[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 17 (Friday, January 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3798-3799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-333]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[No. DoD-2007-HA-0004]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance 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 a new 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 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 March 
27, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and or 
RIN 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 
and docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 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), ATTN: Col 
Grant Kotovsky, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810A, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3206, or call (703) 681-0039.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense Medical Human 
Resources System internet (DMHRSi); OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: DMHRSi is a Joint Medical Information system 
software application that provides the Military Health System (MHS) 
with a comprehensive enterprise human resource system with capabilities 
to manage personnel, manpower, education & training, labor cost 
assignment and readiness functional areas. It has built-in safeguards 
to limit access and visibility of personal or sensitive information in 
accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974. The application will account 
for everyone in the MHS--Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, 
government civilian, contractors and volunteers assigned or borrowed--
this also includes non appropriated fund employees and foreign 
nationals.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 13,280.
    Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Responses per Respondent: Four.
    Average Burden per Response: .083.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    DMHRSi is one of the premier Joint Medical Information System 
software applications. It provides the Military Health System (MHS) 
(including Health Affairs, the TRICARE Management Activity, and the 
JMISO Office) with a comprehensive enterprise human resource system 
with capabilities to manage our personnel, manpower, education & 
training, labor cost assignment, and readiness functional areas. 
Everyone in the MHS--Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, government 
civilian, contractor, and volunteer--assigned or borrowed, will be 
accounted for in DMHRSi.
    Most JMIS products are designed for deployment to medical 
facilities and field use. DMHRSi has applicability at the headquarters 
level allowing JMIS to use this product to conduct its own day-to-day 
workforce management. This comprehensive tool provides the capability 
to manage positions, develop telephone rosters, monitor individual 
training status, etc. Deciding to implement DMHRSi within all JMIS 
program offices, provides a great opportunity to LEAD BY EXAMPLE using 
the application just as we expect those ``in the field'' to do.
    The information in DMHRSi is sometimes personal or sensitive; 
therefore it contains built-in safeguards to limit access and 
visibility of this information. DMHRSi uses role-based security so a 
user sees only the information for which permission has been granted. 
It uses state-of-the-market 128-bit encryption security for our 
transactions. It is DITSCAP certified, having been subjected to and 
passed thorough security testing and evaluation by independent parties. 
It meets safeguards specified by the Privacy Act of 1974 in that it 
maintains a published Department of Defense (DoD) Privacy Impact 
Assessment and System of Record covering Active Duty Military, Reserve, 
National Guard, and government civilian employees, to include non-
appropriated fund employees and foreign nationals, DoD contractors, and 
volunteers. DMHRSi is hosted in a secure facility managed by the 
Defense Information Systems Agency.
    For JMIS military and government civilian personnel, most of the 
required data is received from Service or DoD source systems. However, 
there may be some additional data entered locally. For contract support 
personnel, records must be created. So, the first step to implement 
DMHRSi in JMIS is to collect selected data and have it entered into the 
application. JMIS will provide templates to ease this initial data 
gathering process.
    Once the initial record is created, there is some data such as 
local address and phone number that each employee can review and 
maintain individually. This is accomplished through the DMHRSi Employee 
Self-Service interface. Therefore, the second step to implement DMHRSi 
in JMIS is for all personnel to complete two online courses, 
Introduction to DMHRSi and DMHRSi Employee Self-Service. Training is 
through the MHS Learning Management System--MHS Learn--accessed at 
https://mhslearn.satx.disa.mil. MHS Learn guidance including login 
instructions and timelines for completion will be provided separately.


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    Dated: January 18, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 07-333 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]
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