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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–19–19BND; Docket No. CDC–2019–
0066]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a Generic Information
Collection Request for Cognitive Testing
and Pilot Testing for the National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion. A generic clearance
is needed to support methodological
studies that improve information quality
and the efficiency of information
collection.

CDC must receive written
comments on or before October 15,
2019.

DATES:

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2019–
0066 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information
Collection Review Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–

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D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7118; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
Generic Information Collection
Request (ICR) for Cognitive Testing and
Pilot Testing for the National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP)—New—National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC’s National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP) plans to
establish a generic clearance to support
information collection for cognitive
testing and pilot testing activities.
Information collections that support the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance

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System (BRFSS) and other NCCDPHP
programs are expected to be the major
focus of activity under this generic.
Additional information collections may
also be considered for submission
through this generic clearance if they
are relevant to BRFSS and NCCDPHP
programs or collaborations.
Cognitive testing and pilot testing are
methodological procedures conducted
to prepare for a large scale or key
information collection. Cognitive and
pilot testing activities are designed to
improve information quality and the
efficiency of information collection by
addressing issues such as the use of new
or existing survey questions, question
formatting, survey protocols, data
collection software systems and other
related processes.
Cognitive testing is a technique used
to clarify the meaning of survey
questions and/or the response options
for questions. Cognitive testing
contributes to the understanding of the
validity and reliability of questions used
for a variety of public health purposes.
Cognitive testing is conducted early in
the process of considering questions for
use in a survey or other information
collection activity. This type of testing
is usually conducted in a controlled
setting, such as an office setting.
Respondents participate in a discussion
or interview with a trained interviewer
and may respond individually or as
members of focus groups.
Questions may undergo cognitive
testing because they have not been used
in previous surveys; for example,
questions related to the emergence of a
new public health concern (such as ecigarettes). In addition, testing may be
conducted on previously used questions
to assess their use in a different
information collection mode; for
example, testing might be conducted to
convert questions developed for a paper
survey to an interview format or an
electronic survey format; or testing
might be conducted to identify issues
specific to a subpopulation or language
translation. Respondents are asked to
review questions and/or surveys to
discuss their impressions of the items
under consideration, the questions, the
response set, individual words within
the question, or the focus of the
questionnaire itself. Incentives may be
offered to respondents who participate
in the in-person phase of cognitive
testing since these activities involve
additional burden and inconvenience.
Pilot testing is used to determine
whether methods or modes of data
collection (such as phone or mail
surveys, in-person interviews or online
data collection) are appropriate and
efficient ways of collecting data. Pilot

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testing may include testing of changes
in sampling or contacting potential
respondents.
The majority of participants in
cognitive and pilot testing activities are
expected to be adults ≥18 years of age.
Information may be collected during the
recruitment process to assist in the
selection of respondents. Respondents
may be recruited to take part in testing
through online or newspaper
advertisements. If the participants are
not recruited to be present at a physical
location, they may be called and
recruited by telephone.

NCCDPHP programs and collaborators.
Each information collection activity
conducted through this generic will be
submitted to OMB for approval in a
project-specific information collection
request that describes its purpose and
methods.
Participation in cognitive and pilot
testing is voluntary, but respondents
will be encouraged to participate by
explanations of the need for their input
in the introduction of each survey. CDC
requests approval for an 8,950 burden
hours annually. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.

Cognitive and pilot testing are
efficient means of identifying problems
with questions and procedures prior to
implementation of data collection.
Thus, they are cost effective approaches
to providing evidence on survey
questionnaire performance. A
consequence of cognitive and pilot
testing is to maintain high levels of
participation in the information
collection process itself.
Initial response and burden estimates
are based on anticipated information
collection needs for the BRFSS, with an
additional allocation for a variety of

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hrs.)

Form name

General U.S. Population or Selected
Subpopulation.

Screening for cognitive testing .........

2,500

1

15/60

625

Screening for pilot testing ................
Cognitive testing in person ..............
Cognitive testing by phone ..............
Cognitive testing by ABS/mail/web ..
Pilot testing in person ......................
Pilot testing by phone ......................
Pilot testing by ABS/mail/web ..........

2,400
1,500
1,500
600
1,000
3,000
5,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

15/60
60/60
45/60
60/60
30/60
30/60
30/60

600
1,500
1,125
600
500
1,500
2,500

...........................................................

17,500

........................

........................

8,950

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

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Number of
respondents

Type of respondent

In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled Lyme and Other
Tickborne Diseases Knowledge,
Attitudes, and Practices Surveys to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC
previously published a ‘‘Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations’’
notice on June 5, 2019 to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received one comment
related to the previous notice. This
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days for public and affected agency
comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including, through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection
costs.
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of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
send an email to [email protected]. Direct
written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this
notice to the Attention: CDC Desk
Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202)
395–5806. Provide written comments
within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
Lyme and other Tickborne Diseases
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
Surveys—Extension—National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) Division of VectorBorne Diseases (DVBD) and other
programs working on tickborne diseases
(TBDs) are requesting a three year
extension without change for a generic
clearance to conduct TBD prevention
studies to include knowledge, attitudes,
and practices (KAP) surveys regarding
ticks and tickborne diseases (TBDs)
among residents and businesses offering
pest control services in Lyme disease
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