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PUBLIC SUBMISSION

As of: 2/17/17 3:18 PM
Received: December 08, 2016
Status: Posted
Posted: December 08, 2016
Tracking No. 1k0-8th2-zm84
Comments Due: January 31, 2017
Submission Type: Unknown

Docket: CDC-2016-0113
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey 0920-17FB
Comment On: CDC-2016-0113-0001
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey 0920-17FB 2016-28899
Document: CDC-2016-0113-0002
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey 0920-17FB RePUBLIC
COMMENT ON FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLIC DOES NOT NEED TO PAY FOR THIS
CRAP PROGRAM SHU TIT DOWN BUDGET TO ZERO

Submitter Information
General Comment
From: Jean Public
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 2:59 PM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC); INFO@TAXPAYER.NET; MEDIA@CAGW.ORG;
INFO@NJTAXES.ORG; INFONJ@AFPHQ.ORG; YOURVIEWS@APP.COM;
IKNFO@FOXNEWS.COM
Subject: Re:PUBLIC COMMENT ON FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLIC DOES NOT NEED
TO PAY FOR THIS CRAP PROGRAM SHU TIT DOWN BUDGET TO ZERO
THE CDC SHOULD BE WORKING ON DISEASES THAT HARM AMERICA. WE DO
NOT NEED CDC TO GET INTO AREAS THAT THE US JUSTICE DEPT AND OUR
LOCAL POLICE DEPTS AND SOCIAL SERICES ALREADY GET INTO. THE FACT IS
WE NEED THESE EXTREMLEY HIGH PAID FAT CAT BUREAUCRATS TO FIND A
REASON WHY WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF AUTISM HARMING 20% OF OUR KIDS
FROM VACCINES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN PROPERLY INVESTIGATED. THE
EMPLOYEES AT THIS AGENCY ARE VERY SNEAKY, SURREPEITIOUS. LAZY AND
HIDE OUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND DONT WANT TO BE QUESIONTED BY
ANYBODY WHO WOULD ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS OF WHY WE HAVE OUR
CHILDREN POPULATION TURNING INTO AUTISM ADULTS. I DOINT THINK THE
AMERCIAN PEOPLE WANT TO ENLARGE WHAT THIS AGENCY DOES IN ANY
OTHR AREA BECAUSE THIS AGENCY HAS PROVIDED WHAT A VICIOUS LOUT IT
IS IN THE AREA OF VACCINES. THEY PUSH VACCINES WHEN OUIR KIDS EVERY
MONTH SHOW UP ON THE VACCINE LIST INJUIRED OR DEAD. DEAD. FROM

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VACCINES. THERI PARENTS WERE WITH THEM EVERY DAY AND THEY SAY
THEY GO DOWNHILL AFTER THE VACCINES. AND THESE LOUSY EMPLOYEES
JUST HIDE OUT AND LIE. THEY ARENT EVEN SMART ENOUGH TO PUT THIS IN
REGULATIONS.GOV, I WENT THERE AND PUT IN ALL KINDS OF NUMBERS AND
NONE OF THEM WORKED TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS AGENCY
DOESNT WNT PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT IS SO NOTORIOUSLYH STUPID,
VENAL AND LAZY. ALL THEY LIKE TO DO IS FLY OFF TO CONFRENCES IN
FOREIGN LANDS WHERE THEY CAN DO NOTHING EXCEPT STAY IN HOTELS
AND GET FREE FOOD. THEY ARE PRODUCITGN NOHTING OF VALUE FOR
AMERICA. I THINK THE ENTIRE AGENCY SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN.
IT DESERVES AN F MINIUS FOR ITS WORK. VERY VERY POOR SHODDY WORK
INDEED. THIS COMMENT IS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. PLEASE RECEIPT. JEAN
PUOBLIEE JEANPUBLIC1@YAHOO.COM

Subject: PUBLIC DOES NOT NEED TO PAY FOR THIS CRAP PROGRAM SHU TIT
DOWN BUDGET
TO ZERO
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87037-87039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office
[www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28899]

=======================================================================
----------------------------------------------------------------------DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-17FB; Docket No. CDC-2016-0113]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the

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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 proposed
information collection entitled ``Understanding Relationship Dynamics
and Conflict Survey.'' CDC will use the information collected to
ascertain which factors or groups of factors may influence violence
perpetration that occurs within adult intimate partner relationships.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-20160113 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office,
[[Page 87038]]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MSD74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted 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 the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MSD74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
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 OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a

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proposed data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey--New-National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a substantial public health
problem in the United States. Over a third of women and over a quarter
of men have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an
intimate partner. Recognition of the importance and prevalence of this
issue has fueled research to examine the causes, correlates, and
outcomes of IPV over the past several decades. However, studies across
various IPV research domains (e.g., etiology, prevention efficacy and
intervention effectiveness) tend to view IPV as an isolated occurrence
and rarely consider the contextual situation in which IPV occurs. For
example, existing models may not distinguish between an act of physical
violence perpetrated during an argument from an act of physical
violence perpetrated as a constellation of physical, sexual, and
psychological violence by one partner toward another for the purpose of
dominating and controlling that partner.
To that end, we need more information about the factors or groups
of factors that influence violence perpetration within adult intimate
partner relationships. This project will take a critical first step by
collecting information from adults in the United States about their

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attitudes, perceptions, beliefs and experiences with violence in
intimate relationships. In the future, this information can help
develop a standardized measurement scheme that will distinguish among
different contextual forms of IPV perpetration so that effective
violence prevention strategies can be targeted and implemented.
The respondent universe consists of 2,210 adults (18 years or
older) from two populations: The general population who live in the
United States and incarcerated individuals who live in Indiana. Half of
the incarcerated group will have an IPV-related offense record and half
will not. Data will be collected through an online survey of Mechanical
Turk (MT) workers and an in-person survey of incarcerated individuals.
Data analysis will include a combination of Factor Analysis and Latent
Profile Analysis.
CDC will seek a two-year approval from the Office of for this new
collection. There are no cost to respondents other than their time
spent responding to the survey/screener.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Number
of Response
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses
per burden Total burden
respondents
respondent (hours) hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mechanical Turk Survey Screener........ 4,300
1 5/60 358
Respondents.
Mechanical Turk Survey Understanding 1,000
1 1 1,000
Respondents. Relationship
Dynamics and.
Conflict........
Incarcerated Survey Understanding 105
1 75/60 131
Respondents. Relationship
Dynamics and
Conflict.
-------------------------------------------------------------Total..................... ................ ..............
.............. .............. 1,489
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[[Page 87039]]
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-28899 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P

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PUBLIC SUBMISSION

As of: 2/17/17 3:24 PM
Received: January 18, 2017
Status: Posted
Posted: January 18, 2017
Tracking No. 1k1-8u8g-mr70
Comments Due: January 31, 2017
Submission Type: Unknown

Docket: CDC-2016-0113
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey 0920-17FB
Comment On: CDC-2016-0113-0001
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey 0920-17FB 2016-28899
Document: CDC-2016-0113-0003
Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Conflict Survey 0920-17FB CDC2016 0113 81 Fed.
Reg. 87037 (Dec. 2 2016).

Submitter Information
General Comment

-----Original Message----From: Gerald Schatz [mailto:geraldschatz@charter.net]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 4:49 PM
To: OMB-Comments (CDC)
Cc: Richardson, Tony (CDC/OD/OADS)
Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention,
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations, Docket No.
CDC?
2016? 0113, 81 Fed. Reg. 87037 (Dec. 2, 2016).
Thank you for your prompt answers to my query concerning this project.
As an ethicist concerned with protection of human subjects of behavioral and biomedical
research
and as a lawyer concerned with regulatory compliance by researchers and sponsor agencies, I
felt dutybound to look into this proposed research on vulnerable subjects.
The above-caption notice was issued pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, which inter alia
requires compliance with relevant law.

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Despite an apparent good-faith attempt to comply with human subjects protection law, the
project is
not yet in compliance. Problems
include:
I. The consent form is misleading in important respects and reflects inadequate IRB review.
The consent form overpromises confidentiality.
The consent form mentions a Certificate of Confidentiality as affording complete protection
against
disclosure except where harm to another is threatened. But Department of Health and Human
Services
Certificates of Confidentiality do not protect against voluntary disclosure by a researcher or
handler of
the research data. Moreover, whether they can withstand state court subpoena has not been
subjected
to Constitutional test.
That data will be locked or coded says nothing about identifiability or who has access under
what
conditions
The consent form minimizes the likelihood that responses will be self incriminating and subject
to
disclosure. Yet much of the whole survey delves into behavior that might be incriminating.
I am a District of Columbia lawyer, not an Indiana lawyer, but my reading of Indiana+s
corrections
information disclosure statute tells me that confidentiality can be overridden for compelling
reasons in
the public interest (not further defined in statute). Indiana+s statute apparently thus presumes
prior
knowledge of what might be disclosed. In this regard, the IRB record of decision does not
reflect inquiry
into whether there is credible assurance that the interview room will not be wired for possible
eavesdropping.
II. The consent form+s provision for further information or complaint is an illusory promise,
inasmuch
as these forms of communication are expensive, often unaffordable for prisoners, and if they do
take
place the calls, e-mail, and paper mail are routinely monitored by prison authorities.
III. This project has not undergone Secretarial-level review procedures still required, as the IRB
pointed out:
+Approval requires the study may proceed only after the Secretary of Health and Human

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Services and
her designee has consulted with appropriate experts including experts in penology, medicine,
and
ethics, and published notice, in the Federal Register, of the intent to approve such research
A Paperwork Reduction Act notice does not satisfy this requirement.
Unless these and any other problems that may be found in further review are remedied, this
project
should not proceeed.
Thank you for your attention.
-Gerald S. Schatz, J.D.
P.O. Box 178
505 N. Mill St.
Northport, MI 49670
231.386.5936
geraldschatz@charter.net
--Associate Faculty
Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Georgetown University Medical Center

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