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[Federal Register: April 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 82)]
[Notices]               
[Page 22555-22556]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOD-2009-HA-0155]

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by June 1, 
2010.
    Title and OMB Number: Retention of Behavioral Health Providers 
Survey and Focus Groups; OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 800.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 200 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Force Health Protection and Readiness (FHP&R) 
program has hired Lockheed Martin to

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develop and implement a survey instrument to evaluate retention of 
behavioral health providers (psychiatrists and psychologists). Lockheed 
Martin is working with a subcontractor, Mathematica Policy Research, 
whose staff will help with the survey data collection for this project.
    Information collected will include type of behavioral health 
provider, importance of different factors influencing decision to join 
the military, deployment information, ratings of military mental health 
treatment, salary information, satisfaction with being a military 
mental health provider, overall health status, and demographic 
information. Former providers also will be surveyed about reasons for 
leaving the military, current work status, satisfaction with current 
employment and salary information, potential influences that could have 
extended military service. Current providers alsowill be surveyed about 
reasons that might influence decision to extend military service, first 
and last name, rank, type of behavioral health provider, date left 
service (if former provider), mailing address, e-mail address, phone 
number (home and cell), and installation/last installation.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    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.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.

    Dated: April 26, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-10001 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
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