Notice2022-05301
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
March 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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 an information collection titled, Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation. The goal of the study is to allow CDC to collect and monitor indicators for key program activities, such as finding tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases and in other high- risk persons likely to be infected, and providing therapy for latent tuberculosis infection, in an effort to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14269-14271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05301]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-22-0457; Docket No. CDC-2022-0033]
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 an information
collection titled, Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program
Evaluation. The goal of the study is to allow CDC to collect and
monitor indicators for key program activities, such as finding
tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases and in other high-
risk persons likely to be infected, and providing therapy for latent
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tuberculosis infection, in an effort to eliminate tuberculosis in the
United States.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before May 13, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0033 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>.
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 H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86e9ebe4c6e5e2e5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb848689ab888f88c58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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;
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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis Program Evaluation (OMB Control
No. 0920-0457, Exp. 12/31/2022)--Extension--National Center for HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC requests an Extension of the Aggregate Reports for Tuberculosis
Program Evaluation project, previously approved under OMB Control No.
0920-0457, for a period of three years. There are no revisions to the
report forms, data definitions, or reporting instructions.
To ensure the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States, CDC
monitors indicators for key program activities, such as finding
tuberculosis infections in recent contacts of cases and in other
persons likely to be infected, and providing therapy for latent
tuberculosis infection. In 2000, CDC implemented two program evaluation
reports for annual submission: Aggregate report of follow-up and
treatment for contacts of tuberculosis cases, and Aggregate report of
targeted testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection. The
respondents for these reports are the 67 state and local tuberculosis
control programs receiving federal cooperative agreement funding
through the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE). These
reports emphasize treatment outcomes, high-priority target populations
vulnerable to tuberculosis, and electronic report entry and submission
to CDC through the National Tuberculosis Indicators Project (NTIP), a
secure web-based system for program evaluation data. No other federal
agency collects this type of national tuberculosis data, and the
aggregate report of follow-up and treatment for contacts of
tuberculosis cases, and aggregate report of targeted testing and
treatment for latent tuberculosis infection are the only data source
about latent tuberculosis infection for monitoring national progress
toward tuberculosis elimination with these activities. CDC provides
ongoing assistance in the preparation and utilization of these reports
at the local and state levels of public health jurisdiction. CDC also
provides respondents with technical support for the NTIP software.
CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 268 annual burden hours.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Data clerks and Program Follow-up and 67 1 2 134
Managers (electronic). Treatment of
Contacts to
Tuberculosis
Cases Form.
Data clerks and Program Targeted Testing 67 1 2 134
Managers (electronic). and Treatment
for Latent
Tuberculosis
Infection.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 268
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-05301 Filed 3-11-22; 8:45 am]
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