Attachment D – Sample Letter Announcing Specific Training Course
Dear Colleague:
The Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, is once again offering a course on Vital Statistics Records and Their Administration. This course will be an introduction to the proper management and administration of a vital statistics records system. Topics will include:
History of the vital registration system
Uniformity in the vital registration system
Processing and managing a vital records information system
Certification and electronic verification procedures
Protecting confidentiality of vital records
Security and fraud prevention in vital records
Customer service
Current legislative and regulatory policies
Disaster recovery/business continuity
Electronic registration systems
Intelligence reform legislation
Statistical uses of vital records data
Training and information programs
A course description and a draft course outline are attached.
This 3 1/2 day course will be held on (Date and Location to be Announced). It will adjourn at noon on the last day. There is no registration fee. Applicants are responsible for their own travel, per diem, and related expenses.
The attached application must be signed by the applicant and his/her supervisor before faxing to:
Kelly Brown, CDR, USPHS
Acting Chief, Registration Methods Program
Division of Vital Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics/CDC
3311 Toledo Road, Room 7313
Hyattsville, MD 20782
301-458-4639
FAX: 301-458-4034
kdbrown@cdc.gov
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Upon approval of an application*, logistics information will be sent to the applicant.
Below is the host hotel information:
(TO BE ANNOUNCED)
Please inform your staff DO NOT make a hotel reservation until their course application has been approved by NCHS.
We appreciate your assistance in distributing this information to your staff and to local personnel who are relatively new to the vital registration system or who have not attended for the past three years and need a refresher. If you have any questions about the training or logistics information, please contact Julie Kowaleski at jlt2@cdc.gov or 301.458.4323.
Sincerely yours,
Director
Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS
3 Attachments:
Course Description
Draft Course Outline
Training Application
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | Dear Colleague: |
| Author | jmb8 |
| Last Modified By | VCB Comments |
| File Modified | 2016-03-01 |
| File Created | 2016-03-01 |