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(OASD(HA)/TMA) will undertake an 

evaluation of the DoD’s TRICARE 

Standard healthcare option. HPA&E will 

collect and analyze data that are 

necessary to meet the requirements 

outlined in section 702 of the Senate 

version of the National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2008. 

Activities include the collection and 

analyses of data obtained confidentially 

from civilian physicians (M.D.s & D.O.s) 

and at least psychologists within U.S. 

geographic areas. Specifically, mail 

surveys with telephone follow-up of 

civilian providers will be conducted in 

the TRICARE market areas to determine 

how many healthcare providers are 

accepting new patients under TRICARE 

Standard in each market area. The 

surveys will be conducted in at least 40 

TRICARE geographic areas in the United 

States each fiscal year through and 

including fiscal year 2011. 

Representatives of TRICARE 

beneficiaries and selected provider 

groups will be consulted to identify 

potential locations. 

In addition, section 702 of the FY 

2008 National Defense Authorization 

Act (NDAA) requires the Department to 

conduct annual surveys of beneficiary 

access experience and the availability to 

access civilian providers under 

TRICARE Standard and Extra program 

through FY 2011. These issues address 

the interests of Congress in 

reconciliation of responses of providers 

and beneficiaries who use TRICARE. 

Surveys of civilian healthcare 

providers (M.D.s and D.O.s) and 

beneficiaries eligible for TRICARE 

Standard/Extra care will be conducted 

in at least 40 TRICARE Prime service 

areas each year. The objective of this 

effort is to determine if TRICARE 

beneficiaries have difficulty in finding 

health care providers willing to provide 

services under Standard or Extra, and 

the extent to which providers in the area 

participate in Standard/Extra. 

Dated: November 15, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOD–2007–OS–0128] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 

and Readiness) announces the following 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited 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 burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instructions, 

please write to the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 

Readiness), Defense Manpower Data 

Center, Attn: LCDR Shenae Morrow, 400 

Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955. 

Title and OMB Control Number: 

Application for Department of Defense 

Access Card—Defense Biometric 

Identification System (DBIDS) 

Enrollment; OMB Control Number 

0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is needed to 

obtain the necessary data to verify 

eligibility for a Department of Defense 

physical access card for personnel who 

are not entitled to a Common Access 

Card or other approved DoD 

identification card. The information is 

used to establish eligibility for the 

physical access to a DoD installation or 

facility, detect fraudulent identification 

cards, provide physical access and 

population demographic reports, 

provide law enforcement data, and in 

some cases provide anti-terrorism 

screening. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 50,000. 

Number of Respondents: 300,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

DoD Directive 1000.25 DoD Personnel 

Identity Protection (PIP) Program, July 

2004, establishes policy for the 

implementation and operation of the 

PIP Program, to include use of DoD 

identity credentials and operation of the 

Defense Biometric Identification System 

(DBIDS). The DBIDS is a force 

protection tool of the law enforcement 

community, utilizing a centralized, 

rules-based, identity management and 

access verification system. Consistent 

with guidance contained in DoD 

Regulation 5200.08, Physical Security 

Program, April 2007, DBIDS will 

produce an identification card that will 

aid security personnel in identifying, 

controlling, and accounting for non-DoD 

personnel entering military 

installations. 

Dated: November 15, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–5859 Filed 11–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOD–2007–OS–0129] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 


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