Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 189 / Thursday, September 30, 2010 / Notices 60419 

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, 

Room 3C843, 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 contact Sandra C. Garmon Bibb, 

DNSc, RN, Department of Health 

Systems, Risk and Contingency 

Management, Graduate School of 

Nursing, Uniformed Services University 

of the Health Sciences; (301) 295–1206. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Military Nurse Recruitment 

Surveys; OMB Control Number 0720– 

TBD. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

obtain and assess the willingness of 

potential student populations to 

consider accepting an undergraduate 

nursing education in return for a 

commission as a nurse officer in the 

Armed Forces with a required service 

obligation. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,000 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000 (2,000 

non-nursing students and 2,000 nursing 

students). 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: One time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are students in nursing 

school programs, or attending 

institutions where nursing school 

programs are offered; possibly to 

include qualified applicants who are not 

accepted for admission due to space 

limitations. 

The United States healthcare system 

is facing an acute nursing shortage of 

unprecedented magnitude. This 

shortage is also affecting the Nursing 

Corps of the three military services. In 

this environment of a short supply of 

nurses, several initiatives are being 

explored to increase the number of 

nurses recruited annually by the 

military services. Data are needed for 

planning that will allow for an 

assessment of the potential impact of 

recruitment incentives on the 

receptiveness of targeted populations of 

likely future nurses and nursing 

students. In order to maintain the level 

of recruitment required by the military 

to maintain an adequate nursing 

workforce, a more thorough assessment 

of the future military nursing workforce 

is required. The national survey of 

young adults ages 18–40 will capture 

critical information on public 

perceptions of and interest in nursing 

and military careers and aid policy 

planning efforts to estimate available 

labor supply. The survey of nursing 

students enrolled in nursing programs 

throughout the US will provide critical 

data on the willingness of those with a 

demonstrated interest in nursing to 

consider a military nursing career. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DoD–2009–HA–0157] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 1, 

2010. 

Title and OMB Number: Retired 

Troops to Nurse Teachers Survey; OMB 

Control Number 0720–TBD. 

Type of Request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 1,744. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 1,744. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 576 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The 2008 National 

Defense Authorization Act (Conference 

Report) gives impetus to this study, 

which calls for an evaluation of the 

provision in the Troops to Nurse 

Teachers (TNT) Act of 2008. 

Specifically, DoD will examine the 

feasibility and merits of this 

congressional proposal that outlines a 

program to encourage former military 

nurses to take faculty positions in 

nursing schools, for the purpose of 

encouraging more nurse graduates to 

consider military service. The 

Department will survey military nurses 

who are on active duty but close to 

retirement eligibility (20 years of 

service), or recently retired. The primary 

purpose of collecting data from this 

group is to determine what factors 

would attract a retiree to teach nursing. 

The survey will also cover civilian 

nursing school students to determine 

what incentives might entice them to 

seek positions in the military. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Mr. Kraemer at the Office of 

Management and Budget, Desk Officer 

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket 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 

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: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: September 23, 2010. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24533 Filed 9–29–10; 8:45 am] 

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