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for the determination. The DoD uses 

voluntary mediation to resolve most 

complaints. However, if a case is fully 

investigated and results in a finding of 

noncompliance, DoD must inform the 

recipient of the noncompliance through 

a Letter of Findings that sets out the 

areas of noncompliance and the steps 

that must be taken to correct the 

noncompliance. It must attempt to 

secure voluntary compliance through 

informal means. If the matter cannot be 

resolved informally, DoD must secure 

compliance through the termination of 

Federal assistance after the DoD 

recipient has been given an opportunity 

for an administrative hearing and/or by 

referring the matter to a DOJ litigation 

section to seek injunctive relief or 

pursue other enforcement proceedings. 

The DoD engages in voluntary 

compliance efforts and provides 

technical assistance to recipients at all 

stages of an investigation. During these 

efforts, DoD proposes reasonable 

timetables for achieving compliance and 

consults with and assists recipients in 

exploring cost-effective ways of coming 

into compliance. In determining a 

recipient’s compliance with the Title VI 

regulations, the DoD’s primary concern 

is to ensure that the recipient’s policies 

and procedures provide meaningful 

access for LEP persons to the recipient’s 

programs and activities. 

While all recipients must work 

toward building systems that will 

ensure access for LEP individuals, DoD 

acknowledges that the implementation 

of a comprehensive system to serve LEP 

individuals is a process and that a 

system will evolve over time as it is 

implemented and periodically 

reevaluated. As recipients take 

reasonable steps to provide meaningful 

access to federally assisted programs 

and activities for LEP persons, DoD will 

look favorably on intermediate steps 

recipients take that are consistent with 

this Guidance, and that, as part of a 

broader implementation plan or 

schedule, move their service delivery 

system toward providing full access to 

LEP persons. This does not excuse 

noncompliance but instead recognizes 

that full compliance in all areas of a 

recipient’s activities and for all potential 

language minority groups may 

reasonably require a series of 

implementing actions over a period of 

time. However, in developing any 

phased implementation schedule, DoD 

recipients should ensure that the 

provision of appropriate assistance for 

significant LEP populations or with 

respect to activities having a significant 

impact on the health, safety, legal rights, 

education, economic status, or 

livelihood of beneficiaries is addressed 

first. Recipients are encouraged to 

document their efforts to provide LEP 

persons with meaningful access to 

federally assisted programs and 

activities. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Publication of Housing Price Inflation 

Adjustment Under 50 U.S.C. App. § 531 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Personnel and Readiness, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Servicemembers Civil 

Relief Act, as codified at 50 U.S.C. App. 

§ 531, prohibits a landlord from evicting 

a Service member (or the Service 

member’s family) from a residence 

during a period of military service 

except by court order. The law as 

originally passed by Congress applied to 

dwellings with monthly rents of $2400 

or less. The law requires the Department 

of Defense to adjust this amount 

annually to reflect inflation and to 

publish the new amount in the Federal 

Register. We have applied the inflation 

index required by the statute. The 

maximum monthly rental amount for 50 

U.S.C. App. § 531 (a)(1)(A)(ii) as of 

January 1, 2012, will be $3,047.45. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Major Shawn McKelvy, Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, (703) 697– 

3387. 

Patricia Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3524 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Termination of the Department of 

Defense Web-Based TRICARE 

Assistance Program Demonstration 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of demonstration 

termination. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested parties of the termination of 

the Military Health System (MHS) 

demonstration project, under authority 

of Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 1092, 

entitled Web-Based TRICARE 

Assistance Program (TRIAP). The 

demonstration project uses existing 

health care support contracts (HCSC) to 

allow web-based behavioral health and 

related services including non-medical 

counseling and advice services to active 

duty service members (ADSM), their 

families and members and their 

dependents enrolled in TRICARE 

Reserve Select, and those eligible for the 

Transition Assistance Management 

Program (TAMP) who reside in the 

continental United States. 

DATES: The demonstration will 

terminate on March 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management 

Activity (TMA), Health Plan Operations, 

5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810, Falls 

Church, VA 22041. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions pertaining to this 

demonstration project, please contact 

Mr. Richard Hart at (703) 681–0047. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

demonstration was effective August 1, 

2009, as referenced in the original 

Federal Register Notice, 74 FR 36676, 

July 24, 2009. The demonstration was 

extended to March 31, 2011, as 

referenced by Federal Register Notice, 

75 FR 15693, March 30, 2010 and again 

extended to March 31, 2012 as 

referenced by Federal Register Notice, 

76 FR 12073, March 4, 2011. The 

demonstration provides capability for 

short-term, problem solving counseling 

between eligible beneficiaries and 

licensed counselors utilizing video 

technology and software such as Skype 

or iChat. TRIAP services are available 

24/7 and ADSMs, their spouses of any 

age, and other family members 18 years 

of age or older who reside in the United 

States are eligible to participate. 

Enrollees in TRICARE Reserve Select 

and the Transitional Assistance 

Management Program may also use the 

program. TRIAP is based on commercial 

employee assistance models and 

provides counseling in a virtual face-toface environment. There is no diagnosis 

made, there are no limits to usage, and 

no notification about those seeking 

counseling are made to their primary 

care managers or others, unless required 

by the counselor’s licensure (e.g., 

spouse abuse). Participant 

confidentiality is protected, as no 

medical record entry is made. 

Monthly measures of Web-based 

behavioral health care access were 

collected and analyzed from each 

TRICARE region with the intent to 

inform Department leaders whether this 

type of program is a valid mechanism to 

improve access. Only 5109 calls were 

recorded in the two-year period from 


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August 2009 through August 2011, with 

the majority (89%) occurring in the 

West region. Of these calls, 1888 calls 

were listed as either ‘‘initial’’ or 

‘‘intake’’ with 3098 listed as ‘‘followup,’’ and 123 calls were not coded for 

contact type. Thirty-five percent (35%) 

of callers reported themselves as the 

sponsor, 62% reported as a dependent, 

and 3% did not report relationship. 

These results indicate the 

demonstration has not been utilized to 

the extent anticipated. At a cost of 

approximately $3 million annually 

across all three TRICARE regions, the 

demonstration’s goal of improving 

beneficiary access to behavioral health 

care by incorporating Web-based video 

technology has not been realized and 

thus not viable from a financial 

perspective. 

The termination of TRIAP in March 

2012 will not cause a void in the 

availability of non-medical counseling 

services for Service members and their 

families. Military OneSource (MOS) 

offers a robust and popular Employee 

Assistance Program model of nonmedical counseling service to provide 

Service members and their families in 

both the continental United States and 

overseas with an avenue for private, 

non-reportable discussion of personal 

life issues. Issues such as family 

difficulties and pressures, crisis 

intervention, anxiety, self-esteem, 

loneliness, and critical life decisions 

can be discussed on a one-to-one basis 

in the context of a confidential 

relationship with a professional 

counselor. Telephonic or face-to-face 

counseling is available 24/7 by 

contacting the MOS 1–800 call center 

who maintains a National Network of 

trained, experienced, and credentialed 

counselors. In addition, MOS is 

currently pursuing integration of video 

technology and software capability such 

as Skype or iChat to their non-medical 

counseling service by early 2012. By 

terminating the TRIAP Demonstration 

and integrating video technology into 

the MOS non-medical counseling 

service, the Department is responsibly 

managing costs, streamlining and 

eliminating duplication of services, and 

making it easier for Service members 

and their families to find assistance 

through one convenient toll free 

number. 

The TRICARE Management Activity 

will work with MOS to develop a 

communication plan and ensure a 

seamless transition of Web-based video 

counseling from TRICARE to MOS. 

Dated: February 9, 2012. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3525 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket No. USAF–2008–0006] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: HQ USAFA/RR, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, HQ USAFA/RR 

announces the a proposed public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 March 26, 2012. 

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: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

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: HQ USAFA/RR, 2304 

Cadet Drive, Suite 2400, USAF 

Academy, CO 80840 or call (719) 333– 

8850. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Nomination For Appointment 

To The United States Military Academy, 

Naval Academy or Air Force Academy; 

DD FORM 1870; OMB Control Number 

0701–0026. 

Needs and Uses: DD FM 1870 is used 

to implement the provisions of Title X, 

U.S.C. 4342, 6953 and 32 CFR part 901. 

Members of Congress, the Vice 

President and Delegates to Congress and 

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico 

use this form to nominate constituents 

to the three DoD Academies, West Point, 

Annapolis and Air Force. Data required 

is supplied by the prospective nominees 

to Members of Congress. Eligibility 

requirements are outlined in AFI 36– 

2019, Appointment to the United States 

Air Force Academy. 

Affected Public: Applicants to DoD 

Military Academies. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,600. 

Number of Respondents: 5,200. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Department of Defense Form 

1870, Nomination for Appointment to 

the United States Military Academy, 

Naval Academy and Air Force 

Academy, is used solely by legal 

nominating authorities who by Federal 

law are entitled to make appointments 

to the three service military academies. 

The nomination form allows for 

nominating authorities to select by 

checking one box as to which academy 

is being provided with the name of a 

nomination to be processed. Eligibility 

information concerning the nominees is 

information that is also included on the 

form. The nominating authority 

identifies himself/herself and must date 

and sign the form to make it a legally 

acceptable form. The form includes the 

three addresses of the service academies 

in order that the form may be submitted 

to the proper academy. The form is 

currently used, full time, by only the 

United States Military Academy. The 

United States Air Force Academy uses 

the form only in rare cases totally no 

more that 100 forms each year. The 

United States Naval Academy does not 

use the form. The reason for this is the 

United States Naval Academy and the 

United States Air Force Academy now 

employ an on-line nomination 

submissions program in lieu of the DD 


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