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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 September 22, 

2009. 

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 the Defense Logistics 

Information Service, ATTN: Ms. Laura 

A. Damon, DLIS–LAE, 74 Washington 

Ave., N., Suite 7, Battle Creek, MI 

49037–3084, or call Ms. Laura A. 

Damon at (269) 961–4262. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: DoD EMALL Web site; OMB 

Control Number 0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: Each user of the DoD 

EMALL Web site must complete 

registration information in order to get 

an identification code and password. 

Members of the public are able to 

register and log into the DoD EMALL 

Web site and make purchases. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, local, or Tribal 

governments. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,500. 

Number of Respondents: 10,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: .25 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

DoD EMALL is an Internet-based 

Electronic Mall, which allows 

customers to search for and order items 

from the government and commercial 

sources. DoD EMALL is a Department of 

Defense program operated by the 

Defense Logistics Information Service 

(DLIS). All users are required to register 

and be authenticated and authorized by 

a DLIS Access Administrator. Access 

DoD EMALL at: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/ 

emall.asp. 

Dated: July 17, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–17646 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2009–OS–0110] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Science, Mathematics, and 

Research for Transformation (SMART) 

Scholarship Program, OSD (DDR&E), 

DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Director, Defense Research and 

Engineering (DDR&E) announces a 

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 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 September 22, 

2009. 

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 Science Mathematics 

and Research for Transformation 

(SMART) Scholarship Program Office, 

ATTN: Marcus Pritchard, 1 University 

Circle, Herrmann Hall Rm. 061, 

Monterey, DC 93943, or call the Deputy 

Program Manager, Marcus Pritchard, 

SMART Program Office, at 831–656– 

2874. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: SMART Information 

Management System (SIMS); 

Application Form Number TBD; OMB 

Control Number 0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

track and maintain accurate records of 

SMART Program participants, as well as 

support day-to-day operations and 

official duties. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households, Federal Government, Notfor-Profit Institutions. 

Individuals Who Complete the 

Application Form 

Annual Burden Hours: ∼24,000. 

Number of Respondents: ∼3000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 8 hrs. 

Frequency: Once annually. 

Individuals Who Are Selected for an 

Award 

Annual Burden Hours: ∼1,500. 

Number of Respondents: ∼300. 

Responses per Respondent: 5. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hrs. 

Frequency: Periodic as needed. 

Individuals Who Are Selected for an 

Award 

Annual Burden Hours: ∼5,000. 


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Number of Respondents: ∼1,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 5. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hrs. 

Frequency: Periodic as needed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are SMART Program 

participants and their advisors, future 

employers, and mentors who provide 

contact, Program progress, and student 

status information for the purpose of 

monitoring student participants’ 

progress and position in the SMART 

Program as part of their agreement as 

Program participants. All information is 

collected by direct entry during secure 

logon sessions and/or by electronic or 

paper forms collected by SMART 

Program staff performing official duties. 

All information sought and collected is 

requisite to the short- and long-term 

operations of the Program. All persons 

must expressly consent to providing the 

information before they are allowed to 

provide it. 

Dated: May 31, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–17645 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Web-Based Mental Health Care 

Demonstration Project 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of a Web-based TRICARE 

Assistance Program Demonstration 

Project. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is to advise 

interested parties of a Military Health 

System (MHS) demonstration project, 

under the authority of Title 10, U.S. 

Code, Section 1092, entitled Web-Based 

TRICARE Assistance Program. The 

demonstration project will use existing 

managed care support contracts (MCSC) 

to provide a Web-based employee 

assistance program (EAP) including 

counseling and advice services to Active 

Duty Service members, their families 

members and their dependents enrolled 

in TRICARE Reserve Select, and those 

eligible for the Transition Assistance 

Management Program (TAMP) who 

reside in the continental United States. 

We are testing the effectiveness of 

providing this care. 

DATES: Effective Date: This 

demonstration project will be effective 

August 1, 2009. The demonstration 

project will continue until April 1, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management 

Activity (TMA), Health Plan Operations, 

5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810, Falls 

Church, VA 22041. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions pertaining to this 

demonstration project, Ms. Kathleen 

Larkin, (703) 681–0039. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

a. Background 

On page 405 of House Report 2638, 

the Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act for FY 2009 Joint 

Explanatory Statement, Congress stated: 

‘‘An area of particular interest is the 

provision of appropriate and accessible 

counseling to service members and their 

families who live in locations that are 

not close to military treatment facilities, 

other Military Health System facilities, 

or TRICARE providers. Web-based 

delivery of counseling has significant 

potential to offer counseling to 

personnel who otherwise might not be 

able to access it. Therefore, the 

Department is directed to establish and 

use a Web-based Clinical Mental Health 

Services Program as a way to deliver 

critical clinical mental health services to 

service members and families in rural 

areas.’’ 

This demonstration is designed to test 

the effectiveness and efficiency of 

utilizing audio and visual technologies 

including Web-based services to provide 

our Active Duty Service members, their 

families and other beneficiaries 

increased access to EAP-like services. 

b. Current Status of Access 

The Department of Defense currently 

provides a robust program of 

nonmedical counseling, as well as 

mental health care for our Active Duty 

Service members and their families. The 

Department offers Military One Source 

which provides for up to 12 nonmedical 

face-to-face counseling sessions per 

issue, per counselor. For those needing 

medical treatment, we provide 

behavioral health care in our military 

treatment facilities or through our 

TRICARE program. 

Our MCSCs currently provide an 

array of text and multimedia based 

educational materials targeting predeployment, deployment, and postdeployment adjustment concerns. They 

also have behavioral health (BH) contact 

centers staffed with beneficiary service 

representatives and customer service 

representatives to provide first and 

second level support, triage, and to 

make appropriate referrals and locate 

providers for Active Duty Service 

members and their families. This 

demonstration project will expand 

access to these behavioral health 

services by using audiovisual 

telecommunications systems such as 

video chat/instant messaging to access 

the BH centers. It also expands access to 

the Behavioral Health call centers and 

EAP-like counseling to those enrolled in 

TRICARE Reserve Select. 

c. Demonstration Project Description 

The MCSCs’ Behavioral Health call 

center staff will triage those seeking 

help and refer them to an appropriate 

level of assistance. This may include 

Military One Source, a military 

treatment facility, a network provider 

for face-to-face care, or for a tele-health 

visit from an authorized originating site 

facility to a TRICARE authorized 

provider’s office. In addition, they may 

perform unlimited assessments and 

nonmedical counseling or advice using 

a Web-based platform to ease access for 

Active Duty Service members, their 

families, those enrolled in TRICARE 

Reserve Select, and TAMP-eligibles. 

d. Implementation 

This demonstration will be effective 

August 1, 2009. 

e. Evaluation 

An independent evaluation of the 

demonstration will be conducted. It will 

be performed retrospectively and use a 

combination of administrative and 

workload measures of behavioral health 

care access to provide analyses and 

comment on the effectiveness of the 

demonstration in meeting its goal of 

improving beneficiary access to 

behavioral health care by incorporating 

Web-based technology. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–17652 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2009–0019] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Administrative 

Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, 

(OAA–AAHS), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 


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