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DOD Performance Measures Attachment F—

Enrollment Systems

Performance: DoD provides appropriate

enrollment information to HCFA;

applications are handled according to HCFA

requirements.

Criteria DoD can effectively interface with

HCFA systems; applications are dated when

received, handled first-come, first-served.

Grievance and Appeals

Performance: Process exists to handle

beneficiary and provider complaints.

Criteria: DoD keeps an accurate log of

complaints and addresses them promptly and

appropriately.

Marketing

Performance: Process exists for assuring

that beneficiaries are well-informed

(beneficiaries are not misled,

misrepresentations about the Medicare

program are not made).

Criteria: DoD assures that beneficiaries are

well informed, marketing materials are

reviewed by HCFA before DoD distributes

them.

Access/Capacity

Performance: DoD has adequate capacity

and enrollees have adequate access to

services.

Criteria: DoD demonstrates that TRICARE

Senior Prime enrollees are getting the same

priority and the same access as other military

retirees who enroll in TRICARE Prime.

Paying Providers

Performance: Systems exist for processing

payment to providers.

Criteria: DoD demonstrates ability to pay

providers timely and accurately.

Reimbusement/Level of Effort

Performance: DoD has systems that receive

and track payments from HCFA, and DoD can

track actual costs for both space-available

and enrollee care.

Criteria: DoD receives payment without

problems; DoD demonstrates ability to track/

allocate costs for space-available and enrollee

care.

Encounter Data

Performance: DoD submits ‘‘test’’ data to

fiscal intermediaries/carriers.

Criteria: DoD demonstrates successful data

transmission.

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BILLING CODE 5000–04–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

September 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, D.C. 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: July 13, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New.

Title: Third International Mathematics

and Science Study Video—Repeat

(TIMSS–R).

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 5,600.

Burden Hours: 567.

Abstract: Videotape study of 8th grade

math and science classrooms in the

United States, the Czech Republic,

France, Japan, the Netherlands, and One

Asian Nation during the 1998–1999

school year. Designed and conducted by

the U.S., this study supplements the

Main TIMSS–R academic assessment

data collection in which 45 to 50

countries are expected to participate.

This study is based on and extends the

work of the previous TIMSS video

study. That study included only

mathematics and compared the U.S.

data with two other countries—Japan

and Germany. This study will include

science in addition to mathematics

lessons, will be conducted in five highachieving nations, and will collect and

produce video tapes that will be useful

for improving teaching practices.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: The Blue Ribbon Schools

Program.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 515.

Burden Hours: 25,750.

Abstract: The Blue Ribbon Schools

award is a national school improvement

strategy with a threefold purpose: (1) to

identify and give public recognition to

outstanding public and private schools

across the nation; (2) to make available

a comprehensive framework of key

criteria for school effectiveness that can

serve as a basis for participatory selfassessment and planning in schools;

and (3) to facilitate communication and

sharing of best practices within and

among schools based on a common
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understanding of criteria related to

success. The information collected will

be used to determine by peer review

which schools receive the award and

information on their exemplary

practices and policies will be made

available to other schools.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Annual Program Cost Report.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t; SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 82.

Burden Hours: 385.

Abstract: Collected data submitted on

the Annual Vocational Rehabilitation

Program/Cost Report (RSA–2) by State

vocational agencies for each fiscal year

is used by the Rehabilitation Services

Administration (RSA) to administer and

manage the Title I Program, to analyze

expenditures, evaluate program

accomplishments, and to examine data

for indication of problem areas.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Eisenhower National

Clearinghouse for Mathematics and

Science Education, Evaluation.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government; State, local or

Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 80,125.

Burden Hours: 3,159.

Abstract: This submission contains a

suite of nine instruments to be used in

general data collection for the

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

(ENC). All responses are voluntary.

Subjects will be obtained as a sample of

convenience at ENC workshops,

demonstrations and presentations, and

from recipients of ENC publications and

products. Instruments are designed to

provide general information for

planning and evaluation purposes.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection and

Dissemination Activities: Comment

Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency electric power

information collection and

dissemination activities: Proposed

confidentiality comment request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

revision to the EIA procedure of

confidentiality treatment given to

electric power data collected and

disseminated by the EIA through a

series of primarily mandatory surveys

(Form EIA–411 is voluntary). This

notice lists the electric power data

elements the EIA considers could cause

substantial competitive harm if made

available to the public and EIA is

proposing that these elements will be

considered confidential if the provider

documents substantial harm due to

unrestricted disclosure.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by August 31, 1998. The

urgency to review and implement this

policy requires close adherence to the

scheduled comment period. If unusual

circumstances arise during the comment

period which could cause a delay in

meeting the scheduled response date,

please notify the contact person listed

below at once. Effort will be made to

accommodate all interested responders

to this notice.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John G.

Colligan, EI–53; Energy Information

Administration, U.S. Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,

S.W.; Washington, D.C. 20585–0650;

(202) 426–1174; e-mail

jcolliga@eia.doe.gov; and fax (202) 426–

1311.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the electric power forms and

instructions should be directed to John

Colligan at the address listed above.

Please note, the EIA is not seeking

comments on the survey forms per se,

but rather on the level of confidentiality

of specific data elements. A separate

notice regarding forms design is being

published and distributed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA)

(Pub. L. 93–275) and the Department of

Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–

91), the Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is obliged to carry

out a central, comprehensive, and

unified energy data and information

program. As part of this program, EIA

collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes,

and disseminates data and information

related to energy resource reserves,

production, demand, and technology,

and related economic and statistical

information relevant to the adequacy of

energy resources to meet demands in

the near and longer term future for the

Nation’s economic and social needs.

The EIA, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden (required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)), conducts a presurvey

consultation program to provide the

general public and other Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing reporting forms. This

program helps to prepare data requests

in the desired format, minimize

reporting burden, develop clearly

understandable reporting forms, and

assess the impact of collection

requirements on respondents. Also, EIA

will later seek approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for the

collections under Section 3507(h) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, Title 44, U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The EIA conducts surveys to collect

electric power data from electric

utilities, electric power marketers,

nonutility electric power producers

(cogenerators, small power producers,

and other nonutility electric power

generators), and the North American

Electric Reliability Council regions. The

electric power data collected include

but are not limited to: ownership;

accounting/financial; generation; type

and character of fuels consumed;

capacity; heat rates; heat rate

components; demand; purchases; sales;

peak loads; imports/exports; revenues;

plants; equipment; distribution systems;

reliability; load management; and

environmental data. EIA also collects

projections of load, capacity, and other

related information.

The EIA surveys used to collect this

data and other information are:

EIA–411, ‘‘Coordinated Bulk Power

Supply Program;’’

EIA–412, ‘‘Annual Report of Public

Electric Utilities;’’