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[Federal Register: August 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 164)]
[Notices]               
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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-0150]

 
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 
September 24, 2010.
    Title and OMB Number: TRICARE Award Fee Provider Survey; OMB 
Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Annual Responses: 600.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to obtain and record TRICARE network civilian provider-user 
satisfaction with the administrative processes/services of managed care 
support contractors (MCSC) in the three TRICARE regions within the 
United States. The survey will obtain provider opinions regarding 
claims processing, customer service, and administrative support by the 
TRICARE regional contractors. The reports of findings from these 
surveys, coupled with performance criteria from other sources, will be 
used by the TRICARE Regional Administrative Contracting Officers to 
determine award fees.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; individuals or households.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    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: August 2, 2010.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-21112 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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