[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59720-59721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16140]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

[Docket ID: USAF-2024-HQ-0005]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 60-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
711th Human Performance Wing, Air and Space Biosciences Division 
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 
September 23, 2024.

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 Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
Regulatory Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 
08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    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 711 Human 
Performance Wing, Air and Space Biosciences Division, 2510 Fifth 
Street, Bldg. 840, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, ATTN: Dr. Rena 
Nicholas, or call (937) 904-5700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Wearables for Readiness 
Indicators; OMB Control Number 0701-WFRI.
    Needs and Uses: The Wearables for Readiness Indicators research 
study aims to determine whether the biobehavioral signals from 
commercial off-the-shelf wearable devices such as Apple Watches, Garmin 
watches, and Oura rings can reliably predict periods of risk for 
musculoskeletal injuries or mental health disorders. The data 
collection activity asks volunteers to upload retrospective commercial 
wearable data from their personally-procured commercial wearable 
devices to an online data collection site and to provide the dates, 
diagnoses, and prescribed medications from all medical encounters 
during the time for which their wearables data is available. The intent 
is to find biobehavioral signals that precede medical conditions such 
as mental health disorders and musculoskeletal injuries. The data 
collection website will also query for other factors that may not be 
present in a medical record but may influence the interpretation of 
wearables' biobehavioral signals. Therefore, subjects will answer 
questions about their mood, occupational exposures, lifestyle risk 
factors and changes, and psychosocial stressors. They will also answer 
questions about medical conditions they may have experienced but self-
managed or for which they otherwise did not seek medical attention.
    The targeted population is focused on military members within 1 
year of their approved military separation date or veterans who are 
within 1 year of their separation date. This population was selected 
because they may be less reluctant to share their medical information 
because they no longer have a fear of fitness for duty repercussions 
while still being representatively healthy and ``fit for duty,'' with 
limited health morbidities and polypharmacy issues as a group of 
veterans who are more distal from their dates of separation or compared 
to the general public who might have medical conditions that would be 
disqualifying from service.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 900.
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 600.
    Average Burden per Response: 90 minutes.
    Frequency: Once.
    Study volunteers who meet inclusion criteria for the research will 
upload the data file for the previous 12 months from their personal 
wearable device and enter their medical appointment dates and diagnoses 
for the same time period as their wearables data (e.g., the previous 12 
months). They will also answer the questions about lifestyle, risk, and 
mood to help clarify factors that might affect the biobehavioral 
signals received from the personal wearable device. This data will be 
entered once, and when completed, no further participation or contact 
with the researchers will occur, unless initiated

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by the volunteer, who has the right to contact the research team with 
questions, concerns, or feedback IAW DoDI 3216.02, which governs the 
protections of human subjects in research.

    Dated: July 18, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-16140 Filed 7-22-24; 8:45 am]
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