[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 140 (Monday, July 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 42329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16595]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[No. DoD-2007-HA-0116]


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 August 
20, 2008.
    Title and OMB Number: Viability of TRICARE Standard Survey; OMB 
Control Number 0720-0031.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 40,000.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 3,333.
    Needs and Uses: As mandated by Congress, confidential surveys of 
civilian health care providers and beneficiaries who use TRICARE will 
be completed in TRICARE market areas within the United States. The 
provider survey will be used to determine how many providers accept new 
TRICARE Standard patients in each market area. Surveys will be 
conducted in at least 40 locations in the United States each fiscal 
year from 2008 to 2011. Twenty locations will be TRICARE PRIME Service 
Areas and twenty locations will be geographic areas where TRICARE Prime 
is not offered.
    Affected Public: Individuals and 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, 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: July 11, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-16595 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am]
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