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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. 

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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. 

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