ATTACHMENT G - Comment and Response 60-D FRN OMB 0920-0008

ATTACHMENT G

Comment and Response to 60-day Federal Register Notice
Emergency Epidemic Investigations
OMB No. 0920-0008

From: Harris, Denise (CDC/OD/OCSO) (CTR) On Behalf Of OMB-Comments (CDC)
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:54 PM
To: 'jean public'
Cc: OMB-Comments (CDC)
Subject: RE: public comment on federal register

Hello,

Thank you for your comments concerning the CDC 60 Day Federal Register Notice for OMB No. 60-Day 09-0008, Emergency Epidemic Investigations. We have given the concerns you described careful consideration. For further information regarding the unique mission of CDC, please refer to our website at www.cdc.gov.

Thank you for your interest.

CDC

From: jean public [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:46 PM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC); [email protected]
Subject: public comment on federal register

i have zero confidence in this agency which turns molehills into mountains for its own benefit. it turns a minor disease into a pandemic causing billions of american tax dollars to be wasted. it is quite clear that big pharma and big medicine and big money are making all us citizens into cowards through fearmongering. the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - and this agency is using that to the max for its own benefit. no wonder the us is going downward in health standards every single year. money pollutes and corrupts and that is happening here.
jean public 15 elm st florham park nj07932

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Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:46:49 PM
Subject: turning minor issues into epidemics to gain power is what is going on here

[Federal Register: August 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 159)]

[Notices]              

[Page 41913]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-0008]

 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and

Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.

To request

more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960

and send comments to Maryam Daneshvar, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail

to [email protected].

    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; and (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. Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Emergency Epidemic Investigations--Extension--(0920-0008), Office

of Workforce and Career Development (OWCD), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

Background & Brief Description

    The purpose of the Emergency Epidemic Investigation surveillance is

to collect data on the conditions surrounding and preceding the onset

of a problem. The data must be collected in a timely fashion so that

information can be used to develop prevention and control techniques,

to interrupt disease transmission, and to help identify the cause of an

outbreak. The EPI-AID mechanism is a means for Epidemic Intelligence

Service (EIS) officers of the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), along with other CDC staff, to provide technical

support to State health agencies requesting assistance with

epidemiologic field investigations. This mechanism allows CDC to

respond rapidly to public health problems in need of urgent attention,

thereby providing an important service to State and other public health

agencies. Through EPI-AIDS, EIS officers (and, sometimes, other CDC

trainees) receive supervised training while actively participating in

epidemiologic investigations. EIS is a two-year program of training and

service in applied epidemiology through CDC, primarily for persons

holding doctoral degrees.

    Shortly after completion of the EPI-AID investigation, an Epi Trip

Report is delivered to the State health agency official(s) who

requested assistance. These officials can comment on both the

timeliness and the practical utility of the recommendations from the

investigation by completing a brief questionnaire to assess the

promptness of the investigation and the usefulness of the

recommendations. There is no cost to the respondents other than their

time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

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                                                 Number of        Number of      Average burden

                 Respondents                    respondents     responses per    per  response     Total burden

                                                 (per year)       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)

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Requestors of EPI-AIDs.......................             100                1            15/60             

 25

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    Dated: August 10, 2009.

Maryam I. Daneshvar,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

[FR Doc. E9-19836 Filed 8-18-09; 8:45 am]

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