Notice2025-10907
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
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Published
June 16, 2025
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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 continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled NCEZID Rapid Message Testing & Development System. This program will enable the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) to test health messages and gather information to inform the development of health messages.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25299-25300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10907]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-25-1432; Docket No. CDC-2025-0012]
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 continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project
titled NCEZID Rapid Message Testing & Development System. This program
will enable the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID) to test health messages and gather information to
inform the development of health messages.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before August 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2025-
0012 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.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://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) 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; telephone: 404-639-7570;
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6999b94b6959295d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67080a052704030449000811">[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
NCEZID Rapid Message Testing & Development System (OMB Control No.
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0920-1432, Exp. 5/31/2025)--Extension--National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
(NCEZID) offers numerous powerful resources to anticipate, prevent, and
address outbreaks of infectious diseases. From researchers to emergency
responders; from laboratories to surveillance of mobile populations;
from collaborations at the Federal level to partnerships at the local
level, NCEZID keeps people safe from threats like anthrax, Ebola virus,
Zika virus, sepsis, mpox, and foodborne illnesses like Salmonella.
These efforts are vital to protect and save lives.
The ability to effectively communicate with the public about these
threats is one of NCEZID's most vital roles. Particularly during an
outbreak, it is critical that the public understands what is happening
and why, and trusts and follows public health leaders' guidance. Recent
public health responses to COVID-19 and mpox have underscored the need
to improve the speed and content of health communications, particularly
among populations at higher risk for zoonotic and infectious diseases.
This Rapid Message Testing & Message Development System enables NCEZID
to collect information vital to the development of clear, salient,
relevant, appealing, and persuasive messages related to outbreaks and
other emerging and zoonotic diseases. The system also allows for the
relatively rapid testing of messages when the need arises within the
Center, prior to the dissemination of those messages and associated
communications materials. The data collection is intended to ensure
NCEZID messages are clear, salient, appealing, and persuasive to target
audiences. Data will guide revisions to existing or draft messages,
inform the development of new messages, and otherwise enable message
developers to make optimal decisions about message content, format, and
dissemination so that NCEZID's messages effectively reach and resonate
with their intended audiences.
Data collection methods proposed for this system include in-depth
interviews, online or in-person focus groups, and online surveys. CDC
requests OMB approval for an estimated 3,431 annual burden hours. There
is no cost to respondents other than their time.
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 hr) (in hr)
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General public................ Surveys Question 10,000 1 10/60 1,667
Bank.
General public................ Screening and 2,880 1 5/60 240
Recruitment
Question Bank.
Healthcare and specialty Screening and 3,600 1 5/60 300
audiences. Recruitment
Question Bank.
General public................ Focus Groups 288 1 2 576
Question Bank.
Healthcare and specialty Focus Groups 288 1 2 576
audiences. Question Bank.
Healthcare and specialty In-Depth 72 1 1 72
audiences. Interviews
Question Bank.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 3,431
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-10907 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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