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[Federal Register: January 14, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 9)]
[Notices]               
[Page 2113]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2010-HA-0001]

 
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 the proposed extension of a public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 
15, 2010.

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 or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to Naval Health 
Research Center, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, Department 
164, ATTN: Tyler C. Smith, MS, PhD., 140 Sylvester Rd., San Diego, CA, 
92106-3521, or call (619) 553-7593.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Prospective Department of 
Defense Studies of U.S. Military Forces: The Millennium Cohort Study--
OMB 0720-0029.
    Needs and Uses: The Millennium Cohort Study responds to recent 
recommendations by Congress and by the Institute of Medicine to perform 
investigations that systematically collect population-based demographic 
and health data so as to track and evaluate the health of military 
personnel throughout the course of their careers and after leaving 
military service. The Millennium Cohort Study will also evaluate family 
impact by adding a spouse assessment component to the Cohort, called 
the Millennium Cohort Family Study.
    Affected Public: Civilians, formerly Active Duty and activated 
Reservists in the U.S. Military, who enrolled and participated in 
Panels 1, 2, and 3 of the Millennium Cohort Study, and civilians who 
elect to participate in the Millennium Cohort Family Study.
    Annual Burden Hours: 33,824.
    Number of Respondents: 45,099.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.
    Frequency: every 3 years.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Persons eligible to respond to this survey are those civilians now 
separated from military service who initially enrolled, gave consent 
and participated in the Millennium Cohort Study while on active duty in 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or U.S. Coast Guard during the 
first, second, or third panel enrollment periods in 2001-2003, 2004-
2006, or 2007-2008 respectively, as well as civilians that choose to 
participate in the Millennium Cohort Family Study.

    Dated: January 8, 2010.
Mitchell S. Bryman,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-471 Filed 1-13-10; 8:45 am]
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