[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 209 (Friday, October 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56184-56185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26184]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2009-HA-0155]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 a proposed public information collection 
and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are 
invited on: 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; the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and 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 December 
29, 2009.

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 or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Force Health 
Protection and Readiness, Psychological Health Strategic Operations, 
Attn: Dr. Jill Carty, Falls Church, VA 22041-3258, or call Dr. Jill 
Carty at (703) 845-3317.
    Title; Associated Form; and MB Number: Retention of Behavioral 
Health Providers Survey and Focus Groups; OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The Force Health Protection and Readiness (FHP&R) 
program has hired Lockheed Martin to develop and implement a survey 
instrument to evaluate retention of behavioral health providers 
(psychiatrists and psychologists). Lockheed Martin is working with a 
subcontractor, Mathematica Policy Research, whose staff will help with 
the survey data collection for this project.
    Affected Public: Former psychiatrists and psychologists who served 
in the military.
    Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: One time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    The survey will targeted to current psychiatrists and psychologists 
from the Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as former Army, Navy, and 
Air Force psychiatrists and psychologists who left the military in 
fiscal year 2006, 2007, or 2008 for reasons other than retirement. 
Participation is voluntary and confidential. All identifying 
information will be removed before results are sent to the Department 
of Defense. Only group statistics will be compiled and shared. No 
individual information will be disclosed.
    Information collected will include type of behavioral health 
provider, importance of different factors influencing decision to join 
the military, deployment information, ratings of military mental health 
treatment, salary information, satisfaction with being a military 
mental health provider, overall health status, and demographic 
information. Former providers also will be surveyed about reasons for 
leaving the military, current work status, satisfaction with current 
employment and salary information, potential influences that could have 
extended military service. Current providers also

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will be surveyed about reasons that might influence decision to extend 
military service, first and last name, rank, type of behavioral health 
provider, date left service (if former provider), mailing address, e-
mail address, phone number (home and cell), and installation/last 
installation.
    The survey will be distributed for completion on the Web via e-
mail. For individuals where a valid e-mail address cannot be found, a 
paper copy of the survey with a prepaid return envelope will be mailed.
    The methodology, results, and recommendations will be summarized 
via a report for TMA. Policy recommendations will include suggestions 
of methods to incentivize service members to remain in service.

    Dated: October 23, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-26184 Filed 10-29-09; 8:45 am]
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