82 FR 6556 - National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 12 (January 19, 2017)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 12 (January 19, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-01186 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 6556-6558] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-01186] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: General notice--notice of revision of confidentiality pledges under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and 44 U.S.C. 3501, CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is announcing revisions to the confidentiality pledge(s) it provides to its respondents under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) (CIPSEA). These revisions are required by the passage and implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. DATES: These revisions become effective January 19, 2017. ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice should be addressed to the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy A. Richardson by telephone at 404-639-7570 (this is not a toll-free number); by email [email protected], or by mail Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Because of delays in the receipt of regular mail related to security screening, respondents are encouraged to use electronic communications. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal statistics provide key information that the Nation uses to measure its performance and make informed choices about budgets, employment, health, investments, taxes, and a host of other significant topics. The overwhelming majority of Federal surveys are conducted on a voluntary basis. Respondents, ranging from businesses to households to institutions, may choose whether or not to provide the requested information. Many of the most valuable Federal statistics come from surveys that ask for highly sensitive information such as proprietary business data from companies or particularly personal information or practices from individuals. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) protects all data collected under its authority under the confidentiality provisions of section 308(d) of the Public Health service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m). Strong and trusted confidentiality and exclusively statistical use pledges under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) and similar statistical confidentiality pledges are effective and necessary in honoring the trust that businesses, individuals, and institutions, by their responses, place in statistical agencies. Under CIPSEA and similar statistical confidentiality protection statutes, many Federal statistical agencies make statutory pledges that the information respondents provide will be seen only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents, and will be used only for statistical purposes. CIPSEA and similar statutes protect the confidentiality of information that agencies collect solely for statistical purposes and under a pledge of confidentiality. These acts protect such statistical information from administrative, law enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any other non-statistical use and immunize the information submitted to statistical agencies from legal process. Moreover, many of these statutes carry criminal penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to $250,000, or up to five years in prison, or both) for conviction of a knowing and willful unauthorized disclosure of covered information. As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 signed on December 17, 2015, the Congress included the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other provisions, permits and requires the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide Federal civilian agencies' information [[Page 6557]] technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. The technology currently used to provide this protection against cyber malware is known as Einstein 3A; it electronically searches Internet traffic in and out of Federal civilian agencies in real time for malware signatures. When such a signature is found, the Internet packets that contain the malware signature are shunted aside for further inspection by DHS personnel. Because it is possible that such packets entering or leaving a statistical agency's information technology system may contain a small portion of confidential statistical data, statistical agencies can no longer promise their respondents that their responses will be seen only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents. However, they can promise, in accordance with provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, that such monitoring can be used only to protect information and information systems from cybersecurity risks, thereby, in effect, providing stronger protection to the integrity of the respondents' submissions. Consequently, with the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, the Federal statistical community has an opportunity to welcome the further protection of its confidential data offered by DHS' Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection program. The DHS cybersecurity program's objective is to protect Federal civilian information systems from malicious malware attacks. The Federal statistical system's objective is to ensure that the DHS Secretary performs those essential duties in a manner that honors the Government's statutory promises to the public to protect their confidential data. Given that the Department of Homeland Security is not a Federal statistical agency, both DHS and the Federal statistical system have been successfully engaged in finding a way to balance both objectives and achieve these mutually reinforcing objectives. However, many current CIPSEA and similar statistical confidentiality pledges promise that respondents' data will be seen only by statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents. Since it is possible that DHS personnel could see some portion of those confidential data in the course of examining the suspicious Internet packets identified by Einstein 3A sensors, statistical agencies need to revise their confidentiality pledges to reflect this process change. Therefore, NCHS is providing this notice to alert the public to these confidentiality pledge revisions in an efficient and coordinated fashion. Below is a table listing NCHS's current Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) OMB Control numbers and information collection titles and their associated revised confidentiality pledge(s) for the Information Collections whose confidentiality pledges will change to reflect the statutory implementation of DHS' Einstein 3A monitoring for cybersecurity protection purposes. The following NCHS statistical confidentiality pledge will now apply to the Information Collections whose Paperwork Reduction Act Office of Management and Budget numbers and titles are listed below. We take your privacy very seriously. All information that relates to or describes identifiable characteristics of individuals, a practice, or an establishment will be used only for statistical purposes. NCHS staff, contractors, and agents will not disclose or release responses in identifiable form without the consent of the individual or establishment in accordance with section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA, Title 5 of Public Law 107-347). In accordance with CIPSEA, every NCHS employee, contractor, and agent has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term of up to five years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you. In addition, NCHS complies with the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015. This law requires the federal government to protect federal computer networks by using computer security programs to identify cybersecurity risks like hacking, internet attacks, and other security weaknesses. If information sent through government networks triggers a cyber threat indicator, the information may be intercepted and reviewed for cyber threats by computer network experts working for, or on behalf of the government. NCHS's Current OMB Control Numbers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OMB control No. Title of information collection ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0920-0119............................. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Supplement on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (NAMCS CLAS). 0920-0212............................. National Hospital Care Survey. 0920-0213............................. NCHS: National Vital Statistics Report Forms. 0920-0214............................. National Health Interview Survey. 0920-0215............................. Application Form and Related Forms for the Operation of the National Death Index. 0920-0217............................. NCHS Application for Vital Statistics Training Form. 0920-0222............................. NCHS Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory. 0920-0234............................. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). 0920-0278............................. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. 0920-0314............................. National Survey of Family Growth. 0920-0729............................. Customer Surveys Generic Clearance for the National Center for Health Statistics. 0920-0943............................. Data Collection for the Residential Care Community and Adult Day Services Center Components of the National Study of Long-term Care Providers. 0920-0950............................. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 0920-1015............................. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) National Electronic Health Record Survey (NEHRS). 0920-1030............................. Developmental Studies to Improve the National Health Care Surveys. 0920-1063............................. NAMCS Supplement of Primary Care Policies (NSPCP) for Managing Patients with High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, or Diabetes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 6558]] 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. 2017-01186 Filed 1-18-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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Leroy A. Richardson, decision by HHS to add the class to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal
Chief, Information Collection Review, Office SEC. statistics provide key information that
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the the Nation uses to measure its
Associate Director for Science Office of the Frank Hearl
performance and make informed
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Chief of Staff, National Institute for
choices about budgets, employment,
Prevention. Occupational Safety and Health.
health, investments, taxes, and a host of
[FR Doc. 2017–01185 Filed 1–18–17; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2017–01109 Filed 1–18–17; 8:45 am]
other significant topics. The
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surveys are conducted on a voluntary
basis. Respondents, ranging from
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
businesses to households to institutions,
HUMAN SERVICES HUMAN SERVICES
may choose whether or not to provide
Centers for Disease Control and the requested information. Many of the
Designation of a Class of Employees most valuable Federal statistics come
for Addition to the Special Exposure Prevention
from surveys that ask for highly
Cohort sensitive information such as
National Center for Health Statistics
AGENCY: National Institute for (NCHS) Confidentiality Pledge proprietary business data from
Occupational Safety and Health Revision Notice companies or particularly personal
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control information or practices from
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and individuals. The CDC’s National Center
and Prevention, Department of Health Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). for Health Statistics (NCHS) protects all
and Human Services (HHS). data collected under its authority under
ACTION: Notice. ACTION: General notice—notice of the confidentiality provisions of section
revision of confidentiality pledges 308(d) of the Public Health service Act
SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a under the Confidential Information
decision to designate a class of (42 U.S.C. 242m). Strong and trusted
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act. confidentiality and exclusively
employees from the Pantex Plant in
Amarillo, Texas, as an addition to the SUMMARY: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e) and statistical use pledges under the
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 44 U.S.C. 3501, CDC’s National Center Confidential Information Protection and
the Energy Employees Occupational for Health Statistics (NCHS) is Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) and
Illness Compensation Program Act of announcing revisions to the similar statistical confidentiality
confidentiality pledge(s) it provides to pledges are effective and necessary in
2000.
its respondents under the Confidential honoring the trust that businesses,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: individuals, and institutions, by their
Information Protection and Statistical
Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division responses, place in statistical agencies.
Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C. 3501)
of Compensation Analysis and Support, Under CIPSEA and similar statistical
(CIPSEA). These revisions are required
NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, confidentiality protection statutes, many
by the passage and implementation of
MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, Federal statistical agencies make
provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity
Telephone 1–877–222–7570. statutory pledges that the information
Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029,
Information requests can also be respondents provide will be seen only
Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec.
submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. by statistical agency personnel or their
223), which permit and require the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: sworn agents, and will be used only for
Secretary of the Department of
statistical purposes. CIPSEA and similar
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. Homeland Security (DHS) to provide
statutes protect the confidentiality of
7384l(14)(C). Federal civilian agencies’ information
information that agencies collect solely
technology systems with cybersecurity
On January 4, 2017, as provided for for statistical purposes and under a
protection for their Internet traffic. More
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the pledge of confidentiality. These acts
details on this announcement are
Secretary of HHS designated the protect such statistical information from
presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY
following class of employees as an administrative, law enforcement,
INFORMATION section below.
addition to the SEC: taxation, regulatory, or any other non-
DATES: These revisions become effective statistical use and immunize the
All employees of the Department of January 19, 2017.
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their information submitted to statistical
ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice agencies from legal process. Moreover,
contractors and subcontractors who worked
at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, should be addressed to the Information many of these statutes carry criminal
during the period from January 1, 1951, Collection Review Office, Centers for penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to
through December 31, 1957, for a number of Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 $250,000, or up to five years in prison,
work days aggregating at least 250 work days, Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, or both) for conviction of a knowing and
occurring either solely under this Georgia 30329. willful unauthorized disclosure of
employment or in combination with work FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: covered information.
days within the parameters established for Leroy A. Richardson by telephone at As part of the Consolidated
one or more other classes of employees in the 404–639–7570 (this is not a toll-free Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Special Exposure Cohort.
number); by email omb@cdc.gov, or by signed on December 17, 2015, the
This designation will become mail Information Collection Review Congress included the Federal
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effective on February 3, 2017, unless Office, Centers for Disease Control and Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015
Congress provides otherwise prior to the Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle
effective date. After this effective date, D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Because of B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other
HHS will publish a notice in the delays in the receipt of regular mail provisions, permits and requires the
Federal Register reporting the addition related to security screening, Secretary of the Department of
of this class to the SEC or the result of respondents are encouraged to use Homeland Security (DHS) to provide
any provision by Congress regarding the electronic communications. Federal civilian agencies’ information
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Leroy A. Richardson, any provision by Congress regarding the To obtain copies of a supporting
Chief, Information, Collection Review Office, decision by HHS to add the class to the statement and any related forms for the
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the SEC. proposed collection(s) summarized in
Associate Director for Science, Office of the this notice, you may make your request
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Frank Hearl,
using one of following:
Prevention. Chief of Staff, National Institute for 1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
[FR Doc. 2017–01186 Filed 1–18–17; 8:45 am] Occupational Safety and Health.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
[FR Doc. 2017–01110 Filed 1–18–17; 8:45 am]
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BILLING CODE 4163–19–P 2. Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND and CMS document identifier, to
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
HUMAN SERVICES 3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
Designation of a Class of Employees (410) 786–1326.
for Addition to the Special Exposure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cohort
Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–
AGENCY: National Institute for [Document Identifiers: CMS–10142] 1326.
Occupational Safety and Health SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and Prevention, Department of Health (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies
and Human Services (HHS). Review; Comment Request
must obtain approval from the Office of
ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Management and Budget (OMB) for each
Medicaid Services, HHS. collection of information they conduct
SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a
ACTION: Notice. or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of
decision to designate a class of
employees from Area IV of the Santa information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C.
SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare &
Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
County, California, as an addition to the includes agency requests or
an opportunity for the public to
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under requirements that members of the public
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
the Energy Employees Occupational submit reports, keep records, or provide
information from the public. Under the
Illness Compensation Program Act of information to a third party. Section
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
2000. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
(PRA), federal agencies are required to
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: publish notice in the Federal Register
to publish a 30-day notice in the
Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division concerning each proposed collection of
Federal Register concerning each
of Compensation Analysis and Support, information, including each proposed
proposed collection of information,
NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C– extension or reinstatement of an existing
including each proposed extension or
46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, collection of information, and to allow
reinstatement of an existing collection
Telephone 1–877–222–7570. a second opportunity for public
of information, before submitting the
Information requests can also be comment on the notice. Interested
collection to OMB for approval. To
submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. persons are invited to send comments
comply with this requirement, CMS is
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: regarding the burden estimate or any
publishing this notice that summarizes
other aspect of this collection of
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. the following proposed collection(s) of
information, including the necessity and
7384l(14)(C). information for public comment:
utility of the proposed information 1. Type of Information Collection
On January 6, 2017, as provided for collection for the proper performance of Request: Revision of a currently
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the the agency’s functions, the accuracy of approved collection; Title of
Secretary of HHS designated the the estimated burden, ways to enhance Information Collection: Bid Pricing Tool
following class of employees as an the quality, utility, and clarity of the (BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA)
addition to the SEC: information to be collected and the use Plans and Prescription Drug Plans
of automated collection techniques or (PDP); Use: We require that Medicare
All employees of the Department of
Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their other forms of information technology to Advantage organizations and
contractors and subcontractors who worked minimize the information collection Prescription Drug Plans complete the
in any area at Area IV of the Santa Susana burden. BPT as part of the annual bidding
Field Laboratory in Ventura County, DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of process. During this process,
California, from January 1, 1965, through
information must be received by the organizations prepare their proposed
December 31, 1988, for a number of work
days aggregating at least 250 work days, OMB desk officer by February 21, 2017. actuarial bid pricing for the upcoming
occurring either solely under this ADDRESSES: When commenting on the contract year and submit them to us for
employment or in combination with work proposed information collections, review and approval. The purpose of the
days within the parameters established for please reference the document identifier BPT is to collect the actuarial pricing
one or more other classes of employees or OMB control number. To be assured information for each plan. The BPT
included in the Special Exposure Cohort. consideration, comments and calculates the plan’s bid, enrollee
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This designation will become recommendations must be received by premiums, and payment rates. We
effective on February 5, 2017, unless the OMB desk officer via one of the publish beneficiary premium
Congress provides otherwise prior to the following transmissions: OMB, Office of information using a variety of formats
effective date. After this effective date, Information and Regulatory Affairs, (www.medicare.gov, the Medicare & You
HHS will publish a notice in the Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax handbook, Summary of Benefits
Federal Register reporting the addition Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email: marketing information) for the purpose
of this class to the SEC or the result of OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. of beneficiary education and
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| Action | General notice--notice of revision of confidentiality pledges under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act. | |
| Dates | These revisions become effective January 19, 2017. | |
| Contact | Leroy A. Richardson by telephone at 404-639-7570 (this is not a toll-free number); by email [email protected], or by mail Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Because of delays in the receipt of regular mail related to security screening, respondents are encouraged to use electronic communications. | |
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