80 FR 57820 - Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve as Members of the Community Preventive Services Task Force

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 186 (September 25, 2015)

Page Range		57820-57821
FR Document		2015-24470

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invites nominations of individuals qualified to serve as members of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-24470]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve as Members of the 
Community Preventive Services Task Force

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invites nominations 
of individuals qualified to serve as members of the Community 
Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).

DATES: Nomination packages must be received by November 9, 2015. 
Complete nomination packages must be submitted by the deadline in order 
to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages should be submitted electronically to 
[email protected] or by U.S. mail to the address provided below in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donyelle Russ, Center for 
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS E-69, 
Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, Phone: (404) 498-3971; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Nomination Submissions

    Nomination packages must be submitted electronically to the address 
above, and should include:
    (1) The nominee's current curriculum vitae;
    (2) A brief biographic sketch of the nominee;
    (3) The nominee's contact information, including mailing address, 
email address, and telephone number; and
    (4) A brief explanation of how the nominee meets the qualification 
requirements and how he/she would contribute to the CPSTF. The 
information provided should also attest to the nominee's willingness to 
serve as a member of the CPSTF.
    HHS/CDC will later ask persons under serious consideration for 
CPSTF membership to provide detailed information that will permit 
evaluation of possible significant conflicts of interest.
    To obtain diverse perspectives, HHS/CDC encourages nominations of 
women and members of minority populations. Interested individuals can 
self-nominate. Organizations and individuals may nominate one or more 
persons qualified for membership on the CPSTF. Federal employees are 
not eligible to be CPSTF members. Individuals nominated prior to this 
round, who continue to have interest in serving on the CPSTF, should be 
re-nominated.

Qualification Requirements

    To qualify for the CPSTF and support its mission, a nominee must, 
at a minimum, demonstrate knowledge, experience, and national 
leadership in the following areas:
     The critical evaluation of research or policy, and/or in 
the methods of evidence review; and
     Research, evaluation, or implementation of community and/
or

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health system-based programs, policies, or services to improve 
population health.
    Strongest consideration will be given to individuals with expertise 
and experience:
     That is applied, with practical applications for public 
health action;
     That addresses broad public health considerations, or is 
beyond one or two highly defined areas;
     In state and/or local health departments; and
     With policy.
    In the current round of nominations, the strongest consideration 
will also be given to people with expertise and experience in 
systematic review methods, minority health, and aging. The CPSTF will 
also benefit from members with expertise and experience in the 
following areas: Youth populations; environmental health; injury (in 
particular substance abuse and violence prevention); media, 
communications, and marketing; public health nursing; and economic 
analysis.
    Candidates with experience and skills in any of these areas should 
highlight them in their nomination materials.
    All nominated individuals will be considered for CPSTF membership.
    Applicants must have no substantial conflicts of interest, whether 
financial, professional, or intellectual, that would impair the 
scientific integrity of the work of the CPSTF and must be willing to 
complete regular conflict of interest disclosures.
    Applicants must have the ability to work collaboratively with a 
team of diverse professionals who support the mission of the CPSTF. 
Applicants must have adequate time to contribute substantively to the 
work products of the CPSTF.

Nominee Selection

    Appointments to the CPSTF will be made on the basis of 
qualifications as outlined above (see Qualification Requirements) and 
the current expertise needs of the CPSTF.

Background

    The CPSTF was established in 1996 by the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) to identify population health interventions that 
are scientifically proven to save lives, increase lifespans, and 
improve quality of life. The CPSTF produces recommendations (and 
identifies evidence gaps) to help inform the decision making of 
federal, state, and local health departments, other government 
agencies, communities, healthcare providers and organizations, 
employers, schools and research organizations.
    The CPSTF, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonfederal, unpaid panel 
of public health and prevention experts that is statutorily mandated to 
provide evidence-based findings and recommendations about community 
preventive services, programs, and policies to improve health (Public 
Health Service Act Sec.  399U(a)). Its members represent a broad range 
of research, practice, and policy expertise in community preventive 
services, public health, health promotion, and disease prevention. The 
CPSTF members are appointed by the CDC Director and serve five year 
terms, with extensions possible in order to maintain a full scope of 
expertise, complete specific work, and ensure consistency of CPSTF 
methods and recommendations. HHS/CDC provides ``ongoing administrative, 
research, and technical support for the operations of the Task Force'' 
as directed by the Public Health Service Act Sec.  399U(c).
    The CPSTF bases its recommendations on rigorous, replicable 
systematic reviews of the scientific literature, which do all of the 
following:
     Evaluate the strength and limitations of published 
scientific studies about community-based health promotion and disease 
prevention programs, services, and policies;
     Assess whether the programs, services, and policies are 
effective in promoting health and preventing disease, injury, and 
disability;
     Examine the applicability of these programs, services, and 
policies to varied populations and settings; and
     Conduct economic analyses of recommended interventions.
    These systematic reviews are conducted, with CPSTF oversight, by 
scientists and subject matter experts from HHS/CDC in collaboration 
with a wide range of government, academic, policy, and practice-based 
partners. CPSTF findings and recommendations, and the systematic 
reviews on which they are based are available at 
www.thecommunityguide.org.

Time Commitment

    The CPSTF conducts three, two-day meetings each year that are open 
to the public. In addition, a significant portion of the CPSTF's work 
occurs between meetings during conference calls and via email 
discussions. Member duties include overseeing the process of 
prioritizing Task Force work, participating in the development and 
refinement of systematic review methods, serving as members of 
individual review teams, and issuing recommendations and findings to 
help inform the decision making process about policy, practice, 
research, and research funding in a wide range of U.S. settings. The 
estimated workload for CPSTF members is approximately 168 hours a year 
in addition to the three in-person meetings. The members are all 
volunteers and do not receive any compensation beyond support for 
travel to in-person meetings.

    Dated: September 22, 2015.
Veronica Kennedy,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, Office of the 
Chief of Staff, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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health system-based programs, policies, employers, schools and research individual review teams, and issuing
or services to improve population organizations. recommendations and findings to help
health. The CPSTF, is an independent, inform the decision making process
Strongest consideration will be given nonpartisan, nonfederal, unpaid panel about policy, practice, research, and
to individuals with expertise and of public health and prevention experts research funding in a wide range of U.S.
experience: that is statutorily mandated to provide settings. The estimated workload for
• That is applied, with practical evidence-based findings and CPSTF members is approximately 168
applications for public health action; recommendations about community hours a year in addition to the three in-
• That addresses broad public health preventive services, programs, and person meetings. The members are all
considerations, or is beyond one or two policies to improve health (Public volunteers and do not receive any
highly defined areas; Health Service Act § 399U(a)). Its compensation beyond support for travel
• In state and/or local health members represent a broad range of to in-person meetings.
departments; and research, practice, and policy expertise Dated: September 22, 2015.
• With policy. in community preventive services, Veronica Kennedy,
In the current round of nominations, public health, health promotion, and
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
the strongest consideration will also be disease prevention. The CPSTF Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Staff,
given to people with expertise and members are appointed by the CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
experience in systematic review Director and serve five year terms, with [FR Doc. 2015–24470 Filed 9–24–15; 8:45 am]
methods, minority health, and aging. extensions possible in order to maintain BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
The CPSTF will also benefit from a full scope of expertise, complete
members with expertise and experience specific work, and ensure consistency of
in the following areas: Youth CPSTF methods and recommendations. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
populations; environmental health; HHS/CDC provides ‘‘ongoing HUMAN SERVICES
injury (in particular substance abuse administrative, research, and technical
and violence prevention); media, support for the operations of the Task Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
communications, and marketing; public Force’’ as directed by the Public Health Services
health nursing; and economic analysis. Service Act § 399U(c). [Document Identifiers: CMS–10393]
The CPSTF bases its
Candidates with experience and skills
recommendations on rigorous, Agency Information Collection
in any of these areas should highlight
replicable systematic reviews of the Activities: Submission for OMB
them in their nomination materials.
scientific literature, which do all of the Review; Comment Request
All nominated individuals will be
following:
considered for CPSTF membership. • Evaluate the strength and AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Applicants must have no substantial limitations of published scientific Medicaid Services, Department of
conflicts of interest, whether financial, studies about community-based health Health and Human Services.
professional, or intellectual, that would promotion and disease prevention ACTION: Notice.
impair the scientific integrity of the programs, services, and policies;
work of the CPSTF and must be willing • Assess whether the programs, SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare &
to complete regular conflict of interest services, and policies are effective in Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
disclosures. promoting health and preventing an opportunity for the public to
Applicants must have the ability to disease, injury, and disability; comment on CMS’ intention to collect
work collaboratively with a team of • Examine the applicability of these information from the public. Under the
diverse professionals who support the programs, services, and policies to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
mission of the CPSTF. Applicants must varied populations and settings; and (PRA), federal agencies are required to
have adequate time to contribute • Conduct economic analyses of publish notice in the Federal Register
substantively to the work products of recommended interventions. concerning each proposed collection of
the CPSTF. These systematic reviews are information, including each proposed
conducted, with CPSTF oversight, by extension or reinstatement of an existing
Nominee Selection collection of information, and to allow
scientists and subject matter experts
Appointments to the CPSTF will be from HHS/CDC in collaboration with a a second opportunity for public
made on the basis of qualifications as wide range of government, academic, comment on the notice. Interested
outlined above (see Qualification policy, and practice-based partners. persons are invited to send comments
Requirements) and the current expertise CPSTF findings and recommendations, regarding the burden estimate or any
needs of the CPSTF. and the systematic reviews on which other aspect of this collection of
they are based are available at information, including any of the
Background following subjects: (1) The necessity and
www.thecommunityguide.org.
The CPSTF was established in 1996 utility of the proposed information
by the Department of Health and Human Time Commitment collection for the proper performance of
Services (HHS) to identify population The CPSTF conducts three, two-day the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
health interventions that are meetings each year that are open to the of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
scientifically proven to save lives, public. In addition, a significant portion enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
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increase lifespans, and improve quality of the CPSTF’s work occurs between
of life. The CPSTF produces meetings during conference calls and (4) the use of automated collection
recommendations (and identifies via email discussions. Member duties techniques or other forms of information
evidence gaps) to help inform the include overseeing the process of technology to minimize the information
decision making of federal, state, and prioritizing Task Force work, collection burden.
local health departments, other participating in the development and DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
government agencies, communities, refinement of systematic review information must be received by the
healthcare providers and organizations, methods, serving as members of OMB desk officer by October 26, 2015.

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Dates		Nomination packages must be received by November 9, 2015. Complete nomination packages must be submitted by the deadline in order to be considered.
Contact		Donyelle Russ, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS E-69, Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, Phone: (404) 498-3971; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 57820

80 FR 57820 - Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve as Members of the Community Preventive Services Task Force

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 186 (September 25, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention