[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 73779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25196]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DoD-2007-HA-0140]


Proposed Collection, Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice.

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    In accordance 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 a proposed 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 February 
26, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket 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, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available 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, please write to TRICARE Management 
Activity--Aurora, Special Contracts and Operations Branch, 16401 E. 
Centretech Pkwy, Attn: Pamela A. Maloney, Aurora, CO 80011-9066, or 
telephone Pamela A. Maloney, TRICARE Management Activity, Special 
Contracts and Operations Branch at (303) 676-3709.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Mail Order Registration; 
OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to obtain personal data from TRICARE eligible beneficiaries as 
application for enrollment into the Department of Defense's TRICARE 
Mail Order Pharmacy Program.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 15,000.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are active duty members of the armed forces, eligible 
retirees and their family members who are the recipients of the TRICARE 
pharmacy benefits. All eligible beneficiaries must complete the 
registration form in order to enroll into the program. Once the form is 
completed and signed by the beneficiary; the form is mailed to the 
TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy contractor, Express Scripts Inc. The 
information on the form is logged into a secure database. The form is 
destroyed after the data is transferred.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E7-25196 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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