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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; (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 February 19,

2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

(Force Management Policy), Defense

Commissary Agency, Plans and Policy

Directorate, Analysis and Evaluation

Division, ATTN: Mr. Herman Weaver,

1300 E. Avenue, Fort Lee, Virginia

23801–6300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request information on this proposed

information collection or to obtain a

copy of the proposal and associated

collection instruments, please write to

the above address, or call (804) 734–

8322.

Title and OMB Control Number:

Commissary Evaluation and Utility

Survey—Generic Clearance, OMB

Control Number 0704–0407.

Needs and Uses: DeCA will conduct

a variety of surveys to include, but not

necessarily limited to customer

satisfaction, transaction based comment

cards, transaction based telephone

interviews, commissary sizing, and

patron migration. The information

collection will provide customer

perceptions, demographics, and will

identify agency operations that need

quality improvement, provide early

detection of process or system problems,

and focus attention on areas where

customer service and functional

training, new construction/renovations,

and changes in existing operations that

will improve service delivery.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Burden Hours: 4,167.

Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 5.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

(All respondents are authorized

patrons by DoD regulations, unless

otherwise described)

Commissary Sizing Survey

Surveys will support commissary

renovation and new construction based

on perceptions (aisles, bakery, fish, deli,

etc.) of patrons and will include

demographics and sale projections.

Possible Facility Sites

Patrons will input their answers to

questions concerning where they would

like new facility located, what

configuration (mall, off-post, minimarts, parking, etc.), and give their

opinions on concerns that will affect

their shopping experience. Will include

demographics, population maps, and

distribution centers.

Patron Migration Survey

These surveys will determine from

our patrons which commissary they will

migrate to and how sales will affect

renovation of receiving facility. Surveys

will assess other factors that may

determine a need form mini-marts or

other small grocery outlets.

BRAC and/or Closure Survey

These surveys will also be given to

local townships affected by base

closures and its economic impact on

surrounding communities, local

governments, small and large

businesses. The information collected

will allow decisions to be made about

keeping commissaries open, although,

the base has closed or some alternative

store for those patrons affected.

Commissary Operational Surveys

These surveys will supply

information on processes like TQM,

Process Action Team objectives, internal

coordination, and vender satisfaction.

Also, how DeCA personnel and patrol

services such as new computer systems

for checking groceries, how long patron

services such as new computer systems

for checking groceries, how long patrons

wait in line, store throughput and

queuing, transaction based comment

cards, and any new customer service

DeCA may want to implement that will

need patron support. The vehicle for

any survey whether it is by interview or

mailing will not burden the patron over

fifteen minutes.

Market Basket Surveys

These surveys support the differences

between commissary and private sector

supermarket prices and the average

savings to the commissary patron. Also,

we can determine price differences

between OCONUS and CONUS

commissaries. The patron will give their

perceptions on their savings in the

commissary versus local supermarkets.

Awareness Surveys

These surveys allow the customer and

DeCA to communicate with each other

on issues that will make their shopping

experience user-friendly. Telephones in

aisles for price checks and location of

products, TV videos in front of store for

specials, market products, and educate

patrons on their benefit are just a few

areas to keep the patron informed.

Customer service is making the patron

aware of new and innovative

alternatives to issues that will

communicate their desires.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by January 22, 2002.

Title, Form Number, and OMB

Number. Health Insurance Claim Form;

HCFA Form 1450 (UB 92); OMB

Number 0720–0013.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 7,836.

Responses Per Respondent: 268

(average).

Annual Responses: 2,100,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 525,000.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary for a

medical institution to claim benefits

under the Defense Health Program,

TRICARE, which includes the Civilian

Health and Medical Program for the

Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). The

information collected will be used by

TRICARE/CHAMPUS to determine

beneficially eligibility, other health

insurance liability, certification that the

beneficiary received the care, and that

the provider is authorized to receive

TRICARE/CHAMPUS payments. The

form will be used by TRICARE/

CHAMPUS and its contractors to

determine the amount of benefits to be

paid to TRICARE/CHAMPUS

institutional providers. Use of the UB–

92, also known as the HCFA 1450,

continues TRICARE/CHAMPUS

commitments to use the national

standard claim form for reimbursement

of medical services/supplies provided

by institutional providers.

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Affected Public: Individuals or

Households; Business or Other ForProfit; Not-For-Profit.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Stuart Shapiro.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Shapiro at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD Health Affairs. Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings.

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01–31416 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by January 22, 2002.

Title and OMB Number: Department

of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)

Customer Satisfaction Survey for

Parents and Students; OMB Number

0704–[To Be Determined].

Type of Request: New Collection.

Number of Respondent: 7,275.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 7,275.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 2,001.

Needs and Uses: The DoDEA

Customer Satisfaction Survey will be

administered to all parents and teachers

within the DoDEA school system, as

well as students in grades 4–12. The

survey is completely voluntary and will

be administered through an on-line,

web-based technology. The survey

questions were adapted from the Phi

Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s

Attitudes Toward Schools in order to

have national comparison data. The

survey will give parents, students, and

teachers an opportunity to comment on

their level of satisfaction with

programmatic issues related to DoD

schools. Some topics included on the

survey are curriculum, communication,

and technology. The surveys will be

administered biennially. The

information derived from this survey

will be used in the improvement

planning efforts at all levels throughout

DoDEA.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households.

Frequency: Biennially.

Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 01–31417 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before February

19, 2002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) Is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department; (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate; (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Annual Performance Report for

Title III and Title V Grantees.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 631,

Burden Hours: 11,358.

Abstract: Titles III and V of the Higher

Education Act (HEA), provide

discretionary and formula grant

programs that make competitive awards

to eligible Institutions of Higher

Education and organizations (Title III,

Part E) to assist these institutions

expand their capacity to serve minority

and low-income students. Grantees

annually submit a yearly performance

report to demonstrate that substantial

progress is being made towards meeting

the objectives of their project. This

request is to implement a new, webbased Annual Performance Report to