DAWN is an on going national public
health surveillance system that monitors drug-related medical
emergencies and deaths. DAWN relies on a sample of hospital
emergency departments to generate nationally representative
estimates of drug-related emergency department visits.
Currently, there are 111,938
burden hours in the OMB inventory. The program is requesting an
estimated annualized burden of 72,227 burden hours, a decrease of
39,711 hours. Program changes resulted in a decrease of 53,769
hours and adjustments resulted in an increase of 14,508 hours.
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.