The National Notifiable Condition
Messaging Support Strategy Questionnaire supports two existing
OMB-approved information collections, the National Electronic
Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) (OMB 0920-0728) and the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (OMB 0920-0007). The
Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 241) authorizes the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to disseminate nationally
notifiable condition information. CDC's MMWR publishes incidence
tables for nationally notifiable conditions reported through the
NEDSS and other external surveillance data sources to the National
Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS). NEDSS (OMB
0920-0728) an internet-based infrastructure for public health
surveillance data exchange, uses specific Public Health Information
Network (PHIN) and NEDSS electronic data and information standards
to advance the development of efficient, integrated, and
interoperable surveillance systems at federal, state and local
levels. CDC is responsible for establishing and managing the
national reporting system of epidemiologic data for notifiable
conditions (diseases) via NEDSS. The data collected will be used by
CDC's NEDSS program to gather information needed for formulating a
technical and project management support strategy for 57 reporting
jurisdictions (50 States, 5 Territories, New York City, and
Washington, D.C.) as they implement NEDSS messaging for current
national notifiable conditions. An estimation of the overall
support needed will allow the NEDSS implementation and management
teams to most effectively plan a timeline and distribute human and
information technology (IT) resources.
US Code:
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USC 241 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
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.