[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 224 (Monday, November 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 61139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28028]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2009-HA-0174]


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 January 
22, 2010.

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 TRICARE Management 
Activity, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Portfolio Management 
Division, 5205 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1100, ATTN: Tina Beletsky, Fairfax, 
VA 22401-3206 or call TMA, Portfolio Management Division, at 
703.681.8448 x1212.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Military Health System 
Information Systems User Satisfaction Survey; OMB Control Number 0720-
TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is part of 
the Military Health System (MHS) Office of the Chief Information 
Officer (OCIO) Annual Performance Planning and Reporting to gather and 
report user satisfaction across 20 deployed MHS Information Systems 
using a standardized approach in a repeatable process for continued 
monitoring of user satisfaction using established quantifiable outcome 
based performance measures.
    Affected Public: Department of Defense, Military Health Systems 
Contractors.
    Annual Burden Hours: 480.
    Number Of Respondents: 1,920 (480 respondents surveyed each 
quarter).
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Quarterly Survey.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are Military Health System (MHS) contractors employed 
at Army, Navy, or Air Force Medical Treatment Facilities; Army, Navy or 
Air Force Command Headquarters; Army or Air Force Surgeon General 
Office; Navy Bureau of Medicine or TRICARE Management Activity 
Headquarters who use any one of the 20 deployed MHS information 
systems. As part of the Annual Performance Planning, the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer needs to gather user satisfaction data across 
20 MHS information systems using standardized metrics for comparisons 
between the different systems/applications and for longitudinal 
comparison of each system/application over time. The user satisfaction 
data are reported on a quarterly basis. Although, the survey will be 
conducted quarterly, individual users are selected annually or less.

    Dated: November 18, 2009.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-28028 Filed 11-20-09; 8:45 am]
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