[Federal Register: December 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 243)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-00-14]

 
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, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects. To request more information on the proposed 
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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 for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    1. Implementation of Automated Management Information System (MIS) 
for Diabetes Control Programs--NEW--National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation. 
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States 
contributing to more than 193,000 deaths each year. An estimated 10.3 
million people in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes 
and an estimated 5.4 million people have undiagnosed diabetes. The 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Diabetes 
Translation (DDT) provides funding to health departments of States and 
territories to develop, implement, and evaluate systems-based Diabetes 
Control Programs (DCPs), DCPs are population-based, public health 
programs that design, implement, and evaluate public health prevention 
and control strategies that improve access to and quality of care for 
all and reach communities most impacted by the burden of diabetes 
(e.g., racial/ethnic populations, the elderly, rural dwellers and the 
economically disadvantaged). Support for these programs is a 
cornerstone of the DDT's strategy for reducing the burden of diabetes 
throughout the nation. The Diabetes Control Program is authorized under 
sections 301 and 317(k) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 
sections 241 and 247b(k)].
    Funding recipients are required to submit quarterly status reports 
to CDC that are used by DDT managers and Program Development Officers 
(PDOs) to identify training and technical assistance needs; monitor 
compliance with cooperative agreement requirements; evaluate the 
progress made in achieving national and program-specific goals; and 
respond to inquiries regarding program activities and effectiveness. 
Funding recipients currently have a wide latitude in the content of the 
information they report with some recipients providing extensive and 
detailed programmatic progress information and others providing minimal 
detail regarding DCP operations. Historically, information has been 
collected and transmitted via hard-copy paper documents. The manual 
reporting system significantly impacts the DDT's staff ability to 
accomplish its responsibilities resulting from providing DCP funds, 
particularly with respect to compiling, summarizing, and reporting 
aggregate DCP program information.
    The proposed change in data collection methodology is being driven 
by DDT's development of an automated management information system 
(MIS) to maintain individual DCP information and to normalize the 
information reported by these programs. The proposed data collection 
will employ a more formal, systematic method of collecting information 
that has historically been requested from individual DCPs and will 
standardize the content of this information. This will facilitate the 
DDT staff's ability to fulfill its obligations under the cooperative 
agreements; to monitor, evaluate, and compare individual programs; and 
to assess and report aggregate information regarding the overall 
effectiveness of the DCP program. It will also support DDT's broader 
mission of reducing the burden of diabetes by enabling DDT staff to 
more effectively identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual 
DCPs and to disseminate information related to successful public health 
interventions implemented by these organizations to prevent and control 
diabetes. The total cost to respondents is $6,945.48.

Annualized Burden to Respondents

    Form Name: Progress Report.
    Number of Respondents: 59.
    Number of Responses Per Respondent: 2.
    Hours per Response: 2.
    Response Burden: 236.
    Date: December 13, 1999.
    Respondents reside in each of the 50 States, 8 Territories, and the 
District of Columbia and provide progress reporting on a semi-annual 
frequency. The annual hour burden is estimated at 236 total hours based 
on 2 hours to complete a semi-annual report twice per year. Figure was 
calculated using an average hourly wage of $29.43 per hour.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-32834 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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