Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 85 / Thursday, May 3, 2007 / Notices 24569 

are available on the Internet Web site of 

the USPTO at http://www.uspto.gov/ 

web/offices/dcom/olia/harmonization/. 

Dated: April 26, 2007. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–8416 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DOD–2007–OS–0037] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) 

announces the proposed extension of a 

public information collection and seeks 

public comments 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 July 2, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

<bullet≤ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

<bullet≤ 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 instrument, please 

write to the Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service—Denver, DFAS– 

JES/DE, ATTN: Sue Debevec, 6760 East 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279– 

3000, or call Sue Debevec at 303–676– 

5050. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Request for Information 

Regarding Deceased Debtor; DD Form 

2840; OMB Number 0730–0015. 

Needs and Uses: This form is used to 

obtain information on deceased debtors 

from probate courts. Probate courts 

review their records to see if an estate 

was established. They provide the name 

and address of the executor or lawyer 

handling the estate. From the 

information obtained, DFAS submits a 

claim against the estate for the amount 

due the United States. 

Affected Public: Clerks of Probate 

Courts. 

Annual Burden Hours: 167 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

DFAS maintains updated debt 

accounts and initiates debt collection 

action for separated military members, 

out-of-service civilian employees, and 

other individuals not on an active 

federal government payroll system. 

When notice is received that an 

individual is deceased, an effort is made 

to ascertain whether the decedent left an 

estate by contacting clerks of probate 

courts. If it’s determined that an estate 

was established, attempts are made to 

collect the debt from the estate. If no 

estate appears to have been established, 

the debt is written off as uncollectible. 

Dated: April 23, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–2141 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DoD–2007–HA–0023] 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In accordance with Section 3506(c) 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: Considerations will be given to 

all comments received on or before July 

2, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

<bullet≤ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www/regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

<bullet≤ 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, Appeals, Hearings 

and Claims Collection Division, 16401 

E. Centretech Pkwy, Attn: Donald F. 

Wagner, Aurora, CO 80011–9066, or 

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