82_FR_13007 82 FR 12963 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

82 FR 12963 - Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

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

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 44 (March 8, 2017)

Page Range12963-12965
FR Document2017-04509

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 to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Customer Surveys Generic Clearance for the National Center for Health Statistics. The surveys are used to assess National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) customer satisfaction with the content, quality and relevance of the information NCHS produces.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 44 (Wednesday, March 8, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12963-12965]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04509]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-17-0729; Docket No. CDC-2017-0023]


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 to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Customer 
Surveys Generic Clearance for the National Center for Health 
Statistics. The surveys are used to assess National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) customer satisfaction with the content, quality and 
relevance of the information NCHS produces.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 8, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0023 by any of the following methods:

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     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.

    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and 
instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].

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 OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to 
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of 
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.

Proposed Project

    Customer Surveys Generic Clearance for the National Center for 
Health Statistics (OMB Control No. 0920-0729, Expiration Date 05/31/
2017)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on ``the 
extent and nature of illness and disability of the population of the 
United States.'' This is a revision request for a generic approval from 
OMB to conduct customer surveys over the next three years at an overall 
burden rate of 4000 hours.
    As part of a comprehensive program, the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) plans to continue to assess its customers' 
satisfaction with the content, quality and relevance of the information 
it produces. NCHS will conduct voluntary customer surveys to assess 
strengths in agency products and services and to evaluate how well it 
addresses the emerging needs of its data users. Results of these 
surveys will be used in future planning initiatives.
    The data will be collected using a combination of methodologies 
appropriate to each survey. These may include: Evaluation forms, mail 
surveys, focus groups, automated and electronic technology (e.g., 
email, Web-based surveys), and telephone surveys. Systematic surveys of 
several groups will be folded into the program. Among these are Federal 
customers and policy makers, state and local officials who rely on NCHS 
data, the broader educational, research, and public health community, 
and other data users. Respondents may include data users who register 
for and/or attend NCHS sponsored conferences; persons who access the 
NCHS Web site and the detailed data available through it; consultants; 
and others. Respondent data items may include (in broad categories) 
information regarding respondent's gender, age, occupation, 
affiliation, location, etc., to be used to characterize responses only. 
Other questions will attempt to obtain information that will 
characterize the respondents' familiarity with and use of NCHS data, 
their assessment of data content and usefulness, general satisfaction 
with available services and products, and suggestions for improvement 
of surveys, services and products.
    In order to capture anticipated additional feedback opportunities, 
this revision request allows for the potential increase in both 
respondents and time per response for a total estimated annual burden 
total of 4,000 hours.
    There is no cost to respondents other than their time to 
participate in the survey. The resulting information will be for NCHS 
internal use.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Questionnaire for conference    Public/private             6,000               1           15/60           1,500
 registrants/attendees.          researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
Focus groups..................  Public/private               500               1               1             500
                                 researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.

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Web-based.....................  Public/private             6,000               1           15/60           1,500
                                 researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
Other customer surveys........  Public/private             2,000               1           15/60             500
                                 researchers,
                                 Consultants,
                                 and others.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,000
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-04509 Filed 3-7-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 8, 2017 / Notices 12963 requirements balance the public health part 71.53 to maintain certain disease nonhuman primates. Thus, CDC asks for risks posed by the importation of control procedures and keep certain information which should already be nonhuman primates with the burden records. Standard business practices maintained by the importers and need imposed on regulating their likely dictate that importers already only be assembled and reported. The importation. keep records on the origin, estimate of burden hours and costs All registered importers of non- transportation, and disposition of the reflects assembling and reporting only. human primates are required by 42 CFR ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Average Number of Number of burden per Total burden Type of respondent Form name responses per respondents response hours respondent (in hours) Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ CDC 75.10A Application for Reg- 1 1 10/60 1 istration as an Importer of Nonhuman Primates (New Im- porter). Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ CDC 75.10A Application for Reg- 12 1 10/60 2 istration as an Importer of Nonhuman Primates (Re-Reg- istration). Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ 71.53(g)(1)(iii) and (h) Documenta- 1 1 10 10 tion and Standard Operating Pro- cedures (no form) (New Importer). Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ 71.53(g)(1)(iii) and (h) Documenta- 12 1 30/60 6 tion and Standard Operating Pro- cedures (no form) (Registered Im- porter). Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ Recordkeeping and reporting re- 24 6 15/60 36 quirements for importing NHPs: Notification of shipment arrival 71.53(n) (no form). Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ Quarantine release 71.53(l) (No 24 6 15/60 36 form). Nonhuman Primate Importer ............ 71.53(v) Form: Filovirus Diagnostic 10 10 20/60 33 Specimen Submission Form for Non-human Primate Materials. Importer/Filer ..................................... CDC Partner Government Agency 150 1 15/60 38 Message Set for Importing Live Nonhuman Primates. Importer/Filer ..................................... CDC Partner Government Agency 2,280 1 15/60 570 Message Set for Importing Nonhuman Primate Products. Importer/Filer ..................................... Documentation of Non-infectious- 2,280 1 5/60 190 ness 71.53(t). Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 922 Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND general public and other Federal Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES agencies to take this opportunity to Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the comment on proposed and/or Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Disease Control and continuing information collections, as Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention required by the Paperwork Reduction Prevention. Act of 1995. This notice invites [60 Day–17–0729; Docket No. CDC–2017– [FR Doc. 2017–04507 Filed 3–7–17; 8:45 am] 0023] comment on the Customer Surveys BILLING CODE 4163–18–P Generic Clearance for the National Proposed Data Collection Submitted Center for Health Statistics. The surveys for Public Comment and are used to assess National Center for Recommendations Health Statistics (NCHS) customer AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and satisfaction with the content, quality Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and relevance of the information NCHS produces. mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES and Human Services (HHS) ACTION: Notice with comment period. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 8, 2017. SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, its continuing effort to reduce public identified by Docket No. CDC–2017– burden and maximize the utility of 0023 by any of the following methods: government information, invites the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Mar 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1

12964 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 8, 2017 / Notices • Federal eRulemaking Portal: practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the (NCHS) plans to continue to assess its Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions agency’s estimate of the burden of the customers’ satisfaction with the content, for submitting comments. proposed collection of information; (c) quality and relevance of the information • Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and it produces. NCHS will conduct Information Collection Review Office, clarity of the information to be voluntary customer surveys to assess Centers for Disease Control and collected; (d) ways to minimize the strengths in agency products and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– burden of the collection of information services and to evaluate how well it D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. on respondents, including through the addresses the emerging needs of its data Instructions: All submissions received use of automated collection techniques users. Results of these surveys will be must include the agency name and or other forms of information used in future planning initiatives. Docket Number. All relevant comments technology; and (e) estimates of capital received will be posted without change or start-up costs and costs of operation, The data will be collected using a to Regulations.gov, including any maintenance, and purchase of services combination of methodologies personal information provided. For to provide information. Burden means appropriate to each survey. These may access to the docket to read background the total time, effort, or financial include: Evaluation forms, mail surveys, documents or comments received, go to resources expended by persons to focus groups, automated and electronic Regulations.gov. generate, maintain, retain, disclose or technology (e.g., email, Web-based Please note: All public comment should be provide information to or for a Federal surveys), and telephone surveys. submitted through the Federal eRulemaking agency. This includes the time needed Systematic surveys of several groups portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the to review instructions; to develop, will be folded into the program. Among address listed above. acquire, install and utilize technology these are Federal customers and policy FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request and systems for the purpose of makers, state and local officials who more information on the proposed collecting, validating and verifying rely on NCHS data, the broader project or to obtain a copy of the information, processing and educational, research, and public health information collection plan and maintaining information, and disclosing community, and other data users. instruments, contact the Information and providing information; to train Respondents may include data users Collection Review Office, Centers for personnel and to be able to respond to who register for and/or attend NCHS Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 a collection of information, to search sponsored conferences; persons who Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, data sources, to complete and review access the NCHS Web site and the Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; the collection of information; and to detailed data available through it; Email: omb@cdc.gov. transmit or otherwise disclose the consultants; and others. Respondent information. data items may include (in broad SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) Proposed Project categories) information regarding (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies respondent’s gender, age, occupation, Customer Surveys Generic Clearance must obtain approval from the Office of for the National Center for Health affiliation, location, etc., to be used to Management and Budget (OMB) for each Statistics (OMB Control No. 0920–0729, characterize responses only. Other collection of information they conduct Expiration Date 05/31/2017)— questions will attempt to obtain or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also Revision—National Center for Health information that will characterize the requires Federal agencies to provide a Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease respondents’ familiarity with and use of 60-day notice in the Federal Register Control and Prevention (CDC). NCHS data, their assessment of data concerning each proposed collection of content and usefulness, general information, including each new Background and Brief Description satisfaction with available services and proposed collection, each proposed Section 306 of the Public Health products, and suggestions for extension of existing collection of Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as improvement of surveys, services and information, and each reinstatement of amended, authorizes that the Secretary products. previously approved information of Health and Human Services (DHHS), In order to capture anticipated collection before submitting the acting through NCHS, shall collect additional feedback opportunities, this collection to OMB for approval. To statistics on ‘‘the extent and nature of revision request allows for the potential comply with this requirement, we are illness and disability of the population increase in both respondents and time publishing this notice of a proposed of the United States.’’ This is a revision per response for a total estimated annual data collection as described below. request for a generic approval from Comments are invited on: (a) Whether burden total of 4,000 hours. OMB to conduct customer surveys over the proposed collection of information the next three years at an overall burden There is no cost to respondents other is necessary for the proper performance rate of 4000 hours. than their time to participate in the of the functions of the agency, including As part of a comprehensive program, survey. The resulting information will whether the information shall have the National Center for Health Statistics be for NCHS internal use. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Average Number of Number of burden per Total burden Type of respondents Form name responses per mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES respondents response (in hours) respondent (in hours) Questionnaire for conference reg- Public/private researchers, Consult- 6,000 1 15/60 1,500 istrants/attendees. ants, and others. Focus groups .................................... Public/private researchers, Consult- 500 1 1 500 ants, and others. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Mar 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 8, 2017 / Notices 12965 ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued Average Number of Number of burden per Total burden Type of respondents Form name responses per respondents response (in hours) respondent (in hours) Web-based ........................................ Public/private researchers, Consult- 6,000 1 15/60 1,500 ants, and others. Other customer surveys .................... Public/private researchers, Consult- 2,000 1 15/60 500 ants, and others. Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,000 Leroy A. Richardson, responses; and (e) Assess information refine and improve upon existing survey Chief, Information Collection Review Office, collection costs. designs and procedures; and (2) to Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the To request additional information on explore and evaluate proposed survey Associate Director for Science, Office of the the proposed project or to obtain a copy designs and alternative approaches to Director, Centers for Disease Control and of the information collection plan and data collection. The goal of these Prevention. instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or research studies is to further enhance [FR Doc. 2017–04509 Filed 3–7–17; 8:45 am] send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written DHCS existing and future data BILLING CODE 4163–18–P comments and/or suggestions regarding collection protocols to increase research the items contained in this notice capacity and improve health care data should be directed to the Attention: quality for the purpose of monitoring DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management public health and well-being at the HUMAN SERVICES and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or national, state and local levels, thereby by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written informing the health policy decision- Centers for Disease Control and making process. The information comments should be received within 30 Prevention collected through will not be used to days of this notice. [30Day–17–1030] make generalizable statements about the Proposed Project population of interest or to inform Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Developmental Studies to improve the public policy; however, methodological Reduction Act Review National Health Care Surveys—Generic findings may be reported. (OMB Control No. 0920–1030, expires This generic information collection The Centers for Disease Control and 10/31/2017)—Extension—National would include studies conducted in Prevention (CDC) has submitted the Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), person, via the telephone or internet, following information collection request Centers for Disease Control and and by postal or electronic mail. to the Office of Management and Budget Prevention (CDC). Methods covered would include (OMB) for review and approval in qualitative (e.g., usability testing, focus accordance with the Paperwork Background and Brief Description groups, ethnographic studies, and Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for Section 306 of the Public Health respondent debriefing questionnaires) the proposed information collection is Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as and/or quantitative (e.g., pilot tests, pre- published to obtain comments from the amended, authorizes the Secretary of tests and split sample experiments) public and affected agencies. Health and Human Services (DHHS), research methodologies. Examples of Written comments and suggestions acting through the Division of Health studies to improve existing survey from the public and affected agencies Care Statistics (DHCS) within NCHS, designs and procedures may include concerning the proposed collection of shall collect statistics on the extent and evaluation of incentive approaches to information are encouraged. Your nature of illness and disability of the improve recruitment and increase comments should address any of the population of the United States. participation rates; testing of new following: (a) Evaluate whether the The DHCS conducts the National survey items to obtain additional data proposed collection of information is Health Care Surveys, a family of on providers, patients, and their necessary for the proper performance of nationally representative surveys of encounters while minimizing the functions of the agency, including encounters and health care providers in misinterpretation and human error in whether the information will have inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care data collection; testing data collection in practical utility; (b) Evaluate the settings. This information collection panel surveys; triangulating and accuracy of the agencies estimate of the request is for the extension of a generic validating survey responses from burden of the proposed collection of clearance to conduct developmental multiple data sources; assessment of the information, including the validity of studies to improve this family of feasibility of data retrieval; and the methodology and assumptions used; surveys. This three year clearance development of protocols that will (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and period will include studies to evaluate locate, identify, and collect accurate clarity of the information to be and improve upon existing survey survey data in the least labor-intensive collected; (d) Minimize the burden of design and operations, as well as to mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES and burdensome manner at the sampled the collection of information on those examine the feasibility of, and address practice site. who are to respond, including through challenges that may arise with, future To explore and evaluate proposed the use of appropriate automated, expansions of the National Health Care survey designs and alternative electronic, mechanical, or other Surveys. approaches to collecting data, especially technological collection techniques or Specifically, this request covers with the nationwide adoption of other forms of information technology, developmental research with the electronic health records, studies may e.g., permitting electronic submission of following aims: (1) To explore ways to expand the evaluation of data extraction VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Mar 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1


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ActionNotice with comment period.
DatesWritten comments must be received on or before May 8, 2017.
FR Citation82 FR 12963 
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