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for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01–11965 Filed 5–11–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense will

submit to OMB for emergency

processing, the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Number: TRICARE for

Life Beneficiary Information Update

Form; OMB Number 0720–[To Be

Determined].

Type of Request: New Collection;

Emergency processing requested with a

shortened public comment period

ending May 22, 2001. An approval date

by May 25, 2001 has been requested.

Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 1,200,000.

Average Burden per Response: 5

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 99,600.

Needs and Uses: The Department of

Defense (DoD), TRICARE Management

Activity, will collect Medicare and other

health insurance information in support

of the TRICARE for Life Program. This

information is necessary to allow the

Department to accurately interface with

Medicare to validate Medicare Part A

and Part B coverage in accordance with

the National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 2001, prior to extending

TRICARE’s health benefits to TRICARE

eligible beneficiaries. Additionally, DoD

will collect other health insurance

information prospectively to allow the

accurate adjudication of claims for

health benefits. Other health insurance

information is routinely collected

during the health care claims

adjudication process; however, delaying

the collection of this information for

approximately 1.5 million new

TRICARE for Life beneficiaries will

result in very significant delays in the

adjudication of TRICARE for Life

medical claims. As such, the

Department will request Medicare and

other health insurance information from

TRICARE for Life beneficiaries early this

summer to maximize the delivery of

health care financing service provided

TRICARE for Life beneficiaries on

October 1, 2001. It is important to note

that no benefits will be denied as a

result of a beneficiary electing not to

provide the information. The

Department will implement normal

processes foe obtaining the required

information during the claims

adjudication process for any beneficiary

who elects not to provide the

information prospectively.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households.

Frequency: One-Time.

Respondent’s obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Stuart Shapiro.

Written comments and

recommendation on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Shapiro at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD (Health Affairs), Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302, or by

fax at (703) 604–6270.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, 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 July 13,

2001.

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 Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that 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. 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: May 8, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Student Financial Assistance

Programs

Type of Review: New.

Title: Federal Direct Loan Program

and Federal Family Education Loan

Program Teacher Loan Forgiveness

Forms.

Frequency: Annually Other: once for

the application and anually for the

forbearance.

Affected Public: Individuals or

household; Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government State, Local, or

Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 21,425.

Burden Hours: 6,929.

Abstract: Borrowers who received

loans from the William D. Ford Federal