columbia. It also collects
fluoride level testing data for those CWS
which adjust naturally occurring
fluoride levels. The data are analyzed
and published to inform the public and
to support state and local governments’
efforts to monitor community water
fluoridation levels relative to the US
Public Health Service recommended
level to prevent tooth decay.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before February 4,
2019.
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responses per
respondent
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Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-19-0853; Docket No. CDC-2018-0105]
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.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled ``Asthma Information Reporting
System (AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853, expiration date 6/30/2019).
The purpose of AIRS to collect performance measure and surveillance
data spreadsheets designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of state asthma programs and to monitor the impact of the state and
national programs.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before February 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0105 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, 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. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments 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 Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
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 the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. 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;
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 through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Asthma Information and Reporting System (AIRS)--Revision--National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In 1999, the CDC began its National Asthma Control Program (NACP),
a public health approach to address the burden of asthma. The program
supports the goals and objectives of ``Healthy People 2020'' for
asthma, and is based on the public health principles of surveillance,
partnerships, interventions, and evaluation. The CDC requests a 12-
month approval to revise the ``Asthma Information Reporting System
(AIRS)'' (OMB Control No. 0920-0853; expiration date 6/30/2019).
Specifically, CDC seeks to make the following changes:
Increase the number of awardees from 23 to 25.
Increase the requested burden hours from 82 to 89.
Increase the number of optional performance measures (PMs)
and decrease the number of required PMs, while still maintaining a
total of 18 PMs.
Update the instructions for the data collection
instruments to reflect the optional status of 5 of the 18 PMs and to
clarify instructions that were commonly misinterpreted.
Update the Emergency Department Data and Hospital
Discharge Data reporting forms to include example data submission
templates for each awardee. Add a tab labeled ``Technical Notes''
within the Excel reporting form to collect clarifying information about
the data from each awardee.
Add examples of Emergency Department Data and Hospital
Discharge Data reporting forms to provide clarity on how data should be
reported within the forms.
Update respondent costs to reflect current wage data from
2017.
The 12-month approval will allow CDC to continue to monitor states'
program planning and delivery of public health activities and the
programs' collaboration with health care systems for the remainder of
the fifth and final year of cooperative agreement EH14-1404 (program
period: September 2014-August 2019), and the third and final year of
cooperative agreement EH16-1606 (program period: September 2016-August
2019).
The goal of this data collection is to provide NCEH with routine
information about the activities and performance of the state and
territorial awardees funded under the NACP through an annual reporting
system. NACP requires awardees to report activities related to
partnerships, infrastructure, evaluation and interventions to monitor
the state programs' performance in reducing the burden of asthma. AIRS
also includes two forms to collect aggregate ED and HD data from
awardees.
AIRS was first approved by OMB in 2010 to collect data in a web-
based
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system to monitor and guide participating state health departments.
Since implementation in 2010, AIRS and the technical assistance
provided by CDC staff have provided states with uniform data reporting
methods and linkages to other states' asthma program information and
resources. Thus, AIRS has saved state resources and staff time when
asthma programs embark on asthma activities similar to those done
elsewhere.
In the past three years, AIRS data were used to:
Serve as a resource to NCEH when addressing congressional,
departmental and institutional inquiries.
Help the branch align its current interventions with CDC
goals and allowed the monitoring of progress toward these goals.
Allow the NACP and the state asthma programs to make more
informed decisions about activities to achieve objectives.
Facilitate communication about interventions across
states, and enable inquiries regarding interventions by populations
with a disproportionate burden, age groups, geographic areas and other
variables of interest.
Provide feedback to the grantees about their performance
relative to others through the distribution of two written reports and
several presentations (webinar and in-person) summarizing the results.
Customize and provide technical assistance and support
materials to address implementation challenges.
There will be no cost to respondents other than their time to
complete the three AIRS spreadsheets annually. The estimated annualized
burden hours are 89.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Asthma Program Awardees. AIRS Performance 25 1 150/60 63
Measures
Reporting
Spreadsheets.
AIRS Emergency 25 1 30/60 13
Department
Visits
Reporting Form.
AIRS Hospital 25 1 30/60 13
Discharge
Reporting Forms.
Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 89
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Acting Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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