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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 May 8, 2007. 

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, please 

write to the TRICARE Management 

Activity—Aurora, Office of Program 

Requirements Division, 16401 E. 

Centretech Parkway, ATTN: John J.M. 

Leininger, Aurora, CO 80011–9066, or 

call TRICARE Management Activity, 

Office of Program Requirements 

Division at (303) 676–3613. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Health Insurance Claim Form; 

CMS–1500; OMB Control Number 

0720–0001. 

Needs and Uses:This information 

collection requirement is used by 

TRICARE to determine reimbursement 

for health care services or supplies 

rendered by individual professional 

providers to TRICARE beneficiaries. The 

requested information is used to 

determine beneficiary eligibility, 

appropriateness and costs of care, other 

health insurance liability and whether 

services received are benefits. Use of 

this form continues TRICARE 

commitments to use the national 

standard claim form for reimbursement 

of services/supplies provided by 

individual professional providers. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

government; state, local or tribal 

government. 

Annual Burden Hours: 6,000,000. 

Number of Respondents: 24,000,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

This collection instrument is for use 

by health care providers under the 

TRICARE Program. TRICARE is a health 

benefits entitlement program for the 

dependents of active duty Uniformed 

Services member and deceased 

sponsors, retirees and their dependents, 

dependents of Department of Homeland 

Security (Coast Guard) sponsors, and 

certain North Atlantic Treaty 

Organizations, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, and 

Public Health Service eligible 

beneficiaries. The CMS–1500 form is 

used by individual professional health 

care or health care related providers to 

file for reimbursement of civilian health 

care services or supplies provided to 

TRICARE beneficiaries. This is the 

national standard claim form accepted 

by all major commercial and 

government payers. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–1110 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DOD–2007–OS–0016] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 

and Readiness) announces the following 

proposed extension of a 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 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 May 8, 2007. 

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 

person identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposed and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Personnel 

Readiness) (Military Community and 

Family Policy/Educational 

Opportunities Directorate), ATTN: Mr. 

Gary Woods, 4000 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–4000, or call at 

(703) 602–4949, ext. 161. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Control Number: Department of Defense 

Public and Community Service (PACS) 

Program, DD Forms 2581 and 2581–1, 

OMB Control Number 0704–0324. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

allow for the continued implementation 

of the Public and Community Service 

(PACS) Program. The PACS Program 

encourages eligible Service members to 

work in the public or community 

service arena upon separation from 

active duty. Employers with job 

openings in the public and community 

service arena will complete the one-time 

DD Form 2581, ‘‘Operation Transition 

Employer Registration,’’ to register in 

the PACS employer database. The DD 

Form 2581 also allows PACS employers 

to post employment opportunities on 

the Operation Transition Bulleting 

Board (TBB). Employers hiring 

separated Service members under the 

Temporary Early Retirement ACT 

(TERA) are required to complete the DD 

Form 2581–1, ‘‘Public and Community 


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Service Organization Validation’’ to be 

validated as a PACS employer. This 

validation allows TERA retirees, being 

hired by a PACS organization, to earn 

additional retirement credit needed 

towards gaining full retirement for 20 

years of credible service. Once the 

retiree reaches age 62, he/she will be 

compensated for retirement for 20 years 

of service. The information from the DD 

Form 2581–1 is also used by the 

Department of Defense to validate that 

the employer meets the criteria of a 

PACS organization. 

Accepted Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

Government; State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Annual Burden Hours: 90. 

Number of Respondents: 361. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information is needed to satisfy 

Public Law 101–510, the Defense 

Department’s Fiscal Year 1991 

Authorization Act, November 5, 1990, 

which directed the Secretary of Defense 

release to civilian employers, 

organization and other appropriate 

entities, the names (and other pertinent 

information) of separating members of 

the Armed Forces, their spouses, and 

civilian employees who are seeking 

employment in the civilian sector. The 

collection is also required to satisfy 

Public Law 102–484, the Defense 

Department’s Fiscal Year 1993 

Authorization Act, October 23, 1992, 

which directed the Secretary of Defense 

to maintain a public and community 

service registry in which separating 

Service members would be encouraged 

to enter into employment in the public 

and community services arena. DD 

Form 2581, ‘‘Operation Transition 

Employer Registration,’’ and DD Form 

2581–1, ‘‘Public and Community 

Service Organization Validation,’’ are 

used to support this effort. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–1145 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), 

announcement is made of the following 

committee meeting: 

NAME OF COMMITTEE: Department of 

Defense Task Force on the Future of the 

Military Health Care, a duly established 

subcommittee of the Defense Health 

Board. 

DATE OF MEETING: March 28, 2007. 

TIME OF MEETING: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

PLACE OF MEETING: National 

Transportation Safety Board Conference 

Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, 

DC 20594. 

PURPOSE OF MEETING: TO OBTAIN, REVIEW, 

AND EVALUATE INFORMATION RELATED TO

THE TASK FORCE’S CONGRESSIONALLYDIRECTED MISSION TO EXAMINE MATTERS

RELATING TO THE FUTURE OF MILITARY

HEALTH CARE. THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS

WILL RECEIVE BRIEFINGS ON TOPICS

RELATED TO THE DELIVERY OF MILITARY

HEALTH CARE DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING. 

AGENDA: Discussion topics include 

Beneficiary and Government cost 

sharing structure and premium 

payments structure. 

Prior to the public meeting the Task 

Force will conduct an Administrative 

Working Meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 

a.m. to discuss solely administrative 

matters of the Task Force. In addition, 

the Task Force, following its public 

meeting, will conduct a Preparatory 

Working Meeting from 3:30 p.m. to 4 

p.m. to solely analyze relevant issues 

and facts in preparation for the Task 

Force’s next meeting. Both the 

Administrative and Preparatory 

Working Meetings will be held at the 

National Transportation Safety Board 

Conference Center. Pursuant to 41 Code 

of Federal Regulations, Part 102–3.160, 

both the Administrative and Preparatory 

Working Meetings will be closed to the 

public. 

Additional information and meeting 

registration is available online at the 

Defense Health Board Web site, http:// 

www.ha.osd.mil/dhb. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colonel Christine Bader, Executive 

Secretary, Department of Defense Task 

Force on the Future of Military Health 

Care, Skyline One, 5205 Leesburg Pike, 

Suite 810, Falls Church, VA 22041, 

(703) 681–3279, ext. 109 

(christine.bader@ha.osd.mil). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Open 

sessions of the meeting will be limited 

by space accommodations. Any 

interested person may attend; however, 

seating is limited to the space available 

at the National Transportation Safety 

Board Conference Center. Individuals or 

organizations wishing to submit written 

comments for consideration by the Task 

Force should provide their comments in 

an electronic (PDF Format) document to 

the Executive Secretary of the 

Department of Defense Task Force on 

the Future of Military Health Care, 

christine.bader.@ha.osd.mil, no later 

than 10 business days prior to the 

scheduled meeting. 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–1138 Filed 3–7–07; 1:08 pm] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Independent 

Review Group To Report on 

Rehabilitative Care and Administrative 

Processes at Walter Reed Army 

Medical Center and National Naval 

Medical Center 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix as amended ), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150, the following 

meeting notice is announced. 

NAME OF COMMITTEE: Independent 

Review Group To Report on 

Rehabilitative Care and Administrative 

Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical 

Center and National Naval Medical 

Center—a subcommittee of the Defense 

Health Board (DHB). 

DATES: March 13, 2007 (Open Session). 

March 14, 2007 (Open Session). 

TIMES: 13:30 p.m.–15 p.m. (March 13, 

2007). 13:30 p.m.–15 p.m. (March 14, 

2007). 

LOCATION: Joel Auditorium, Building 1, 

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 16th 

Street, Washington, DC 20307 (March 

13, 2007) and Clark Auditorium, 

Building 10, National Naval Medical 


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