Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

Issuing agencies

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 information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Compliance Attestation Statement for the Framework for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening. The project aims to assist providers and manufacturers of synthetic nucleic acids and benchtop nucleic acid synthesis equipment (providers) in making an attestation that they have instituted a process to screen nucleic acid sequences of concern and verify customer legitimacy, in accordance with the requirements outlaid in the OSTP Framework for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening.