[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8593-8594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3274]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05-0026)
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 404-371-5976 or
send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to [email protected].
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
Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis (RVCT), OMB No. 0920-0026--
Extension--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP). CDC is requesting OMB
approval for another 3-year extension of the Report of Verified Case of
Tuberculosis (RVCT) data collection.
CDC maintains the national TB surveillance system to support CDC's
goal of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. Previous
modifications to the data collection have improved the ability of CDC
to monitor important aspects of TB epidemiology in the United States,
including drug resistance, TB risk factors, HIV coinfection, and
treatment. The system also enables CDC to monitor the recovery of the
nation from the recent resurgence of TB and to determine if current TB
epidemiology supports the renewed national goal of TB elimination. To
measure progress in achieving this goal, as well as continue to monitor
TB trends and potential TB outbreaks, identify high risk populations
for TB, and gauge program performance, CDC is requesting approval to
extend the use of the RVCT.
Data are collected by 60 Reporting Areas (50 states, the District
of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and 7 jurisdictions in the
Pacific and Caribbean) using the RVCT. There are no changes to the
forms previously approved in 2002. An RVCT is completed for each
reported TB case and contains demographic, clinical, and laboratory
information.
A comprehensive software package, the Tuberculosis Information
Management System (TIMS) is currently used for RVCT data entry and
electronic transmission of reports to CDC. TIMS provides reports, query
functions, and export functions to assist in analysis of the data.
However, electronic transmission of TB case reports to CDC is in a
transition phase with the development of the web-based National
Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) and Public Health
Information Network (PHIN). Following the transition, many respondents
will implement a PHIN compatible information system to collect and
report TB surveillance data via the PHIN Messaging System. The
remaining respondents will employ the NEDSS base system. These
respondents will be able to use either the associated TB Program Area
Module or their own TB surveillance application to collect and report
RVCT data to CDC.
CDC publishes an annual report summarizing national TB statistics
and also periodically conducts special analyses for publication in
peer-reviewed scientific journals to further describe and interpret
national TB data. These data assist public health officials and policy
makers in program planning, evaluation, and resource allocation.
Reporting Areas also review and analyze their RVCT data to monitor
local TB trends, evaluate program success, and assist in focusing
resources to eliminate TB.
No other Federal agency collects this type of national TB data. In
addition to providing technical assistance on the use of RVCT, CDC also
provides Reporting Areas with technical support for the TIMS software.
In this request, CDC is requesting approval for approximately 7,560
burden hours, an estimated decrease of 778 hours. This decrease is due
to a decrease in the total number of tuberculosis cases. There is no
cost to respondents except for their time.
Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondents (in hours) (in hours)
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Local, state, territorial health 60 252 30/60 7,560
departments............................
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Total............................... ................ ................ ................ 7,560
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Dated: February 15, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-3274 Filed 2-18-05; 8:45 am]
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