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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 

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 December 1, 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, please 

write to the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) 

TRICARE Management Activity, Skyline 

Five, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, Virginia 22041–3206, or 

call at (703) 681–0039. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: TRICARE Plus Enrollment 

Application, DD Form 2853 and 

TRICARE Plus Disenrollment Request, 

DD Form 2854; OMB Control Number 

0720–0028. 

Needs and Uses: These collected 

instruments serve as an application for 

enrollment and disenrollment in the 

Department of Defense’s TRICARE Plus 

Health Plan established in accordance 

with Title 10 U.S.C. sections 1099 

(which calls for a healthcare enrollment 

system) and 1086 (which authorizes 

TRICARE eligibility of Medicare Eligible 

Persons and has resulted in the 

development of a new enrollment 

option called TRICARE Plus) and the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs Policy Memorandum to 

Establish the TRICARE Plus Program, 

June 22, 2001. The information 

collected hereby provides the TRICARE 

contractors with necessary data to 

determine beneficiary eligibility and to 

identify the selection of a health care 

option. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,933. 

Number of Respondents: 25,065 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 7 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Department of Defense 

established TRICARE Plus as an 

enrollment option for persons who are 

eligible for care in Military Treatment 

Facilities (MTF) and not enrolled in 

TRICARE Prime. TRICARE Plus 

provides an opportunity to enroll with 

a primary care provider at a specific 

MTF, to the extent capacity exists. This 

is a way to facilitate primary care 

appointments at an MTF when needed. 

TRICARE Plus enrollment will help 

MTFs maintain an adequate clinical 

case mix for Graduate Medical 

Education programs and support 

readiness-related medical skills 

sustainment activities. In order to carry 

out this program, it is necessary that 

certain beneficiaries electing to enroll/ 

disenroll in TRICARE Plus complete an 

enrollment application/ disenrollment 

request. Completion of the enrollment 

forms is an essential element of the 

TRICARE program. There is no lock-in 

and no enrollment fee for TRICARE 

Plus. 

Dated: September 24, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E8–23026 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2008-HA–0120] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

TRICARE Management Activity, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Defense, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

TRICARE Management Activity 

announces a proposed extension of a 

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 the 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 December 1, 

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 proposed and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs, TRICARE Management 

Activity, Skyline Five, Suite 810, 5111 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3206, or call at (703) 681–0064. 

Title and OMB Number: DoD Patient 

Safety Survey; OMB Control Number 

0720–0034. 

Needs and Uses: The 2001 National 

Defense Authorization Act contained 

specific sections addressing patient 

safety in military and veteran’s health 

care systems. This legislation stated that 

the Secretary of Defense shall establish 

a patient care error reporting and 

management system to study 

occurrences of errors in patient care and 

that one of the purposes of the system 

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that are associated with such 

occurrences’’ and ‘‘To provide for action 

to be taken to correct the identified 

systemic factors’’ (Sec. 754, items b2 

and b3). In addition, the legislation 

stated that the Secretary shall ‘‘Continue 

research and development investments 

to improve communication, 

coordination, and team work in the 

provision of health care’’ (Sec. 754, item 

d4). 

In its ongoing response to this 

legislation, DoD implemented a Webbased patient safety culture survey to a 

census of all staff working in Army, 

Navy, and Air Force Military Health 

System (MHS) facilities in the U.S. and 

internationally, including Military 

Treatment Facility (MTF) hospitals as 

well as ambulatory and dental services. 

The survey obtains MHS staff opinions 

on patient safety issues such as 

teamwork, communications, medical 

error occurrence and response, error 

reporting, and overall perceptions of 

patient safety. The purpose of the 

survey is to assess the current status of 

patient safety in MHS facilities as well 

as to provide baseline input for 

assessment of patient safety 

improvement over time. Survey results 

will be prepared at the facility and 

Service levels and MHS overall. 

Affected Public: Federal government; 

individuals or households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,384. 

Number of Respondents: 14,022. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Data Collection Method 

The patient safety culture survey is 

administered as a web-based instrument 

to a census of all staff, both clinical and 

non-clinical, working in all U.S. and 

international MHS facilities. Potential 

respondents will receive a prenotification letter followed by an e-mail 

survey notification containing an 

embedded hyperlink to the internet 

location where the survey can be 

completed. Two additional e-mail 

survey notifications will be sent, a week 

apart, so that the data collection field 

period will be four weeks for each 

Service. The survey takes about 10 

minutes to complete. All survey 

responses are voluntary and will be 

individually anonymous; only grouplevel results will be tabulated to protect 

individual anonymity. 

Dated: September 24, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E8–23031 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Business Board (DBB) 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), 

the Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of 

Defense announces the following 

Federal advisory committee meeting of 

the Defense Business Board (DBB). 

DATES: The public meeting of the Board 

will be held on Thursday, October 23, 

2008 beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending 

at 1:15 p.m., with a break from 11:30 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Pentagon, Room 3E863, 

Washington, DC (escort required, see 

below). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Board’s Designated Federal Officer is 

Phyllis Ferguson, Defense Business 

Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Room 

3C288, Washington, DC 20301–1155, 

Phyllis.ferguson@osd.mil, (703) 695– 

7563. For meeting information please 

contact Debora Duffy, Defense Business 

Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Room 

3C288, Washington, DC 20301–1155, 

Debora.duffy@osd.mil, (703) 697–2168. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

(a) Background 

The mission of the DBB is to advise 

the Secretary of Defense on effective 

strategies for implementation of best 

business practices of interest to the 

Department of Defense. At this meeting, 

the Board will deliberate on draft 

recommendations from four 

subcommittees: (1) The Defense 

Contract Audit Agency Independent 

Review Panel, (2) A Review of 

Capabilities Requirements, (3) Best 

Practices on Export Controls, and (4) 

Transition Topics. 

(b) Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting 

A copy of the draft agenda and any 

available materials to be presented at 

the October 23, 2008 meeting can be 

obtained from the Board’s Web site at 

http://www.defenselink.dod/dbb under 

‘‘Meeting Materials.’’ 

(c) Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. Members of the public who 

wish to attend the meeting must contact 

Ms. Duffy at the number listed in this 

FR Notice no later than noon on 

Monday, October 20th to arrange a 

Pentagon escort. Public attendees are 

required to arrive at the Pentagon Metro 

Entrance by 8 a.m. and complete 

security screening by 8:15 a.m. Security 

screening requires two forms of 

identification: 1) A government-issued 

photo I.D., and 2) any type of secondary 

I.D. which verifies the individual’s 

name (i.e. debit card, credit card, work 

badge, social security card). 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

requiring special accommodations to 

access the public meeting should 

contact Ms. Duffy at least five business 

days prior to the meeting so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

(d) Procedures for Providing Public 

Comments 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments to the Board about its 

mission and topics pertaining to this 

public session. 

Written comments are accepted until 

the date of the meeting, however, 

written comments should be received by 

the DFO at least five business days prior 

to the meeting date so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

Board for their consideration prior to 

the meeting. Written comments should 

be submitted via email to the address for 

the DFO given in this notice in the 

following formats (Adobe Acrobat, 

WordPerfect, or Word format). Please 

note: Since the Board operates under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, all public 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, up to and 

including being posted on the Board’s 

Web site. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E8–23030 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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