80 FR 73191 - Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve as Members of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF); Reopening of Nomination Period
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 226 (November 24, 2015)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 226 (November 24, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-29882 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 73191-73193] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-29882] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (CPSTF); Reopening of Nomination Period AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the reopening of the nomination period for individuals qualified to serve as members of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). The nomination period originally closed on November 9, 2015. DATES: Nomination packages must be received by December 8, 2015. Complete nomination packages must be submitted by the deadline in order to be considered. Individuals who submitted a nomination package during the original nomination period do not need to re-submit their nomination package to be considered. [[Page 73192]] 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: On September 25, 2015 HHS/CDC published a notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 57820) requesting nomination of individuals to serve on the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). The closing date for nominations was November 9, 2015. Today, CDC is reopening the nomination period to provide the public an additional opportunity to nominate individuals to serve on the CPSTF. The submission process and qualification requirements, the selection process, and the time commitment of Task Force members are described below. Individuals who submitted a nomination package during the original nomination period do not need to re-submit their nomination package to be considered. Nomination Submissions Nomination packages must be submitted electronically, 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 all races, genders, ages and persons living with disabilities. 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 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 of the CPSTF The CPSTF was established in 1996 by the U.S. 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 (http://www.thecommunityguide.org/about/task-force-members.html), 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. 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. [[Page 73193]] CPSTF findings and recommendations and the systematic reviews on which they are based are available at http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html. 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: November 19, 2015. 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maintenance, and purchase of services ‘‘intimate partner’’ describes physical, schedule using the Program
to provide information. Burden means sexual, or psychological harm by a Management Information System (PMIS)
the total time, effort, or financial current or former partner or spouse. IPV consisting of fillable electronic
resources expended by persons to can impact health in many ways, templates and submitted via Grant
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or including long-term health problems, Solutions.
provide information to or for a Federal emotional impacts, and links to negative CDC will use the information
agency. This includes the time needed health behaviors. Given these factors, collected to monitor each awardee’s
to review instructions; to develop, the Family Violence Prevention and progress and to identify facilitators and
acquire, install and utilize technology Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401) provides challenges to program implementation
and systems for the purpose of an important opportunity for the and achievement of outcomes.
collecting, validating and verifying advancement of public health and Monitoring allows CDC to determine
information, processing and reduction of IPV. Support and guidance whether an awardee is meeting
maintaining information, and disclosing for programs addressing IPV have been performance goals and to make
and providing information; to train provided through cooperative agreement adjustments in the type and level of
personnel and to be able to respond to funding and technical assistance technical assistance provided to them,
a collection of information, to search administered by CDC’s National Center as needed, to support attainment of their
data sources, to complete and review for Injury Prevention and Control objectives. CDC’s monitoring and
the collection of information; and to (NCIPC). CDC seeks to continue evaluation activities also allow CDC to
transmit or otherwise disclose the collecting information needed to provide oversight of the use of federal
information. monitor cooperative agreement funds, and to identify and disseminate
Proposed Project programs funded under Domestic information about successful prevention
Violence Prevention Enhancement and and control strategies implemented by
Monitoring and Reporting System for Leadership through Alliances, Focusing awardees. These functions are central to
DELTA FOCUS Awardees, (OMB on Outcomes for Communities United
Control No. 0920–0968, expiration 5/31/ the NCIPC’s broad mission of reducing
with States DELTA FOCUS (FOA CDC– the burden of injury and violence.
2016)—Extension—National Center for RFA–CE13–130).
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Finally, the information collection
Centers for Disease Control and Information to be collected will allows CDC to monitor the increased
Prevention (CDC). provide crucial data for program emphasis on partnerships and
performance monitoring and provide programmatic collaboration, and is
Background and Brief Description CDC with the capacity to respond in a expected to reduce duplication of effort,
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a timely manner to requests for enhance program impact and maximize
serious, preventable public health information about the program from the the use of federal funds.
problem that affects millions of Department of Health and Human This is an extension request for three
Americans and results in serious Services (HHS), the White House, years. Participation in the information
consequences for victims, families, and Congress, and other sources. Awardees collection is required as a condition of
communities. IPV occurs between two will report progress and activity funding. There are no costs to
people in a close relationship. The term information to CDC on an annual respondents other than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
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Number of
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Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response (in hours)
respondent (in hours)
State Domestic Violence Coalitions .. DELTA FOCUS PMIS: Semi-annual 10 2 3 60
reporting.
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Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND the Department of Health and Human
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES Services (HHS) announces the
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the reopening of the nomination period for
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Disease Control and individuals qualified to serve as
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention members of the Community Preventive
Prevention. Services Task Force (CPSTF). The
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ACTION: Notice.
a nomination package during the
original nomination period do not need
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease to re-submit their nomination package
Control and Prevention (CDC) within to be considered.
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CPSTF findings and recommendations from genetically engineered (GE) Guidance for Industry.’’ Received
and the systematic reviews on which Atlantic salmon. comments will be placed in the docket
they are based are available at http:// DATES: Although you can comment on and, except for those submitted as
www.thecommunityguide.org/ any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR ‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly
index.html. 10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that FDA viewable at http://www.regulations.gov
Time Commitment considers your comment on the draft or at the Division of Dockets
guidance before it begins work on the Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
The CPSTF conducts three, two-day final version of the guidance, submit Monday through Friday.
meetings each year that are open to the either electronic or written comments • Confidential Submissions—To
public. In addition, a significant portion on the draft guidance by January 25, submit a comment with confidential
of the CPSTF’s work occurs between 2016. information that you do not wish to be
meetings during conference calls and made publicly available, submit your
via email discussions. Member duties ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
comments only as a written/paper
include overseeing the process of as follows:
submission. You should submit two
prioritizing Task Force work, Electronic Submissions copies total. One copy will include the
participating in the development and information you claim to be confidential
refinement of systematic review Submit electronic comments in the
following way: with a heading or cover note that states
methods, serving as members of ‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
individual review teams, and issuing • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
recommendations and findings to help Agency will review this copy, including
inform the decision making process instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically, the claimed confidential information, in
about policy, practice, research, and its consideration of comments. The
research funding in a wide range of U.S. including attachments, to http://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to second copy, which will have the
settings. The estimated workload for claimed confidential information
CPSTF members is approximately 168 the docket unchanged. Because your
comment will be made public, you are redacted/blacked out, will be available
hours a year in addition to the three in- for public viewing and posted on
person meetings. The members are all solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
volunteers and do not receive any both copies to the Division of Dockets
compensation beyond support for travel confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted, Management. If you do not wish your
to in-person meetings. name and contact information to be
such as medical information, your or
Dated: November 19, 2015. made publicly available, you can
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
Sandra Cashman, confidential business information, such provide this information on the cover
Acting Director, Division of the Executive as a manufacturing process. Please note sheet and not in the body of your
Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Staff, that if you include your name, contact comments and you must identify this
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
information, or other information that
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identifies you in the body of your information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
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posted on http://www.regulations.gov. accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
• If you want to submit a comment applicable disclosure law. For more
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND with confidential information that you information about FDA’s posting of
HUMAN SERVICES do not wish to be made available to the comments to public dockets, see 80 FR
public, submit the comment as a 56469, September 18, 2015, or access
Food and Drug Administration the information at: http://www.fda.gov/
written/paper submission and in the
[Docket No. FDA–2015–D–4272] manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper regulatoryinformation/dockets/
Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’). default.htm.
Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Docket: For access to the docket to
Food Has or Has Not Been Derived Written/Paper Submissions read background documents or the
From Genetically Engineered Atlantic Submit written/paper submissions as electronic and written/paper comments
Salmon; Draft Guidance for Industry; follows: received, go to http://
Availability • Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for www.regulations.gov and insert the
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, written/paper submissions): Division of docket number, found in brackets in the
HHS. Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food heading of this document, into the
ACTION: Notice of availability. and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. and/or go to the Division of Dockets
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug • For written/paper comments Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
Administration (FDA or we) is submitted to the Division of Dockets 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
announcing the availability of a draft Management, FDA will post your Submit written requests for single
guidance for industry entitled comment, as well as any attachments, copies of the draft guidance to the Office
‘‘Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether except for information submitted, of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary
Food Has or Has Not Been Derived From marked and identified, as confidential, Supplements (HFS–820), Center for
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| Dates | Nomination packages must be received by December 8, 2015. Complete nomination packages must be submitted by the deadline in order to be considered. Individuals who submitted a nomination package during the original nomination period do not need to re-submit their nomination package 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 73191 |
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