The National Notifiable Diseases
Surveillance System is the nation's public health surveillance
system used to monitor the occurrence and spread of nationally
notifiable conditions. The NNDSS facilitates the submission and
aggregation of case notification data voluntarily submitted to CDC
from 60 jurisdictions including health departments in every U.S.
state, New York City, Washington DC, 5 U.S. territories, and 3
freely associated states. It is the official source of statistics
in the U.S. for nationally notifiable conditions and CDC is the
sole repository for these national, population-based data.
Changes include expanding the
respondent population to include freely associated states and
changes in data elements and case notification data. Burden is off
by one hour due to rounding.
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.