59214 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 191 / Monday, October 4, 2004 / Notices 

K. Expansion of the Post Acute Care 

Transfer Policy 

For FY 2005 TRICARE is adopting 

CMS’ expanding post acute care transfer 

policy according to CMS’ final rule 

published August 11, 2004. 

II. Cost to Charge Ratio 

For FY 2005, the cost-to-charge ratio 

used for the TRICARE DRG-based 

payment system will be 0.4438, which 

is increased to 0.4508 to account for bad 

debts. This shall be used to calculate the 

adjusted standardized amounts and to 

calculate cost outlier payments, except 

for children’s hospitals. For children’s 

hospital cost outliers, the cost-to charge 

ratio used is 0.4887. 

III. Updated Rates and Weights 

The updated rates and weights are 

accessible through the Internet at http:/

/www.tricare.osd.mil under the 

sequential headings TRICARE Provider 

Information, Rates and Reimbursements, 

and DRB Information. Table 1 provides 

the ASA rates and Table 2 provides the 

DRG weights to be used under the 

TRICARE DRG-based payment system 

during FY 2005 and which is a result of 

the changes described above. The 

implementing regulations for the 

TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based 

payment system are in 32 CFR Part 199.

Dated: September 28, 2004. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

President’s Information Technology 

Advisory Committee (PITAC)

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: PITAC’s Subcommittee on 

Cyber Security will provide a status 

update of its activities and present its 

draft findings and recommendations. 

PITAC will discuss the Subcommittee’s 

presentation and provide guidance for 

use in the completion of the report. In 

addition, an update of the activities of 

PITAC’s Subcommittee on 

Computational Science will be 

presented and discussed. Each of the 

sessions for the two Subcommittees will 

conclude with a public comment 

period. A small fraction of the meeting 

time will be allocated for other PITAC 

updates at the discretion of the co-hairs 

and designated Federal officer.

DATES: Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 10 

a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Science 

Foundation, Stafford II Building—Room 

555, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, 

Virginia 22230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public are invited to attend this 

meeting in-person at the National 

Science Foundation. Remote 

participation by teleconference and the 

Internet (through the Webex 

application) will also bed supported. 

Detailed information about this meeting, 

including the agenda and details 

concerning registration for in-person or 

remote participation, will be posted at 

PITAC’s Web site (http‘‘//

www.nitrd.gov/pitac) no later than 

October 6th. This information may also 

be obtained by calling 703–292–4873

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan Inouye at the National 

Coordination Office for Information 

Technology Research and Development 

at 703–292–4873 or by email at 

inouye@nitrd.gov.

Dated: September 28, 2004. 

L. M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on Missile Defense, Phase IV 

(Information Policy) will meet in closed 

session on October 15, 2004 and 

December 9–10, 2004, at the Institute for 

Defense Analyses, 1801 N. Beauregard 

Street, Alexandria, VA. The Task Force 

will assess: the scope of the modeling 

and simulation effort; the 

appropriateness of the level of fidelity of 

classes of simulations; the impact of 

communications in the end-to-end 

models; the approaches to ensuring the 

validity of simulations for all uses, 

including exercises and wargaming 

done for training and operations 

concept development; and additional 

opportunities for modeling and 

simulation contribution to Ballistic 

Missile Defense Systems development 

and evaluation. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

this meeting, the Defense Science Board 

Task Force will address the above 

mentioned issues in a system of systems 

context with particular emphasis on 

battle management systems, command 

and control systems, and the global 

sensor system. The Task Force will 

provide advice on the state of modeling 

and simulation for use in assessing 

overall performance of segments of the 

Ballistic Missile Defense Systems; e.g., 

ground-based midcourse intercept 

system, space-based interceptor system. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App. II), it has been determined that this 

Defense Science Board Task Force 

meeting concerns matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, 

the meeting will be closed to the public.

Dated: September 28, 2004. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on Mobility will meet in 

closed session on October 14–15, 2004; 

November 17–18, 2004; and December 

14–15, 2004, in Arlington, VA. This task 

Force will identify the acquisition 

issues in improving our strategic 

mobility capabilities. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

this meeting, the Defense Science Board 

Task Force will review: The part 

transport plays in our present-day 

military capability—the technical 

strengths and weaknesses the 

operational opportunities and 

constraints; the possible advantage of 

better alignment of current assets with 

those in production and those to be 

delivered in the very near future; how