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the Secretary of Defense compilation of 

systems of records notices apply to this 

system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper file folders and electronic 

storage media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Name, Social Security Number (SSN), 

rank/grade. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

The data will be housed at computer 

facilities and terminals located in 

restricted areas accessible only to 

authorized persons that are properly 

screened, cleared and trained. All users 

are required to provide a valid common 

access card (CAC) and access is 

specifically granted by a system 

administrator. Records will be 

maintained in a secure, password 

protected electronic system that will 

utilize security hardware and software 

to include: Multiple firewalls, active 

intruder detection, and role-based 

access controls. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Disposition Pending. Until the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration has approved the 

retention and disposal of these records, 

treat them as permanent. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) ADDRESS: 

Principal Deputy for Care 

Coordination, Office of Wounded 

Warrior Care and Transition Policy, 

Office of the Secretary of Defense, 

OUSD (P&R) WWCTP, 200 Stovall 

Street, Alexandria, VA 22332–0800. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to the 

Principal Deputy for Care Coordination, 

Office of Wounded Warrior Care and 

Transition Policy, Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, OUSD (P&R) 

WWCTP, 200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, 

VA 22332–0800. 

Written requests must be signed and 

contain the individual’s full name, 

mailing address and Social Security 

Number (SSN). 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to the Office of the Secretary 

of Defense/Joint Staff Freedom of 

Information Act Requester Service 

Center, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington DC 20301–1155. 

Written requests must include the 

name and number of this system of 

record notice, the Service member’s full 

name and Social Security Number (SSN) 

and be signed. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

The Office of the Secretary of Defense 

rules for accessing records, for 

contesting contents and appealing 

initial agency determinations are 

published in Office of the Secretary of 

Defense Administrative Instruction 81, 

32 CFR part 311; or may be obtained 

from the system manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Individuals, the Operational Data 

Store Enterprise system, the Total Force 

Data Warehouse, and the Defense 

Casualty Information Processing 

System. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

TRICARE Co-Pay Waiver at Captain 

James A. Lovell Federal Health Care 

Center Demonstration Project 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of TRICARE Co-Pay 

waiver at Captain James A. Lovell 

Federal Health Care Center 

demonstration project. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested parties of a demonstration 

project entitled ‘‘TRICARE Co-Pay 

Waiver at Captain James A. Lovell 

Federal Health Care (FHCC) 

Demonstration Project.’’ Under this 

demonstration, there would be no 

deductibles, cost shares, or co-pays for 

eligible beneficiaries seeking care at the 

FHCC. This demonstration would take 

place under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 

Section 1092(a)(1)(B) Cost-sharing by 

eligible beneficiaries. The effectiveness 

of this demonstration will be tested by 

comparing the volume of care for 

beneficiaries that would have paid copayments to the prior year volume to 

determine if increased utilization 

actually occurred as a result of the 

elimination of co-payments. Increased 

utilization would be an indicator of 

what to expect in future Department of 

Defense (DoD)/Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) mergers of this nature and 

would influence decisions regarding 

financial integration. 

DATES: Effective Date: This five-year 

demonstration project will be effective 

October 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kenneth E. Cox, Director, DoD/VA 

Program Coordination Office, Health 

Affairs, Telephone (703) 681–4258. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background: The Captain James A. 

Lovell FHCC, which is scheduled to 

open in October 2010, will be the first 

Federal health care facility in the nation 

to be operated jointly between the VA 

and the Navy. New construction will be 

completed to combine the North 

Chicago VA Medical Center (NCVAMC) 

and Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes 

(NHCGL) into a single, fully integrated 

federal health care facility. The 

completely integrated medical center 

will be led by a VA Chief Executive 

Officer, and a U.S. Navy medical 

department officer as the Deputy. 

Title XVII of the National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 

Year 2010 authorized the Department of 

Defense and Department of Veterans 

Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

Project in North Chicago/Great Lakes, 

IL. Because the legislation did not 

address the issue of beneficiary cost 

sharing, it is being addressed through 

this notice. 

DoD and VA have carefully analyzed 

the impact of requiring co-pays by 

beneficiaries, and believe that the 

requirement may adversely impact the 

success of the integration. At this time, 

it is estimated that keeping the co-pays 

in place would result in at least a 50 

percent reduction in DoD beneficiaries 

treated at the FHCC since those patients 

would see no added benefit to traveling 

to FHCC and will seek care at facilities 

closer to home. Furthermore, 

beneficiaries who had previously 

received care at the NHCGL when it was 

designated as an MTF, would be 

required to make a co-payment for 

medical care provided, including 

emergency, hospitalization, and 

behavioral health services. Since the 

VAMC will no longer be a separate 

authorized TRICARE provider, but will 

be under the integrated structure, there 

will be no health care claim prepared to 

bill TRICARE. The organizations are 

merged financially in accordance with 

the Executive Agreement. The 

Department will therefore test whether 

waiver of the co-pay by the beneficiary 

will impact the utilization and cost 

effectiveness of the demonstration. 

B. Details of the Demonstration: The 

April 23, 2010, Executive Agreement 

(EA) between VA and DoD reads ‘‘Active 


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Duty members and Active Duty 

dependents enrolled in TRICARE Prime 

pay no co-payments for inpatient or 

outpatient health care services. DoD 

may establish special co-pay rules for 

the FHCC under demonstration project 

authority of 10 U.S.C. 1092 for other 

beneficiaries.’’ Under this 

demonstration, co-pays will be waived 

for any eligible DoD beneficiary seeking 

healthcare at the FHCC. The waiver of 

cost sharing applies to all impatient, 

outpatient, and ancillary services and 

all outpatient prescription drugs 

provided at the FHCC. The waiver is 

consistent with current policies and 

procedures followed at all MTFs. 

According to an Independent 

Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), it is 

estimated that waiving the co-pays for 

all beneficiaries including Medicareeligible beneficiaries will cost DoD an 

additional $101,518 a year. This cost 

assumes that the lack of co-pays would 

lead to a 20 percent increase in 

utilization by the affected groups (i.e. 

induced demand) at this facility. 

Without this assumption, the waiver 

would cost DoD an additional $84,599 

annually. The cost of additional staffing 

required to compute and collect copayments could easily be more than 

$100,000 per year. 

The effectiveness of this 

demonstration will be tested by 

comparing the volume of care for 

beneficiaries that would have paid copayments to the prior year volume to 

determine if increased utilization 

actually occurred as a result of the 

elimination of co-payments. Increased 

utilization would be an indicator of 

what to expect in future DoD/VA 

mergers of this nature and would 

influence decisions regarding financial 

integration. The final report on this 

demonstration will accompany the final 

report on the FHCC demonstration 

required by Section 1701, NDAA 2010. 

Dated: September 20, 2010. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID USAF–2010–0022] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of the Air Force announces a proposed 

new 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 November 26, 

2010. 

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 instruments, 

please write to Air Force Institute of 

Technology, 2950 Hobson Way, 

WPAFB, OH, 45433, 937–255–3636 

x4674. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Leading Edge Supply Chain 

Survey; OMB Number 0701–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: This study seeks to 

uncover the emerging trends in supply 

chain management (SCM) practices, 

processes and metrics that could be 

beneficial to the Department of Defense, 

with particular emphasis on the U.S. Air 

Force. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Annual Burden Hours: 613.5. 

Number of Respondents: 818. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Potential respondents to this survey 

are individuals with in depth 

experience in commercial supply chain 

management. 

Dated: August 27, 2010. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24090 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID: USN–2010–0032] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Marine Corps, Department 

of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to reinstate a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Marine Corps 

proposes to reinstate a system of records 

to its inventory of record systems 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

After review, it has been determined 

that the records covered under this 

previously deleted notice (see 75 FR 

43502, July 26, 2010) are not covered 

elsewhere as stated; therefore this notice 

is being reinstated. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

October 27, 2010, unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, Room 3C843 Pentagon, 

1160 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number 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:// 

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