[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75534-75535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21000]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2022-OS-0113]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Lucas, (571) 372-7574, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Understanding Service 
Member Experiences with Family Planning; OMB Control Number 0704-0644.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 500.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 500.
    Needs and Uses: The Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault 
in the Military recommended that Active-Duty Service members survivors 
be authorized to access health care for their sexual trauma, through 
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) without a referral, citing 
stigma as a significant barrier to accessing mental health care. This 
recommendation was modified by the Department to explore the 
feasibility of this recommendation, and whether this addresses stigma 
and other associated barriers to help-seeking.
    The literature review, ``Rollison, Julia, et. al. 2023 
``Psychological Harms and Treatment of Sexual Assault and Sexual

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Harassment in Adults: Systematic and Scoping Review to Inform Improved 
Care for Military Populations,'' identified potential additional 
barriers to accessing mental health care at the VA for the active-duty 
population, underscoring the importance of identifying barriers to 
help-seeking among existing care within the Department.
    To best understand the barriers and facilitators to mental health 
help-seeking among Active-Duty survivors of sexual trauma, information 
collection from installation stakeholders (DoD personnel who respond to 
sexual trauma, support, and assist survivors), command leaders, Active-
Duty Service members and Active-Duty survivors is required to better 
understand their attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and experience with 
available mental health care. The information collected from these 
listening sessions will provide critical information necessary to 
address barriers and make program and policy improvements that 
facilitate help seeking among sexual trauma supporters.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID 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 ID 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: Mr. Reginald Lucas.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Lucas at [email protected].

    Dated: September 11, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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