[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 42 (Monday, March 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 11402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4002]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

[No. USN-2007-0048]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by April 2, 
2008.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Mental Health Issues Among Deployed 
Personnel: Longitudinal Assessment of the Resilience of Deployed 
Sailors and Marines--Follow-up; OMB Control Number 0703-TBD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 3,700.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 3,700.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.
    Annual Burden Hours: 3,700.
    Needs and Uses: The proposed study builds on an existing study 
assessing the prevalence of mental health outcomes among Sailors and 
Marines transitioning from the Service, and identifying predictors of 
and changes in mental health and resilience over time. DoD regulations 
stipulate that all military personnel must receive pre-separation 
counseling no less than 90 days before leaving active duty. Enlisted 
Sailors and Marines attending Transition Assistance Program (TAP) 
workshops were invited to participate in the current research. As part 
of the baseline component, TAP enrollees were surveyed at 12 
installations (8 Navy and 4 Marine Corps) during the Summer--Fall 2007 
time frame until the target sample size (N = 6000; 3000 in each 
Service) was obtained. Those respondents with high combat exposure will 
be assessed through a follow-on survey 6 months after separation from 
Military service, when participants have transitioned into civilian 
life.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD Health, Room 10236, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    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.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.

    Dated: February 25, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
 [FR Doc. E8-4002 Filed 2-29-08; 8:45 am]
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