5824 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 20 / Monday, February 2, 2009 / Notices 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 19 February 2009, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission’s offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address, or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting date. 

Dated in Washington, DC, 27 January 2009. 

Thomas Luebke, 

AIA Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2009–HA–0013] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs announces the proposed 

extension of a public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

extension of 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 

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 April 3, 2009. 

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, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

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 Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 

(OASD), TRICARE—Health Program 

Analysis and Evaluation, ATTN: LtCol 

Lorraine Babeu, 5111 Leesburg Pike, 

Suite 810A, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3206, or call (703) 681–0039. 

Title Associated With Form, and OMB 

Number: Public Perceptions of Military 

Health Care System; OMB No. 0720– 

0038. 

Needs and Uses: The goal of this 

survey effort is to determine the public’s 

perceptions of Military Health Care and 

compare and contrast that with their 

perceptions of U.S. Health Care. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 133. 

Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 1,000. 

Average Burden per Response: .133 (8 

minutes). 

Frequency: Annually. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The goal of this survey effort is to 

understand and compare the public’s 

perceptions of Military health care to 

that of Health Care in general in the 

United States. The Military Health Care 

System’s vision statement is—‘‘A world 

class health system that supports the 

military mission by fostering, 

protecting, sustaining and restoring 

health’’. Recent developments have 

tarnished that vision. The media have 

focused attention on the plight of 

wounded military personnel in the 

direct care environment. They have 

published various articles and stories on 

the shortfalls of Military Health Care to 

include support services (Medical 

Evaluation Boards, Physical Evaluation 

Boards, Housing, Pay, etc.) as provided 

in accounts from beneficiary and other 

sources. There are numerous and 

ongoing anecdotal accounts of red tape, 

bureaucracy, physician shortages 

(particularly mental health care 

workers), substandard care, neglect, 

problems with consults and 

appointments, and overall perceived 

deep and systemic failures of the 

Military Health Care System. HA/TMA 

is very concerned about the 

implications of these negative accounts 

of Military Health Care on the 

perceptions of the public regarding the 

provision of health care, ancillary and 

support services. HA/TMA would like 

to understand the extent to which the 

public holds negative perceptions of the 

system, what their perceptions were/are 

about Military Health Care in general 

and what can be done, if anything, to 

help regain the public’s trust in this 

important resource since this current 

breech occurred. We would also like to 

compare and contrast the public’s 

perceptions of Military Health Care with 

those of Health Care in the public arena 

as a way to gain more insight into the 

issue. Moreover, health care for military 

personnel and their family members has 

often been cited as one of the key 

recruitment and retention tools for the 

Department. Data from this survey will 

help establish a baseline for 

understanding the public’s attitude 

about Military Health Care and help 

determine if changes in the system 

based on recommended interventions 

such as increased staffing, computerized 

medical records, streamlined processes 

and procedures, etc., will improve the 

public’s perceptions or attitudes. For the 

purposes of this survey, Military Health 

Care is defined as medical and dental 

care for individuals entitled to health 

care under 10 U.S.C., Chapter 55. 

Dated: January 27, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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