# 2025-15772: CDC Seeks Feedback on Outbreak Reporting Forms: Bureaucracy at Its Finest

2025-15772, Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published 2025-08-19, effective Starting approximately October 2025; OMB Control No. 0920-1304 expires 2025-08-31 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15772
- Title: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Citation: 90 FR 40366
- Published: 2025-08-19
- Effective: Starting approximately October 2025; OMB Control No. 0920-1304 expires 2025-08-31
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

CDC Seeks Feedback on Outbreak Reporting Forms: Bureaucracy at Its Finest

## Summary

The CDC is asking for your thoughts on their National Outbreak Reporting System forms to make sure they’re useful and not too much work. They’re giving everyone 30 more days to share ideas before finalizing things. This helps keep the process smooth and saves time and money for those who fill out these forms.

## Effects PRIA read

- NORS moves to cloud-only submissions: benefit, low. Starting approximately October 2025, the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) will be a module in the One CDC Data Platform (1CDP) and all NORS data must be submitted electronically to the cloud-based platform. A paper form is provided only as a reference; CDC will not collect paper forms.
- Estimated time burden for respondents: cost, medium. CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated total of 1,160 annual burden hours for NORS (OMB Control No. 0920-1304). The table lists 59 epidemiologists each submitting 59 responses per respondent at an average of 20/60 hours (20 minutes) per response.
- Field descriptions clarified for EO compliance: cost, low. The notice states that minor clarifications were made to the description of select NORS fields to ensure compliance with Executive Order 14168: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government.
- No change to data elements collected: benefit, low. CDC explicitly states that no changes have been made to the data elements collected for NORS even though the system host will change; only minor clarifications to some field descriptions were made.

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## Sources
- [2025-15772 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15772/agency-forms-undergoing-paperwork-reduction-act-review)
- [2025-15772 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-19/pdf/2025-15772.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15772 (as of 2026-06-08).