During the spring 2009 H1N1 outbreak,
the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) received numerous daily requests about
the overall number of school dismissals nationwide and the number
of students and teachers impacted by the school dismissals. CDC and
ED recognized the importance of having a mechanism in place to
collect this information and gauge the impact of the outbreak.
Thus, CDC and ED developed a standardized data collection
instrument to obtain this data and have begun to collect data under
OMB Control No. 0920-0008, Emergency Epidemic Investigations. Data
collections under OMB Control No. 0920-0008 are permitted for a 90
days. Since CDC expects school closures to occur beyond the 90 day
period and would like to collect this data over the long term, CDC
is requesting OMB approval for this data collection under a
separate OMB Control Number.
US Code:
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USC 301 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.