[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 11857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03825]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2013-OS-0028]


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 March 
22, 2013.
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Federal Agency Retail 
Pharmacy Program; OMB Control Number 0720-0032.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 250.
    Responses per Respondent: 8.
    Annual Responses: 2000.
    Average Burden per Response: 8 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 16,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Department of Defense (DoD) is extending the 
information collection requirements under current OMB control number 
0720-0032. Specifically, under the collection of information, 
respondents (drug manufacturers) will base refund calculation reporting 
requirements on both the Federal Ceiling Price and the Federal Supply 
Schedule Price, whichever is lower. Previously, drug manufacturers' 
reporting requirements addressed only the Federal Ceiling Price. DoD 
will use the reporting and audit capabilities of the Pharmacy Data 
Transaction Service (PDTS) to validate refunds owed to the Government. 
The government received approximately $1.5 billion from pharmaceutical 
companies as a result of this program/refund calculation reporting 
requirements.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    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, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 
VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: January 31, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-03825 Filed 2-19-13; 8:45 am]
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