[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11192-11193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2080]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[No. DoD-2006-OS-0024]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs announces the extension of an existing public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. 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 information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 5. 
2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or 
RIN number and title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) for this 
Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other 
submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions 
available

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for public viewing on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as 
they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or 
contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Senior 
Investigator, the Millennium Cohort Study, Naval Health Research 
Center, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research, 
Code 25, P.O. Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122, or call Margaret A. 
K. Ryan, MD, MPH at (619) 553-8097.
    Title and OMB Number: Prospective Department of Defense Studies of 
U.S. Military Forces: The Millennium Cohort Study; OMB Control Number 
0720-0029.
    Needs and Uses: The Millennium Cohort Study responds to recent 
recommendations by Congress and by the Institute of Medicine to perform 
investigations that systematically collect population-based demographic 
and health data so as to track and evaluate the health of military 
personnel throughout the course of their careers and after leaving 
military service.
    Affected Public: Civilians, formerly Active Duty and activated 
Reservists in the U.S. Military, who enrolled and participated in 
panels 1 and 2 of the Millennium Cohort Study.
    Annual Burden Hours: 43,776.
    Number of Respondents: 58,369.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden in Hours/Minutes per Response: 45 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Persons eligible to respond to this survey are those civilians now 
separated from military service who initially enrolled, gave consent 
and participated in the Millennium Cohort Study while on active duty in 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or U.S. Coast Guard during the 
first or second panel enrollment periods in 2001-2002 or 2003-2004, 
respectively.

    Dated: February 27, 2006.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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