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and when actually using the service. In
addition, this request includes the
electronic versions that replace the three
paper documents, one of which will
include a minor reduction in the
number of data collection items.
The total estimated annual burden
hours are 1,276. This represents an
increase of 210 hours from 1,066 due
primarily to the increase in
applications, and transmittal forms.
There is no cost to respondents except
for their time.

complete administrative forms in order
to apply for NDI services, and submit
records of study subjects for computer
matching against the NDI file. A threeyear Revision request is submitted to
continue the use of the two
administrative forms (the Application
form and Transmittal form) utilized in
the operation of the National Death
Index (NDI) program, along with
worksheets used to calculate related
fees. These forms are submitted by NDI
users when applying for use of the NDI

death, and the death certificate numbers
of deceased study subjects.
Using the NDI Plus service,
researchers have the option of also
receiving cause of death information for
deceased subjects, thus reducing the
need to request copies of death
certificates from the jurisdictions. The
NDI Plus option currently provides the
International Classification of Disease
(ICD) codes for the underlying and
multiple causes of death for the years
1979–2021. Health researchers must

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ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Total
burden
hours

Form name

Researcher ........................................
Researcher ........................................
Researcher ........................................

282
400
100

1
3
3

150/60
18/60
18/60

705
360
90

Researcher ........................................
Researcher ........................................

Application Form—Electronic ...........
Transmittal Form—Paper/Electronic
Early Transmittal Form—Paper/
Electronic.
Fee Worksheet .................................
Early Release Fee Worksheet .........

450
100

1
1

15/60
5/60

113
8

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

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

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1,276

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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–23–0728; Docket No. CDC–2022–
0130]

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:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed information
collection project titled National
Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
The purpose of this data collection is to
provide the official source of statistics

SUMMARY:

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in the United States for nationally
notifiable conditions.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before January 17,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2022–
0130 by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.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 H21–8, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
www.regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through
the Federal eRulemaking portal
(www.regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.

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
H21–8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329;
Telephone: 404–639–7570; Email: omb@
cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
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(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;
4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who

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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; and
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Notifiable Diseases
Surveillance System (NNDSS) (OMB
Control No. 0920–0728, Exp. 7/31/
2025)—Revision—Center for
Surveillance, Epidemiology and
Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Public Health Services Act (42
U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to
disseminate nationally notifiable
condition information. The National
Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
(NNDSS) is based on data collected at
the state, territorial and local levels
because of legislation and regulations in
those jurisdictions that require health
care providers, medical laboratories,
and other entities to submit healthrelated data on reportable conditions to
public health departments. These
reportable conditions, which include
infectious and non-infectious diseases,
vary by jurisdiction depending upon
each jurisdiction’s health priorities and
needs. Each year, the Council of State
and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE),
supported by CDC, determines which
reportable conditions should be
designated nationally notifiable or
under standardized surveillance.
CDC requests a three-year approval for
a Revision for the NNDSS (OMB Control
No. 0920–0728, Exp. 07/31/2025). This
Revision includes requests for approval
to: (1) receive case notification data for
Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms, a
new notifiable condition (NC); (2)
receive case notification data for
Strongyloidiasis, a new condition under
standardized surveillance (CSS); and (3)

Security Management Act of 2002
(FISMA) and the 2010 National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Recommended Security Controls for
Federal Information Systems and
Organizations. Weekly tables of
nationally notifiable diseases are
available through CDC WONDER and
data.cdc.gov. Annual summaries of
finalized nationally notifiable disease
data are published on CDC WONDER
and data.cdc.gov and disease-specific
data are published by individual CDC
programs.
The burden estimates include the
number of hours that the public health
department uses to process and send
case notification data from their
jurisdiction to CDC. Specifically, the
burden estimates include separate
burden hours incurred for automated
and non-automated transmissions,
separate weekly burden hours incurred
for modernizing surveillance systems as
part of CDC’s Data Modernization
Initiative (DMI) implementation,
separate burden hours incurred for
annual data reconciliation and
submission, and separate one-time
burden hours incurred for the addition
of new diseases and data elements. The
burden estimates for the one-time
burden for reporting jurisdictions are for
the addition of case notification data for
Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms, a
new notifiable condition (NC);
Strongyloidiasis, a new condition under
standardized surveillance (CSS); and
receive new disease-specific data
elements for Carbapenemase-Producing
Organisms, Candida auris, Melioidosis,
Leptospirosis, Brucellosis, Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning, and Hepatitis.
The estimated annual burden for the
257 respondents is 18,354 hours, and
has increased slightly from 18,294 to
18,354 due to the additional diseasespecific data elements added in this
Revision. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time to
participate.

receive new disease-specific data
elements for Carbapenemase-Producing
Organisms, Candida auris, Melioidosis,
Leptospirosis, Brucellosis, Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning, and Hepatitis.
The NNDSS currently facilitates the
submission and aggregation of case
notification data voluntarily submitted
to CDC from 60 jurisdictions: public
health departments in every U.S. state,
New York City, Washington, DC, five
U.S. territories (American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands), and three freely
associated states (Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of
Palau). This information is shared
across jurisdictional boundaries and
both surveillance and prevention and
control activities are coordinated at
regional and national levels.
Approximately 90% of case
notifications are encrypted and
submitted to NNDSS electronically from
already existing databases by automated
electronic messages. When automated
transmission is not possible, case
notifications are faxed, emailed,
uploaded to a secure network or entered
into a secure website. All case
notifications that are faxed or emailed
are done so in the form of an aggregate
weekly or annual report, not individual
cases. These different mechanisms used
to send case notifications to CDC vary
by the jurisdiction and the disease or
condition. Jurisdictions remove most
personally identifiable information (PII)
before data are submitted to CDC, but
some data elements (e.g., date of birth,
date of diagnosis, county of residence)
could potentially be combined with
other information to identify
individuals. Private information is not
disclosed unless otherwise compelled
by law. All data are treated in a secure
manner consistent with the technical,
administrative, and operational controls
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States
States
States
States
States

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Territories
Territories
Territories

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Weekly (Non- automated) ................
Weekly (DMI Implementation) ..........
Annual ..............................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and
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Weekly (Automated) .........................
Weekly, Quarterly (Non-automated)
Weekly (DMI Implementation) ..........
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10
50
50
50

52
52
52
1
1

20/60
2
4
75
2

867
1,040
10,400
3,750
100

5
5
5
5

52
56
52
1

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20/60
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Territories ..........................................

One-time Addition of Diseases and
Data Elements.
Weekly (Automated) .........................
Weekly, Quarterly (Non-automated)
Annual ..............................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and
Data Elements.
Weekly (Automated) .........................
Weekly (Non-automated) .................
Weekly (DMI Implementation) ..........
Annual ..............................................
One-time Addition of Diseases and
Data Elements.

5

1

2

10

3
3
3
3

52
56
1
1

20/60
20/60
5
2

52
56
15
6

2
2
2
2
2

52
52
52
1
1

20/60
2
4
75
2

35
208
416
150
4

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18,354

Freely
Freely
Freely
Freely

Associated
Associated
Associated
Associated

States
States
States
States

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

Cities
Cities
Cities
Cities
Cities

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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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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing
[email protected].
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.

Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Evaluation of LifeSet (OMB
#0970–0577)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services is proposing additional
information collection activities to
assess the implementation of LifeSet, a
program that provides services and
supports to young adults ages 17 to 21
with previous child welfare
involvement. Current data collection
activities are approved under this same
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) #: 0970–0577.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
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about the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The proposed
information collection activities are part
of the second phase of a study that
intends to assess the impact and
implementation of LifeSet, a program
that provides services and supports to
young adults ages 17 to 21 with
previous child welfare involvement.
The program aims to support young
adults in their transition from foster care
to independent living in the areas of
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safety, and criminal involvement. It
focuses on helping young adults
identify and achieve their goals while
developing the skills necessary for
independent living.
The evaluation is part of a larger
project to help ACF build the evidence
base in child welfare through rigorous
evaluation of programs, practices, and
policies. The activities and products
from this project will contribute to
evidence building in child welfare and
help to determine the effectiveness of a
program for youth formerly in foster
care on young adult outcomes.
The implementation study will collect
information through video conferences
and site visits to the participating
program and child welfare agency. Data
collection activities for the
implementation study began, as
previously approved by OMB.
Additional protocols are proposed as
part of the implementation study.
Proposed information collection
activities include interviews and focus
groups with administrators and staff
from the program developer, child
welfare agency, and program providers;
online survey of program staff;
interviews with youth who participated
in the program; and focus groups with
youth who participated in the program
and who received services as usual.
Respondents: Program participants,
young adults receiving services as usual,
agency and program administrators and
staff, other program stakeholders.

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