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August 1, 2003, to May 1, 2009 (or other 

appropriate end date for OPPS-exempt 

hospitals.) 

DATES: The agency must receive a 

hospital’s request on or before June 23, 

2011, or October 11, 2011 for hospitals 

that did not receive notification by 

letter. 

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management 

Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and 

Reimbursement Branch, 16401 East 

Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011– 

9066. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martha M. Maxey, Medical Benefits and 

Reimbursement Branch, TMA, 

telephone (303) 676–3627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

reviewing payments for hospital 

outpatient services, DoD has determined 

that, for radiology services specified in 

the regulation as being reimbursed 

under the allowable charge 

methodology, the technical component 

of the allowable charge did not 

approximate the Medicare fair payment 

for such hospital services as well as it 

could have. That is, in looking at the 

Medicare reimbursement methodologies 

in existence prior to adoption of 

Medicare’s OPPS in 2000, 

(methodologies resulting in fair 

payment for Federal health care, which 

TRICARE allowable charges for 

hospitals outpatient services were 

intended to emulate), some radiology 

services were underpaid in comparison. 

The National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2002 required that 

TRICARE use Medicare reimbursement 

rates for hospitals to the extent 

practicable. While payments were made 

in accordance with 32 Code of Federal 

Regulation, 199.14, there is a basis for 

TRICARE to make discretionary net 

adjusted payments for radiology 

services for which TRICARE payments 

were not comparable to the pre-OPPS 

Medicare fair rates for the period in 

question. 

On April 25, 2011, TMA mailed 

letters to thousands of hospitals 

notifying them of this opportunity. The 

hospitals (or their recovery agents) have 

until June 23, 2011, 60 days from the 

date of notification, to file an appeal for 

pay adjustments that will be adjudicated 

by TMA. Hospitals that did not receive 

notification by mail have 60 days from 

August 10, 2011. 

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) 

which are not subject to TRICARE’s 

OPPS shall submit a request for the 

period August 1, 2003, to November 30, 

2009. As of December 1, 2010, the 

payments to CAHs are based on 

reasonable cost and thus potential 

adjustments would not apply. Other 

hospitals not subject to OPPS (such as 

Cancer and Children’s hospitals) shall 

submit a request for the period August 

1, 2003, to December 31, 2010. 

The payment adjustment process 

along with the notification letter to 

hospitals can be viewed at TMA’s Web 

site at: http://www.tricare.mil/Radiology

DiscretionaryAppealAdjustments. 

Dated: July 8, 2011. 

Patricia Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20235 Filed 8–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: Teaching and 

Learning International Survey (TALIS) 

2013 Field Trial. 

OMB Control Number: Pending . 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 594. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,265. 

Abstract: Teaching and Learning 

International Survey (TALIS), is an 

international survey of the teaching 

workforce, teaching as a profession, and 

the learning environments of schools. 

Data are collected through 

questionnaires from individual teachers 

and their school principals in lower 

secondary schools (grades 7, 8 and 9) in 

the United States. TALIS’ main 

objective is to help countries review 

current policy and develop informed 

education policy by providing accurate 

and relevant international indicators on 

teachers and teaching. TALIS offers an 

opportunity for teachers and school 

principals to provide their perspectives 

on the state of education in their own 

countries. Both teacher and principal 

questionnaires include questions about 

teacher and principal background and 

characteristics; teacher and principal 

professional development; school 

leadership and management; teacher 

appraisal and feedback; teachers’ 

instructional beliefs and pedagogical 

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student characteristics as perceived by 

the teacher; and teacher efficacy and job 

satisfaction. TALIS is sponsored by the 

Organization for Economic Cooperation 

and Development and managed in the 

United States by the National Center for 

Education Statistics. This submission 

requests Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB)’s clearance for (1) A 

spring 2012 field trial; (2) a fall 2012 

recruitment of schools for the spring 

2013 main study data collection; and (3) 

a 60-day Federal Register notice waiver 

for the next OMB clearance package to 

be submitted in September of 2012 for 

the spring 2013 main data collection.. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4696. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20280 Filed 8–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s 

intent to request OMB to renew 

Information Collection Request Title: 

OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance 

Grants, OMB Control No. 1910–5149 for 

an additional four years that DOE is 

developing for submission to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 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 collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before October 11, 

2011. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: 

Matthew Grosso, U.S. Department of 

Energy, OE/Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–5860, 

or by e-mail at 

matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov.; and 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 

10102, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Matthew Grosso at 

matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov, or http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/node/11695. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. 1910–5149; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: OE Recovery 

Act Financial Assistance Grants; (3) 

Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose: 

To collect information on the status of 

grantee activities, expenditures, and 

results, to ensure that program funds are 

being used appropriately, effectively 

and expeditiously (especially important 

for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 138; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated 

Number of Burden Hours: 13,248; (8) 

Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,035,000 

for the first year, $552,000 each 

subsequent year. 

Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 

(EISA; Pub. L. 110–140). 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 4, 

2011. 

Terri T. Lee, 

Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20334 Filed 8–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC11–516A–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC 516A); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of this information collection 

requirement. Any interested person may 

file comments directly with OMB and 

should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

received no comments in response to an 

earlier Federal Register notice of May 

27, 2011. 

(76 FR 30927) and has made this 

notation in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by September 9, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0203 for reference. The Desk Officer 

may be reached by telephone at 202– 

395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either on paper or on CD/DVD, 

and should refer to Docket No. IC11– 

516A–001. Documents must be prepared 

in an acceptable filing format and in 

compliance with Commission 

submission guidelines at http:// 


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