[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63203-63204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26461]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2013-HA-0192]


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 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
announces a proposed revision to the existing DoD Suicide Event Report 
(DoDSER) information collection system, and seeks public comment on the 
revisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed 
revisions will impact the proper performance and functions of the 
DoDSER system, including whether the revisions shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed revisions; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be revised; and (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the information collection on respondents, including how 
these revisions shall affect user burden.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 
18, 2015.

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: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
    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. Any 
associated form(s) for this collection may be located within this same 
electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the 
instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

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 National Center 
for Telehealth and Technology (T2), 9933 West Hayes Street, BOX 339500 
MS 34, Joint Base Lewis-McChord 98431 or call (253) 968-2946.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Department of Defense 
Suicide Event Report; DD2996; OMB Control Number 0720-0058.
    Needs and Uses: The revision of this information collection system 
is necessary to the continued provision of integrated enterprise and 
survey data to be used for direct reporting of suicide events and 
ongoing population-based health surveillance activities. These 
surveillance activities include the systematic collection, analysis, 
interpretation, and reporting of outcome-specific data for use in 
planning, implementation, evaluation, and prevention of suicide 
behaviors within the Department of Defense. Data is collected on 
individuals with reportable suicide and self-harm behaviors (to include 
suicide attempts, self-harm behaviors, and suicidal ideation). All 
other DoD active and reserve military personnel records collected 
without evidence of reportable suicide and self-harm behaviors will 
exist as a control group. Records are integrated from enterprise 
systems and created and revised by civilian and military personnel in 
the performance of their duties. We propose to revise the system to 
make specific changes that have been recommended for improving the 
completeness of DoDSER data.

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    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 330.
    Number of Respondents: 1975.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: As required by qualifying event.
    Form completers are behavioral and medical health providers, 
military unit leadership or their designees. The DoDSER form is used to 
collect information regarding suicide events of military service 
members. Form completers collect information from military personnel 
records, military medical records, enterprise data systems within the 
DoD and persons (respondent) familiar with the event details. 
Respondents include but are not limited to family members, friends, 
unit members, unit leadership and clergy members. The DoDSER form data 
is used to produce ad hoc reports for services leadership and the 
DoDSER Annual Report. The annual report is a comprehensive description 
and analysis of the data collected, which provides information for DoD 
suicide prevention efforts.

    Dated: October 14, 2015.
Morgan F. Park,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-26461 Filed 10-16-15; 8:45 am]
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