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comments will be posted on the Web
site.
Meeting Documents: Documents
pertaining to Committee deliberations,
including meeting agendas, summaries,
and webcasts will be available on
www.DietaryGuidelines.gov under
‘‘Meetings.’’ Meeting information will
continue to be accessible online, at the
NIH Library, and upon request at the
Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, OASH/HHS; 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite LL100 Tower Building;
Rockville, MD 20852: Telephone (240)
453–8280; Fax: (240) 453–8281.
Dated: February 6, 2014.
Don Wright,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health,
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
Dated: January 24, 2014.
Jackie Haven,
Acting Executive Director, Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Dated: January 27, 2014.
Caird E. Rexroad, Jr.,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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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 404–639–7570 or send
comments to LeRoy Richardson, at 1600
Clifton Road, MS D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email 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
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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
The National Violent Death Reporting
System (NVDRS) (0920–0607,
Expiration 12/31/2015)—Revision—
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (NCIPC), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Violence is an important public
health problem. In the United States,
suicide and homicide are the second
and third leading causes of death,
respectively, in the 1–34 year old age
group. Unfortunately, public health
agencies do not know much more about
the problem than the numbers and the
sex, race, and age of the victims, or
information obtainable from the
standard death certificate. Death
certificates, however, carry no
information about key facts necessary
for prevention such as the relationship
of the victim and suspect and the
circumstances of the deaths.
Furthermore, death certificates are
typically available 20 months after the
completion of a single calendar year.
Official publications of national violent
death rates, e.g. those in Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report, rarely use data
that is less than two years old.
Local and Federal criminal justice
agencies such as the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) provide slightly more
information about homicides, but they
do not routinely collect standardized
data about suicides, which are in fact
much more common than homicides.
The FBI’s Supplemental Homicide
Report (SHRs) does collect basic
information about the victim-suspect
relationship and circumstances related
to the homicide. SHRs do not link
violent deaths that are part of one
incident such as homicide-suicides. It
also is a voluntary system in which
some 10–20 percent of police
departments nationwide do not
participate.
The FBI’s National Incident Based
Reporting System (NIBRS) provides
slightly more information than SHRs,
but it covers less of the country than
SHRs. NIBRS also only provides data
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of Justice Statistics Reports does provide
data that is less than two years old.
CDC requests Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval in order to
revise its state-based surveillance
system for violent deaths that will
provide more detailed and timely
information.
The surveillance system captures case
record information held by medical
examiners/coroners, vital statistics (i.e.,
death certificates), and law enforcement,
including crime labs. Data is collected
by each state in the system and entered
into a web system administered by CDC.
Information is collected from these
records about the characteristics of the
victims and suspects, the circumstances
of the deaths, and the weapons
involved. States use standardized data
elements and software designed by CDC.
Ultimately, this information will guide
states in designing, targeting, and
evaluating programs that reduce
multiple forms of violence.
Neither victim’s families nor suspects
are contacted to collect this information;
it all comes from existing records and is
collected by state health department
staff or their subcontractors.
The number of hours per death
required for the public agencies working
with NVDRS states to retrieve and then
refile their records is estimated to be 0.5
hours per death. Moving forward, we
will no longer include state abstractors’
time spent abstracting data in our
estimates of public burden for NVDRS
because state abstractors are funded by
CDC to do this work. This significantly
reduces the estimated public burden
associated with NVDRS.
The president has submitted plans to
fund the expansion of the state-based
surveillance system to collect
information in all 50 U.S. states, the
District of Columbia, and U.S.
territories. This revision will allow 32
new state health departments, the health
department of the District of Columbia,
and 8 territorial governments to be
added to the currently funded 18 state
health departments, resulting in a total
of 59 states and territories to be
included in the state-based surveillance
system.
Violent deaths include all homicides,
suicides, legal interventions, deaths
from undetermined causes, and
unintentional firearm deaths. The
average state will experience
approximately 1,000 such deaths each
year.
Moving forward, we will no longer
include state abstractors’ time spent
abstracting data in our estimates of
public burden for NVDRS because state
abstractors are funded by CDC to do this
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There are no costs to respondents
other than their time.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents

Form name

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses
per
respondent

Avenue
burden per
response
(in hrs.)

Total burden
(in hrs.)

Public Agencies ............

Retrieving and refile records .................................

59

1,000

0.5

29,500

Total ......................

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29,500

LeRoy 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.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call (404) 639–7570 or send an
email to [email protected]. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written

301 (a) of the Public Service Act [42
U.S.C. 241] and Section 306 of the
Public Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241 (a)].
NTSS has been maintained by the U.S.
Public Health Service and CDC through
the cooperation of the states since 1953.
Data are collected by 60 reporting areas
(the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
New York City, Puerto Rico, and 7
jurisdictions in the Pacific and
Caribbean).
CDC publishes an annual report using
RVCT data to summarize national TB
statistics and also periodically conducts
special analyses for publication to
further describe and interpret national
TB data. These data assist in public
health planning, evaluation, and
resource allocation. Reporting areas also
review and analyze their RVCT data to
monitor local TB trends, evaluate
program success, and focus resources to
eliminate TB. No other Federal agency
collects this type of national TB data.
The total estimated burden hours are
approximately 5,810 burden hours, an
estimated decrease of 919 hours from
2011. This decrease is due to having
fewer TB cases in the United States as
we continue progress towards TB
elimination. There is no cost to
respondents except for their time.

comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Report of Verified Case of
Tuberculosis (RVCT), (OMB No. 0920–
0026) exp. 05/31/2014—Extension—
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
(NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
In the United States, an estimated 10
to 15 million people are infected with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and about
10% of these persons will develop
tuberculosis (TB) disease at some point
in their lives. The purpose of this
project is to continue ongoing national
tuberculosis surveillance using the
standardized Report of Verified Case of
Tuberculosis (RVCT). Data collected
using the RVCT help state and federal
infectious disease officials to assess
changes in the diagnosis and treatment
of TB, monitor trends in TB
epidemiology and outbreaks, and
develop strategies to meet the national
goal of TB elimination.
CDC conducts and maintains the
national TB surveillance system (NTSS)
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Types of respondents

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses
per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Local, state, and territorial health departments ...........................................................................

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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.
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