Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests, 49459-49460 [2011-20280]
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August 1, 2003, to May 1, 2009 (or other
appropriate end date for OPPS-exempt
hospitals.)
DATES: The agency must receive a
hospital’s request on or before June 23,
2011, or October 11, 2011 for hospitals
that did not receive notification by
letter.
TRICARE Management
Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Branch, 16401 East
Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–
9066.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martha M. Maxey, Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Branch, TMA,
telephone (303) 676–3627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
reviewing payments for hospital
outpatient services, DoD has determined
that, for radiology services specified in
the regulation as being reimbursed
under the allowable charge
methodology, the technical component
of the allowable charge did not
approximate the Medicare fair payment
for such hospital services as well as it
could have. That is, in looking at the
Medicare reimbursement methodologies
in existence prior to adoption of
Medicare’s OPPS in 2000,
(methodologies resulting in fair
payment for Federal health care, which
TRICARE allowable charges for
hospitals outpatient services were
intended to emulate), some radiology
services were underpaid in comparison.
The National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 required that
TRICARE use Medicare reimbursement
rates for hospitals to the extent
practicable. While payments were made
in accordance with 32 Code of Federal
Regulation, 199.14, there is a basis for
TRICARE to make discretionary net
adjusted payments for radiology
services for which TRICARE payments
were not comparable to the pre-OPPS
Medicare fair rates for the period in
question.
On April 25, 2011, TMA mailed
letters to thousands of hospitals
notifying them of this opportunity. The
hospitals (or their recovery agents) have
until June 23, 2011, 60 days from the
date of notification, to file an appeal for
pay adjustments that will be adjudicated
by TMA. Hospitals that did not receive
notification by mail have 60 days from
August 10, 2011.
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
which are not subject to TRICARE’s
OPPS shall submit a request for the
period August 1, 2003, to November 30,
2009. As of December 1, 2010, the
payments to CAHs are based on
reasonable cost and thus potential
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adjustments would not apply. Other
hospitals not subject to OPPS (such as
Cancer and Children’s hospitals) shall
submit a request for the period August
1, 2003, to December 31, 2010.
The payment adjustment process
along with the notification letter to
hospitals can be viewed at TMA’s Web
site at: https://www.tricare.mil/Radiology
DiscretionaryAppealAdjustments.
Dated: July 8, 2011.
Patricia Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
Comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Education
(the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, 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 October
11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that
Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
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Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. 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: August 4, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: New.
Title of Collection: Teaching and
Learning International Survey (TALIS)
2013 Field Trial.
OMB Control Number: Pending .
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 594.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,265.
Abstract: Teaching and Learning
International Survey (TALIS), is an
international survey of the teaching
workforce, teaching as a profession, and
the learning environments of schools.
Data are collected through
questionnaires from individual teachers
and their school principals in lower
secondary schools (grades 7, 8 and 9) in
the United States. TALIS’ main
objective is to help countries review
current policy and develop informed
education policy by providing accurate
and relevant international indicators on
teachers and teaching. TALIS offers an
opportunity for teachers and school
principals to provide their perspectives
on the state of education in their own
countries. Both teacher and principal
questionnaires include questions about
teacher and principal background and
characteristics; teacher and principal
professional development; school
leadership and management; teacher
appraisal and feedback; teachers’
instructional beliefs and pedagogical
practices; school climate and ethos;
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student characteristics as perceived by
the teacher; and teacher efficacy and job
satisfaction. TALIS is sponsored by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development and managed in the
United States by the National Center for
Education Statistics. This submission
requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB)’s clearance for (1) A
spring 2012 field trial; (2) a fall 2012
recruitment of schools for the spring
2013 main study data collection; and (3)
a 60-day Federal Register notice waiver
for the next OMB clearance package to
be submitted in September of 2012 for
the spring 2013 main data collection..
Copies of the proposed information
collection request may be accessed from
https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 4696. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on DOE’s
intent to request OMB to renew
Information Collection Request Title:
OE Recovery Act Financial Assistance
Grants, OMB Control No. 1910–5149 for
an additional four years that DOE is
developing for submission to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. 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 collection
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Issued in Washington, DC on August 4,
2011.
Terri T. Lee,
Chief Operating Officer, Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability.
Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before October 11,
2011. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Written comments may be
sent to:
Matthew Grosso, U.S. Department of
Energy, OE/Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–5860,
or by e-mail at
matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov.; and
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Matthew Grosso at
matthew.grosso@hq.doe.gov, or https://
www.oe.energy.gov/node/11695.
This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. 1910–5149; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: OE Recovery
Act Financial Assistance Grants; (3)
Type of Request: Renewal; (4) Purpose:
To collect information on the status of
grantee activities, expenditures, and
results, to ensure that program funds are
being used appropriately, effectively
and expeditiously (especially important
for Recovery Act funds); (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 138;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 1,656; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 13,248; (8)
Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $1,035,000
for the first year, $552,000 each
subsequent year.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
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Authority: Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007
(EISA; Pub. L. 110–140).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. IC11–516A–001]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC 516A); Comment
Request; Submitted for OMB Review
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of this information collection
requirement. Any interested person may
file comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
received no comments in response to an
earlier Federal Register notice of May
27, 2011.
(76 FR 30927) and has made this
notation in its submission to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by September 9,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Comments to
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and
include OMB Control Number 1902–
0203 for reference. The Desk Officer
may be reached by telephone at 202–
395–4638.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either on paper or on CD/DVD,
and should refer to Docket No. IC11–
516A–001. Documents must be prepared
in an acceptable filing format and in
compliance with Commission
submission guidelines at https://
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-20280]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden
on the public and helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. The Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of
Management, 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
October 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202-4537. Please note that written comments received
in response to this notice will be considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. The Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes this notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of the Departmental review of the
information collection. 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: August 4, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: New.
Title of Collection: Teaching and Learning International Survey
(TALIS) 2013 Field Trial.
OMB Control Number: Pending .
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 594.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,265.
Abstract: Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), is an
international survey of the teaching workforce, teaching as a
profession, and the learning environments of schools. Data are
collected through questionnaires from individual teachers and their
school principals in lower secondary schools (grades 7, 8 and 9) in the
United States. TALIS' main objective is to help countries review
current policy and develop informed education policy by providing
accurate and relevant international indicators on teachers and
teaching. TALIS offers an opportunity for teachers and school
principals to provide their perspectives on the state of education in
their own countries. Both teacher and principal questionnaires include
questions about teacher and principal background and characteristics;
teacher and principal professional development; school leadership and
management; teacher appraisal and feedback; teachers' instructional
beliefs and pedagogical practices; school climate and ethos;
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student characteristics as perceived by the teacher; and teacher
efficacy and job satisfaction. TALIS is sponsored by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development and managed in the United
States by the National Center for Education Statistics. This submission
requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s clearance for (1) A
spring 2012 field trial; (2) a fall 2012 recruitment of schools for the
spring 2013 main study data collection; and (3) a 60-day Federal
Register notice waiver for the next OMB clearance package to be
submitted in September of 2012 for the spring 2013 main data
collection..
Copies of the proposed information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending
Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4696. When you access
the information collection, click on ``Download Attachments'' to view.
Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
Requests may also be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the
information collection and OMB Control Number when making your request.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.
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