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approximately $7.6 million for 109

admission requiring 6,765 bed days. The

average length of stay was 62 days with

an average per diem of $1,125 in FY

1992. Based on increases in the

Consumer Price Index (Urban) for

medical care, the average per diem for

1996 under CHAMPUS is estimated to

be $1,320. This contrasts with a current

estimated average cost of about $600 per

day in participating VAMCs.

C. Caseload, Costs

The design of the rehabilitation

protocol is limited to patients between

the ages of 17–55 years. CHAMPUS

population projections for fiscal year

(FY) 1996 included approximately 2.1

million beneficiaries between 17 and 55

years of age.

This Demonstration Project is

conservatively projected to provide

inpatient rehabilitation services for

approximately 100 TRICARE/

CHAMPUS patients with TBI each year.

The Demonstration Project involves

the costs for the inpatient bed days

required for the initial evaluation,

rehabilitation and subsequent reevaluations at the participating DVA

facilities. The beneficiary cost-shares

applicable under TRICARE/CHAMPUS

shall apply under the Demonstration

Project.

On average, each TRICARE/

CHAMPUS beneficiary participating in

the clinical trials would require about

three bed days for evaluation for the

protocol, sixty bed days for the

rehabilitation services, and five bed

days each for the post-discharge

evaluation and three follow-on reevaluations. Over the entire

Demonstration Project each participant

would require about eighty-three bed

days.

The current annual CHAMPUS costs

for 100 admissions in rehabilitation

hospitals and skilled nursing facilities

for the beneficiaries with TBI are

estimated to be $8.18 million. This

contrasts with the estimated cost of

$4.38 million for 100 admissions during

the first year of the demonstration. This

represents a projected cost avoidance of

approximately $3.8 million to DoD

during the first year of the

demonstration while providing access to

rehabilitation services for the

beneficiaries.

D. Operation of the Demonstration

The Demonstration is projected to last

for three years. The Assistant Secretary

of Defense (Health Affairs) will

designate a Project Officer in the Office

of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of

Defense (DASD) for Clinical Services.

The DASD (Clinical Services) provides

oversight for the DVHIP operations.

Office of CHAMPUS will provide for

demonstration claim processing via

specific contractual arrangement with a

claims processor. The contractor would

not be involved in clinical issues but

will direct patients to the nearest

participating DVA facility for

evaluation.

Dated: July 21, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Privacy and Security on Publicly

Accessible DoD Internet Services

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Office

of the Secretary of Defense (Public

Affairs).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a voluntary notice by

the Department of Defense to inform

those who use publicly accessible

defense information on the Internet

what measures are being taken to gather

information about visits and to protect

the integrity of Department of Defense

Internet systems. Effective immediately,

the DoD changing its notice to users to

notify them of what we are doing and

why.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Richard Silva, OASD(PA), Room 2E791,

1400 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–1400 or on-line via the

DefenseLINK message form at http://

www.dtic.mil/defenselink/faq/

comment.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its

ongoing efforts to provide open, honest

and accurate information to the public,

the Department is hereby notifying

those who use publicly accessible

defense information on the Internet

what measures are being taken to gather

information about visits and to protect

the integrity of Department of Defense

Internet systems and why it is necessary

to do so.

First, most World Wide Web services

record information about web site visits

for site management purposes. DoD uses

industry-standard software to gather

basic data about web site visits. This

data is used for site management

purposes, such as assessing what

information is of most and least interest

to users, determining technical design

specifications, and identifying system

performance or problem areas.

Second, computer vandalism has

become an ever increasing problem over

the past few years. These attacks can

lead to the alteration of information that

is used and trusted by millions of

people. It is becoming more and more

important for the Department to take a

more proactive role in protecting its

computer systems from these attacks.

Therefore, to insure that the DoD public

web services remain available to all

users and to protect them from

fraudulent, unlawful or abusive use, the

Department is employing industrystandard methods to monitor network

traffic to identify unauthorized attempts

to upload or change information, or

otherwise cause damage.

No other attempts are made to

identify individual users or their usage

habits. Raw data logs are used for no

other purposes and are scheduled for

regular destruction in accordance with

National Archives and Records

Administration General Schedule 20.

Third, the Department is publishing

the attached ‘‘privacy and security

notice’’ on its publicly accessible

Internet systems to inform users what

we are doing and why.

DefenseLINK (http://www.dtic.mil/

defenselink/) is the official World-Wide

Web Information Service from the

Department of Defense and is the

starting point for locating U.S. defense

information around the world. The

purpose of DefenseLINK is to provide

the public with a single, unified starting

point for information about the

Department of Defense, its organization

and its functions. DefenseLINK provides

direct access to the Information Services

established by each military service.

These Defense World Wide Web

services contain many Defense

publications, answers to frequently

asked questions about the department,

news releases and photographs.

Information within these public access

services may be distributed or copied.

Use of appropriate byline/photo/image

credits is requested.

Below is the new privacy and security

notice being implemented on all DoD

publicly accessible Internet systems.

Link from Index.html pages—‘‘Please

read this privacy and security notice.’’

( )—indicates sections to be tailored

at the installation level.

[ ]—indicates hyperlinks.

*—indicates information located at

the hyperlink destination indicated.

Privacy and Security Notice

1. (DefenseLINK) is provided as a

public service by the ([Office of the

Assistant Secretary of Defense-Public
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* Link from above—‘‘information is collected’’

Affairs] and the [Defense Technical

Information Center]).

2. Information presented on

(DefenseLINK) is considered public

information and may be distributed or

copied. Use of appropriate byline/

photo/image credits is requested.

3. For site management, [information

is collected] * for statistical purposes.

This government computer system uses

industry-standard software to create

summary statistics, which are used for

such things as assessing what

information is of most and least interest,

determining technical design

specifications, and identifying system

performance or problem areas.

4. For site security purposes and to

ensure that this service remains

available to all users, this government

computer system employs industrystandard methods to monitor network

traffic to identify unauthorized attempts

to upload or change information, or

otherwise cause damage.

5. No other attempts are made to

identify individual users or their usage

habits. Raw data logs are used for no

other purposes and are scheduled for

regular destruction in accordance with

[National Archives and Records

Administration General schedule 20].

6. Unauthorized attempts to upload

information or change information on

this service are strictly prohibited and

may be punishable under the Computer

Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the

National Information Infrastructure

Protection Act.

7. If you have any questions or

comments about the information

presented here, please forward them to

(us using the DefenseLINK [Comment

Form]).

Example: Information Collected From

DefenseLINK for Statistical Purposes

Below is an example of the

information collected based on a

standard request for a World Wide Web

document:

pm2e–1–678.afbdsop.com—[28/Jan/

1997:00:00:01–0500]

‘‘GET/defenselink/news/nr012797.html

HTTP/1.0’’ 200 16704

Mozilla 3.0

pm2e–1–678.afbdsop.com—this is the

domain and IP address of the

requester (you as the visitor). In this

case, (....com) the requester is coming

from a commercial address instead of

a military or educational institution

address.

[28/Jan/1997:00:00:01–0500]—this is the

date and time of the request

‘‘GET/defenselink/news/nr012797.html

HTTP/1.0’’—this is the location of the

requested file on DefenseLINK

200—this is the status code—200 is

OK—the request was filled

16704—this is the size of the requested

file in bytes

Mozilla 3.0—this identifies the type of

browser software used to access the

page, which indicates what design

parameters to use in constructing the

pages.

Requests for other types of documents

use similar information. No other useridentifying information is collected.

Dated: July 22, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

National Defense Panel Meeting

AGENCY: DoD, National Defense Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

meeting of the National Defense Panel

on August 7, 1997. In accordance with

Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law No. 92–463,

as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II, (1982)), it

has been determined that this National

Defense Panel meeting concerns matters

listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(1982), and

that accordingly this meeting will be

closed to the public from 0830–1700,

August 7, 1997 in order for the Panel to

discuss classified material.

DATES: August 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Suite 532, 1931 Jefferson

Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Defense Panel was established

on January 14, 1997 in accordance with

the Military Force Structure Review Act

of 1996, Public Law 104–201. The

mission of the National Defense Panel is

to provide the Secretary of Defense and

Congress with an independent, nonpartisan assessment of the Secretary’s

Quadrennial Defense Review and an

Alternative Force Structure Analysis.

This analysis will explore innovative

ways to meet the national security

challenges of the twenty-first century.

Proposed Schedule and Agenda

The National Defense Panel will meet

in closed session from 0830–1700 on

August 7, 1997. During the closed

session on August 7 the Panel will be

meeting at the Crystal Mall 3 office to

receive briefings on developing

alternative military strategies for

achieving American national security

objectives in the year 2020—Strategy

Option Development Task Plan, and

determining existing and future

potential solutions to capability

requirements and assess those candidate

solutions relative to feasibility/

performance, cost, risk and other

appropriate measures of meritCapabilities Assessment Work Plan.

The determination to close the

meeting is based on the consideration

that it is expected that discussion will

involve classified matters of national

security concern throughout.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact the National Defense

Panel at (703) 602–4176/6.

Dated: July 22, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Record of Decision for the Disposal

and Reuse of Rickenbacker Air

National Guard Base (ANGB), Ohio

On May 15, 1997, the Air Force issued

the Revised Supplemental Record of

Decision (RSROD) for the Disposal and

Reuse of Rickenbacker (ANGB). The

decisions included in this RSROD have

been made in consideration of, but not

limited to, the information contained in

the Final Environmental Impact

Statement (FEIS) for the Disposal and

Reuse of Rickenbacker ANGB, which

was filed with the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (US

EPA) and made available to the public

on February 17, 1995.

Rickenbacker ANGB realigned on

September 30, 1994, pursuant to the

Defense Authorization Amendments

and Base Closure and Realignment Act

(DBCRA), of 1990 (10 United States

Code 2687) and recommendations of the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Commission. Rickenbacker ANGB was

recommended for closure by the 1991

Commission, but as a result of a

proposal by the State of Ohio, the 1993

Commission recommended that

Rickenbacker ANGB be realigned rather

than closed, so that Ohio Air National

Guard units could continue to operate

in a cantonment area within the base.