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Type of Request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 400. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 400. 

Average Burden per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 200. 

Needs and Uses: Section 743 of the 

Strom Thurmond National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 

authorized the Secretary of Defense to 

establish a center devoted to 

‘‘* * *longitudinal study to evaluate 

data on the health condition of members 

of the Armed Forces upon their return 

from deployment * * *’’ Based upon 

this legislation, the Assistant Secretary 

of Defense for Health Affairs established 

the DoD Center for Deployment Health 

Research on September 30, 1999 (OSD/ 

HA Policy 99–028). The Department of 

Defense shares with the President and 

Congress a firm commitment to improve 

the health of our veterans, their families, 

and all who service our nation, now and 

in the future. The National Science and 

Technology Council (NSTC) 

Presidential Review Directive 5 (PRD–

5), Planning for Health Preparedness for 

and Readjustment of the Military, 

Veterans, and their Families after Future 

Deployments is an interagency plan 

which provides a comprehensive set of 

recommendations designed to help 

ensure this obligation is met in a 

manner that takes into consideration the 

successes and failures of past 

deployments. A key recommendation in 

this plan and necessity if we are to meet 

this commitment is treatment, research, 

and surveillance efforts aimed at 

minimizing adverse health effects that 

may be experienced during and after 

deployment. 

In its ongoing response to this 

legislation, DoD plans to conduct a 

postal survey of current and past U.S. 

service members who received the 

smallpox vaccine under the DoD 

Smallpox Vaccination Program, which 

began on December 13, 2002. 

Subsequent to initiation of this program, 

a small percentage of service members 

developed either myocarditis or 

pericarditis following a primary 

smallpox vaccination. (Refs: Halsell JS, 

et al., JAMA 2003; 289:3283–9; Arness 

MK, et al., AJE 2004; 160:642–51). In 

response to these cases, the DoD 

established additional policies and 

guidelines: (1) Policy for Smallpox 

Vaccination and Persons with Cardiac 

Conditions (OSD/HA, Policy 03–002), 

and (2) Establishment of Case 

Management Guidelines for Smallpox 

Vaccine Associated Myopericarditis 

(OSD/HA, June 9, 2003). The survey 

will obtain risk factor information from 

identified myocarditis or pericarditis 

cases and a number of smallpox 

vaccinated but healthy controls. The 

objective of the study is to understand 

why a small percentage of smallpoxvaccinated service members develop 

myocarditis or pericarditis. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

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 Office 

for DoD Health, Room 10102, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 January 5, 2006. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: 

Transportation Discrepancy Report; DD 

Form 361; OMB Control Number 0702–

TBD. 

Type of Request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 1,434. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 1,434. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,434. 

Needs and Uses: The DoD Form 361 

is essential for documenting any loss, 

damage, or other discrepancy which 

may result from the movement of 

Government freight by commercial 

transportation companies (carriers). The 

form is ordinarily completed by 

personnel working for the Federal 

agency for which the transportation 

service is provided. However, in a small 

minority of cases (approximately 25%), 

contractor personnel acting for the 

government may be required to 

complete the form. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Hillary Jaffe. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: November 30, 2005. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0069] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; Indirect 

Cost Rates 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance (9000–0069). 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning indirect cost rates. A request 

for public comments was published at 

70 FR 56165 in the Federal Register on 

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September 26, 2005. No comments were 

received. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 5, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the General 

Services Administration, Regulatory 

Secretariat (MVA), 1800 F Street, NW, 

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0069, 

Indirect Cost Rates, in all 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeritta Parnell, Contract Policy Division, 

GSA (202) 501–4082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The contractor’s proposal of final 

indirect cost rates is necessary for the 

establishment of rates used to reimburse 

the contractor for the costs of 

performing under the contract. The 

supporting cost data are the cost 

accounting information normally 

prepared by organizations under sound 

management and accounting 

practices.The proposal and supporting 

data is used by the contracting official 

and auditor to verify and analyze the 

indirect costs and to determine the final 

indirect cost rates or to prepare the 

Government negotiating position if 

negotiation of the rates is required 

under the contract terms. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 3,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses:3,000. 

Hours per Response:2,188. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,564,000. 

Burden hours are based on an 

estimated 3000 business segments that 

have overhead rates established 

annually. The hours per response are 

based on the sum of estimated hours per 

response for reporting and estimated 

hours per response for recordkeeping. 

The estimated total burden hours 

increased substantially from 2,469 hours 

to 6,564,000 hours for all respondents 

because we changed the method of 

estimating, not because the burden has 

increased. Prior estimates were based on 

the time to generate a proposal 

document. The new estimate is based on 

the time necessary to keep records, 

analyze information and generate a 

proposal document. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat (MVA), Room 

4035, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, 

DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0069, 

Indirect Cost Rates, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: November 16, 2005 

Gerald Zaffos 

Director,Contract Policy Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

5, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

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, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, 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. 

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Survey on Ensuring Equal 

Opportunity for Applicants. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 17,000. 

Burden Hours: 1,360. 

Abstract: To ensure equal opportunity 

for all applicants including small 

community-based and faith-based and 

religious groups. It is essential to collect 

information that allows Federal agencies 

to determine the level of participation of 

such organizations in Federal grant 

programs while ensuring that such 

information is not used in grant-making 

decisions. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 2881. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to the 

Internet address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or 

faxed to 202–245–6623. Please specify 

the complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to Sheila Carey at 

Sheila.Carey@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

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