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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 May 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Department of Defense, Office of
the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and
Transparency, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–1700.
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 https://
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 Defense Health Agency,
7700 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA
22042, Amanda Grifka, 703–681–1771.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Reserve Component Health
Coverage Request; DD Form 2896–1;
OMB Control Number 0720–RCHC.
Needs and Uses: DD Form 2896–1 is
used by certain Reserve Component
members and retired members to
purchase or make changes to coverage
under the TRICARE Reserve Select and
TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR) health
plan. Eligible beneficiaries must
complete this form using the online
Beneficiary Web Enrollment (BWE)
portal. Each respondent (eligible
Reserve Component members and
retired members) is required to use the
BWE portal to enroll, disenroll or
change their enrollment. The
information collected ensures a
beneficiary is eligible for TRICARE and
his/her TRICARE enrollment is correctly
updated to reflect their TRICARE plan
of choice, address, etc. If the beneficiary
does use the form or BWE portal to
enroll in a TRICARE plan option, the
TRICARE beneficiary is defaulted into
direct care only, limiting their health
care options to only military hospitals
and clinics.
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Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 61,017.5.
Number of Respondents: 122,035.
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Annual Responses: 244,070.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Frequency: As required.
Dated: March 12, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DOD–2023–OS–0092]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness
(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: 30-Day information collection
notice.
AGENCY:
The DoD has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by April 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Reginald Lucas, 571–372–7574, or
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
572 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2013 required commanders of
each military command to conduct a
climate assessment of the command or
unit for purposes of preventing sexual
assault. A subsequent November 2015
memo from the Acting Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
(USD P&R), and further a 2022 DoD
Instruction (DoDI 6400.11) designated
the DEOCS as the survey tool to support
the NDAA requirement for a DoD
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command climate assessment program.
A DEOCS is conducted annually in all
active duty and Reserve component DoD
units and DoD civilian personnel
organizations. Also included in the
DEOCS population are active duty and
Reserve component members of the
Coast Guard, students and staff at the
US Merchant Marine Academy, and
foreign nationals working for the DoD.
The survey is web-based and is a census
of the commander’s unit. The core
survey questions are organized into
three main categories that include (1)
unit experience, (2) leadership, and (3)
behaviors and personal experience. The
DEOCS includes a module collecting
information on the attitudes and
experiences of Active duty and Reserve
component military members related to
racial/ethnic relations in the military.
The module content is derived from the
Armed Forces Workplace and Equal
Opportunity (WEO) survey (OMB
license 0704–0631) and provides
primary data on estimated prevalence
rates of racial/ethnic harassment and
discrimination and climate that is
required by the Secretary of Defense
biennially (Esper 2020). To reduce
survey burden for Active and Reserve
component members, key measures
previously collected under OMB license
0704–0659 will be included as a module
to the DEOCS for a subset of Active and
Reserve component DEOCS
respondents.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Defense Organizational
Climate Survey (DEOCS) 5.1; OMB
Control Number 0704–0659.
Type of Request: Revision.
Number of Respondents: 1,589,098.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1,589,098.
Average Burden per Response: 35
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 926,974.
Needs and Uses: The purpose of the
Defense Organizational Climate Survey
(DEOCS) is to assess command climate
at the unit/organizational level across
the Department of Defense (DoD) and
serves as a tool, helping commanders
and leaders improve their command
climate. Military commanders and DoD
civilian organization leaders are
required to administer a DEOCS to their
unit or organization annually. The
DEOCS was initially developed in
response to DoD Instruction (DoDI)
1350.2 which mandated the creation of
a Military Equal Opportunity program
as well as the administration of a
command climate assessment. The
National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for FY 2013 (Section 572)—and
amended by section 1721 of the NDAA
FY 2014—further mandates the climate
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assessment within all DoD organizations
for purposes of preventing sexual
assaults. A subsequent November 2015
memo from the Acting Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
(USD P&R) designated the DEOCS as the
survey tool to support the NDAA
requirement for a DoD command
climate assessment program. A May
2019 memo from the Acting Secretary of
Defense directed that the goals of the
DEOCS include developing and
providing leaders with assessment tools
to ‘‘help them with developing an
appropriate course of action from a suite
of interventions and provide them with
feedback on their impact of their
efforts.’’ The DoD Instruction (DoDI)
6400.11 further specified the
requirements for DEOCS fielding.
The DEOCS will be administered to
Active Duty and Reserve component
members, DoD Civilians, and Military
Service Academy (MSA) and MSA
Preparatory School members (hereafter,
MSA Prep School) in order to meet this
statutory requirement for the DoD. The
universe of the DoD community also
includes foreign nationals who are
employed by the DoD. Additionally, the
DEOCS will also include Active,
Reserve, and MSA components of the
United States Coast Guard and students/
staff at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy. The DEOCS includes
a module fielded to a subset of Active
Duty and Reserve component members
to collect information on their attitudes
and experiences related to racial/ethnic
relations in the military.
The statutory and policy requirements
for the DEOCS, including the module,
can be found in the following:
• FY13 NDAA, Section 572
• FY14 NDAA, Section 1721
• DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6400.11, ‘‘DoD
Integrated Primary Prevention Policy
for Prevention Workforce and
Leaders’’
• DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1350.2, ‘‘DoD
Military Equal Opportunity Program’’
• Immediate Actions to Improve
Diversity & Inclusion (Esper, 2020)
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Frequency: As required.
Unit commanders and organizational
leaders must administer a DEOCS
yearly, within the annual fielding
window, unless they are unable to do so
as a result of mission requirements. The
annual fielding window for the DEOCS
5.1 is from August 1 to November 30,
however, the DEOCS is available for
fielding continuously throughout the
year for units or organizations that
cannot field during the survey window.
Currently, there is not a standardized
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method for defining at which level in
the hierarchy units are required to take
the DEOCS, how to define a unit, or
how to define unit membership. As a
result, there may be overlap between
DEOCS units resulting in individuals
taking more than one DEOCS. DoDI
6400.11 was established in 2022 and
reduces occurrences of overlapping
DEOCS. The DEOCS module is field in
response to a 2020 Secretary of Defense
action memorandum (Esper, 2020)
requiring the biennial survey of Active
Duty and Reserve component members
regarding their attitudes and
experiences related to racial/ethnic
relations in the military and replaces
(OMB Control Number 0704–0659) to
reduce cost and survey burden.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
You may also submit comments and
recommendations, identified by Docket
ID number and title, by the following
method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, Docket
ID 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 https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald
Lucas.
Requests for copies of the information
collection proposal should be sent to
Mr. Reginald Lucas at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil.
Dated: March 12, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2023–HA–0105]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
(OASD(HA)), Department of Defense
(DoD).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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30-Day information collection
notice.
The DoD has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by April 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Reginald Lucas, 571–372–7574, or
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Fielding Successful Medical
Products Survey; OMB Control Number
0720–VOIP.
Type of Request: New.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 50.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 25.
Needs and Uses: As part of 59th
Medical Wing’s Science & Technology,
Technology Transfer and Transition (59
MDW/ST–T3) Office’s continuous
process improvement effort, this
proposed information collection will
gather feedback from companies which
have successfully developed and
marketed commercially-available
medical products to the DoD over the
last five (5) years. The questionnaire
elicits information about (a) funding
streams, processes, ideas, partnerships,
and pathways, (b) Food & Drug
Administration (FDA) approval/
clearance, (c) teaming arrangements,
management strategies, and leadership
approaches, and (d) barriers and
enablers to marketing to the DoD. By
performing this market analysis, we aim
to develop actionable, data-driven
recommendations for improving
acquisition of innovative medical
solutions. An analysis of responses
permits a clear understanding how the
DoD can influence, emulate, and
facilitate successful production and
provisioning of new/novel medical
products (capabilities) to address
existing requirements or enhance
existing medical/health capabilities.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DOD-2023-OS-0092]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.
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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by April
17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Reginald Lucas, 571-372-7574, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 572 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 required commanders
of each military command to conduct a climate assessment of the command
or unit for purposes of preventing sexual assault. A subsequent
November 2015 memo from the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness (USD P&R), and further a 2022 DoD Instruction
(DoDI 6400.11) designated the DEOCS as the survey tool to support the
NDAA requirement for a DoD command climate assessment program. A DEOCS
is conducted annually in all active duty and Reserve component DoD
units and DoD civilian personnel organizations. Also included in the
DEOCS population are active duty and Reserve component members of the
Coast Guard, students and staff at the US Merchant Marine Academy, and
foreign nationals working for the DoD. The survey is web-based and is a
census of the commander's unit. The core survey questions are organized
into three main categories that include (1) unit experience, (2)
leadership, and (3) behaviors and personal experience. The DEOCS
includes a module collecting information on the attitudes and
experiences of Active duty and Reserve component military members
related to racial/ethnic relations in the military. The module content
is derived from the Armed Forces Workplace and Equal Opportunity (WEO)
survey (OMB license 0704-0631) and provides primary data on estimated
prevalence rates of racial/ethnic harassment and discrimination and
climate that is required by the Secretary of Defense biennially (Esper
2020). To reduce survey burden for Active and Reserve component
members, key measures previously collected under OMB license 0704-0659
will be included as a module to the DEOCS for a subset of Active and
Reserve component DEOCS respondents.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense Organizational
Climate Survey (DEOCS) 5.1; OMB Control Number 0704-0659.
Type of Request: Revision.
Number of Respondents: 1,589,098.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1,589,098.
Average Burden per Response: 35 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 926,974.
Needs and Uses: The purpose of the Defense Organizational Climate
Survey (DEOCS) is to assess command climate at the unit/organizational
level across the Department of Defense (DoD) and serves as a tool,
helping commanders and leaders improve their command climate. Military
commanders and DoD civilian organization leaders are required to
administer a DEOCS to their unit or organization annually. The DEOCS
was initially developed in response to DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1350.2
which mandated the creation of a Military Equal Opportunity program as
well as the administration of a command climate assessment. The
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2013 (Section 572)--
and amended by section 1721 of the NDAA FY 2014--further mandates the
climate
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assessment within all DoD organizations for purposes of preventing
sexual assaults. A subsequent November 2015 memo from the Acting Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD P&R) designated
the DEOCS as the survey tool to support the NDAA requirement for a DoD
command climate assessment program. A May 2019 memo from the Acting
Secretary of Defense directed that the goals of the DEOCS include
developing and providing leaders with assessment tools to ``help them
with developing an appropriate course of action from a suite of
interventions and provide them with feedback on their impact of their
efforts.'' The DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6400.11 further specified the
requirements for DEOCS fielding.
The DEOCS will be administered to Active Duty and Reserve component
members, DoD Civilians, and Military Service Academy (MSA) and MSA
Preparatory School members (hereafter, MSA Prep School) in order to
meet this statutory requirement for the DoD. The universe of the DoD
community also includes foreign nationals who are employed by the DoD.
Additionally, the DEOCS will also include Active, Reserve, and MSA
components of the United States Coast Guard and students/staff at the
United States Merchant Marine Academy. The DEOCS includes a module
fielded to a subset of Active Duty and Reserve component members to
collect information on their attitudes and experiences related to
racial/ethnic relations in the military.
The statutory and policy requirements for the DEOCS, including the
module, can be found in the following:
FY13 NDAA, Section 572
FY14 NDAA, Section 1721
DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6400.11, ``DoD Integrated Primary
Prevention Policy for Prevention Workforce and Leaders''
DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1350.2, ``DoD Military Equal
Opportunity Program''
Immediate Actions to Improve Diversity & Inclusion (Esper,
2020)
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Frequency: As required.
Unit commanders and organizational leaders must administer a DEOCS
yearly, within the annual fielding window, unless they are unable to do
so as a result of mission requirements. The annual fielding window for
the DEOCS 5.1 is from August 1 to November 30, however, the DEOCS is
available for fielding continuously throughout the year for units or
organizations that cannot field during the survey window. Currently,
there is not a standardized method for defining at which level in the
hierarchy units are required to take the DEOCS, how to define a unit,
or how to define unit membership. As a result, there may be overlap
between DEOCS units resulting in individuals taking more than one
DEOCS. DoDI 6400.11 was established in 2022 and reduces occurrences of
overlapping DEOCS. The DEOCS module is field in response to a 2020
Secretary of Defense action memorandum (Esper, 2020) requiring the
biennial survey of Active Duty and Reserve component members regarding
their attitudes and experiences related to racial/ethnic relations in
the military and replaces (OMB Control Number 0704-0659) to reduce cost
and survey burden.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, Docket ID 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 https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald Lucas.
Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should
be sent to Mr. Reginald Lucas at [email protected].
Dated: March 12, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-05666 Filed 3-15-24; 8:45 am]
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