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material capital or other non-labor costs 

on telemarketers. 

Thus, cumulatively for the live 

telemarketing call provisions of the TSR 

and the prerecorded call amendment, 

total labor costs are $22,014,913 

($388,190 + $39,354 + $21,078,759 + 

$508,610); total capital and other nonlabor costs are $5,837,195 (phonerelated costs). 

David C. Shonka, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–6035 Filed 3–19–09: 8:45 am] 

[BILLING CODE 6750–01–S] 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); 

Maximum Per Diem Rates for the 

States of Idaho, Maryland, and South 

Carolina 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, General Services Administration 

(GSA). 

ACTION: Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 

09–05, revised continental United States 

(CONUS) per diem rates. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) has reviewed the 

per diem rates for certain locations in 

the States of Idaho and Maryland and 

determined that they are inadequate. 

GSA has also reviewed and is amending 

the county boundaries of Columbia, 

South Carolina. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Mr. Cy 

Greenidge, Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, Travel Management Policy, at 

(202) 219–2349. Please cite FTR Per 

Diem Bulletin 09–05. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

After an analysis of the per diem rates 

established for FY 2009 (see the Federal 

Register notice at 73 FR 46271, August 

8, 2008), the per diem rate is being 

changed in the following locations: 

State of Idaho 

• Boundary County. 

• Bonner County. 

• Teton County. 

• Bonneville County. 

• Fremont County. 

State of Maryland 

• Frederick County. 

State of South Carolina 

• Lexington County. 

Per diem rates are published on the 

Internet at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem 

as FTR per diem bulletins. This process 

ensures timely increases or decreases in 

per diem rates established by GSA for 

Federal employees on official travel 

within CONUS. Notices published 

periodically in the Federal Register, 

such as this one, now constitute the 

only notification of revisions in CONUS 

per diem rates to agencies. 

Dated: March 17, 2009. 

Becky Rhodes, 

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 

Travel, Transportation and Asset 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–6261 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

Coordinating Office for Terrorism 

Preparedness and Emergency 

Response (BSC, COTPER) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), CDC announces the 

following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Times and Dates: 

9 a.m.–5:15 p.m., April 27, 2009. 

9 a.m.–3:15 p.m., April 28, 2009. 

Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Global 

Communications Center, Building 19, 

Auditorium B3, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. 

Status: Open to the public for observation 

and comment, limited only by the space 

available. The meeting room accommodates 

approximately 50 people. Visitors to the CDC 

campus must be processed in accordance 

with established federal policies and 

procedures and should pre-register for the 

meeting as described in Additional 

Information for visitors. Public comment 

periods are planned for both meeting days. 

Purpose: This Board is charged with 

advising the Secretary of HHS and Director 

of CDC concerning strategies and goals for 

the programs and research within COTPER, 

monitoring the strategic direction and focus 

of the Divisions, and conducting peer review 

of scientific programs. For additional 

information about the COTPER BSC, please 

visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/cotper/ 

science/counselors.asp. 

Matters To Be Discussed: A briefing on the 

findings of the workgroup for external peer 

review of COTPER’s fiscal allocation process; 

status updates on other external peer reviews 

of COTPER programs and funded projects; 

updates from COTPER activities and 

programs; and a discussion of external peer 

review topics for fiscal year 2010. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Additional Information for Visitors: All 

visitors are required to present a valid form 

of picture identification issued by a state, 

federal or international government. To 

expedite the security clearance process for 

visitors to the CDC Roybal campus, all 

visitors must pre-register by submitting the 

following information by e-mail or phone 

(see Contact Person for More Information) no 

later than 12 noon (EST) on Wednesday, 

April 1, 2009: 

• Full Name, 

• Organizational Affiliation, 

• Complete Mailing Address, 

• Citizenship, and 

• Phone Number or E-mail Address. 

For foreign nationals or non-U.S. citizens, 

pre-approval is required. Please contact the 

BSC Coordinator (see Contact Person for 

More Information) in advance of the posted 

pre-registration deadline for additional 

security requirements that must be met. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Matthew Jennings, BSC Coordinator, 

COTPER, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE., 

Mailstop D–44, Atlanta, GA 30333, 

Telephone: (404) 639–7357; Facsimile: (404) 

639–7977; E-mail: 

COTPER.BSC.Questions@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Service Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both CDC and Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

Dated: March 13, 2009. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Service 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–6099 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10133, CMS– 

250–254, CMS–R–5, CMS–10157 and CMS– 

10279] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

Agency: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

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performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Competitive 

Acquisition Program (CAP) for Medicare 

Part B Drugs: Vendor Application and 

Bid Form; Use: Section 303 (d) of the 

Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) 

requires the implementation of a 

competitive acquisition program for 

Medicare Part B drugs and biologicals 

not paid on a cost or prospective 

payment system basis. The CAP is an 

alternative to the Average Sales Price 

(ASP or ‘‘buy and bill’’) method of 

acquiring many Part B drugs and 

biologicals administered incident to a 

physician’s services. The CAP Vendor 

Application and Bid Form, is used by 

bidders to provide a response to CMS’ 

solicitation for approved CAP vendor 

bids and to submit their bid prices for 

CAP drugs. Though the program is 

currently on hold and a timeline for the 

resumption of the CAP has not been 

established, the CAP Vendor 

Application and Bid Form will be 

required to conduct the next round of 

vendor bidding. Form Number: CMS– 

10133 (OMB#: 0938–0955); Frequency: 

Reporting—Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Private Sector; Business or other 

for-profits; Number of Respondents: 10; 

Total Annual Responses: 10; Total 

Annual Hours: 1. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Bonny 

Dahm at 410–786–4006. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare 

Secondary Payer Information Collection 

and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

411.25, 489.2, and 489.20; Form 

Number: CMS 250–254 (OMB#: 0938– 

0214); Use: Medicare Secondary Payer 

Information (MSP) is essentially the 

same concept known in the private 

insurance industry as coordination of 

benefits, and refers to those situations 

where Medicare does not have primary 

responsibility for paying the medical 

expenses of a Medicare beneficiary. 

Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries, Carriers, 

and now Part D plans, need information 

about primary payers in order to 

perform various tasks to detect and 

process MSP cases and make recoveries. 

MSP information is collected at various 

times and from numerous parties during 

a beneficiary’s membership in the 

Medicare Program. Collecting MSP 

information in a timely manner means 

that claims are processed correctly the 

first time, decreasing the costs 

associated with adjusting claims and 

recovering mistaken payments.; 

Frequency: Reporting—On Occasion; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households, Business or other for-profit, 

Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 143,070,217; Total 

Annual Responses: 143,070,217; Total 

Annual Hours: 1,788,057. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact John Albert at 410–786–7457. 

For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Physician 

Certification/Recertification in Skilled 

Nursing Facilities (SNFs) Manual 

Instructions and Supporting Regulation 

in 42 CFR 424.20; Use: The Medicare 

program requires, as a condition for 

Medicare Part A payment for 

posthospital skilled nursing facility 

(SNF) services that a physician must 

certify and periodically recertify that a 

beneficiary requires an SNF level of 

care. The physician certification and 

recertification is intended to ensure that 

the beneficiary’s need for services has 

been established and then reviewed and 

updated at appropriate intervals. Form 

Number: CMS–R–5 (OMB#: 0938–0454); 

Frequency: Recordkeeping— 

Occasionally; Affected Public: Private 

Sector; Business or other for-profits and 

Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 5,167,993; Total Annual 

Responses: 5,167,993; Total Annual 

Hours: 661,265. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Kia 

Sidbury at 410–786–7816. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: CMS Real-time 

Eligibility Agreement and Access 

Request; Form Number: CMS–10157 

(OMB#: 0938–0960); Use: Federal law 

requires that CMS take precautions to 

minimize the security risk to Federal 

information systems. Accordingly, CMS 

is requiring that trading partners who 

wish to conduct the eligibility 

transaction on a real-time basis to access 

Medicare beneficiary information 

provide certain assurances as a 

condition of receiving access to the 

Medicare database for the purpose of 

conducting eligibility verification. 

Health care providers, clearinghouses, 

and health plans that wish access to the 

Medicare database are required to 

complete this form. The information 

will be used to assure that those entities 

that access the Medicare database are 

aware of applicable provisions and 

penalties. Frequency: Recordkeeping 

and Reporting—One time; Affected 

Public: Business or other for-profit, Notfor-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 2000; Total Annual 

Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours: 

500. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Vivian Rogers at 410– 

786–8142. For all other issues call 410– 

786–1326.) 

5. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Ambulatory 

Surgical Center Conditions for Coverage; 

Form Number: CMS–10279 (OMB#: 

0938–New); Use: The Ambulatory 

Surgical Center (ASC) Conditions for 

Coverage (CfCs) focus on a patientcentered, outcome-oriented, and 

transparent processes that promote 

quality patient care. The CfCs are 

designed to ensure that each facility has 

properly trained staff to provide the 

appropriate type and level of care for 

that facility and provide a safe physical 

environment for patients. The CfCs are 

used by Federal or State surveyors as a 

basis for determining whether an ASC 

qualifies for approval or re-approval 

under Medicare. CMS and the 

healthcare industry believe that the 

availability to the facility of the type of 

records and general content of records, 

which this regulation specifies, is 

standard medical practice and is 

necessary in order to ensure the wellbeing and safety of patients and 

professional treatment accountability. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping and 

Reporting—One time; Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profit, Not-forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 5,100; Total Annual 

Responses: 5,100; Total Annual Hours: 

193,800. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Jacqueline 

Morgan at 410–786–4282. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web site 

at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

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be submitted in one of the following 

ways by May 19, 2009: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) accepting comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number lll Room C4–26– 

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: March, 13, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–6038 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of Child Support Enforcement 

Notice To Award Non-Competitive 

Successor Award to the State 

Information Technology Consortium 

(SITC) 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Enforcement, ACF, DHHS. 

ACTION: Notice to award NonCompetitive Successor Award to the 

State Information Technology 

Consortium (SITC). 

CFDA#: 93.601. 

Legislative Authority: Legislative 

Authority: Section 452(j) of the Social 

Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 652(j), provides 

Federal funds for information 

dissemination and technical assistance 

to States, training of Federal and State 

staff to improve CSE programs, and 

research, demonstration, and special 

projects of regional or national 

significance relating to the operation of 

State child support enforcement 

programs. 

Amount of Award: $124,474. 

Project Period: 07/1/2008–06/30/ 

2011. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Office of Child Support Enforcement 

(OCSE), will award a Non-Competitive 

Successor Award to the State 

Information Technology Consortium 

(SITC) in Raleigh, North Carolina. The 

award will enable the SITC to educate 

judges on effective problem-solving 

court strategies to deal with parents who 

do not make their child support 

payments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact for Further Information: Larry 

R. Holtz, Program Specialist, Division of 

State, Tribal and Local Assistance, 

Office of Child Support Enforcement, 

370 L’Enfant Promenade SW., 

Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 

202–401–5376. E-mail: 

Larry.Holtz@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

Donna J. Bonar, 

Acting Commissioner, Office of Child Support 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E9–6119 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Child Care Biannual Aggregate 

Report ACF–800. 

OMB No.: 0970–0150. 

Description: Section 658K of the Child 

Care and Development Block Grant Act 

of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–508, 42 U.S.C. 

9858) requires that States and 

Territories submit annual aggregate data 

on the children and families receiving 

direct services under the Child Care and 

Development Fund. The implementing 

regulations for the statutorily required 

reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70. Annual 

aggregate reports include data elements 

represented in the ACF–800 reflecting 

the scope, type, and methods of child 

care delivery. This provides ACF with 

the information necessary to make 

reports to Congress, address national 

child care needs, offer technical 

assistance to grantees, meet performance 

measures, and conduct research. 

Consistent with the statute and 

regulations, ACF requests extension of 

the ACF–800. With this extension, ACF 

is proposing several changes and 

clarifications to the reporting 

requirements and instructions. 

Respondents: States, the District of 

Columbia, and Territories including 

Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, and the Northern 

Marianna Islands. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–800 .......................................................................................................... 56 1 40 2,240 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,240 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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 collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication.