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Download as PDF 107128 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 250 / Tuesday, December 31, 2024 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Notice To Publicize Consent Order, Notify Public of DoD Compliance Officer and Provide Point of Contact for Information and or Inquiries Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)), Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Notice of Consent Order. AGENCY: The DoD Compliance Officer for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Decision and Order (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Consent Order’’), in the Matter of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and Orbital ATK, Inc Docket No. C–4652, dated June 5, 2018, and as modified on December 3, 2018, is posting this notice to inform the Public about the Consent Order and to notify the Public of the DoD Compliance Officer point of contact for further information or inquiries. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and inquiries, interested parties should contact the DoD Compliance Officer, Ms. Nicoletta S. Giordani, at 703–693–6613 or nicoletta.s.giordani.civ@mail.mil. To request a meeting with the DoD Compliance Officer or the Government Compliance Team, interested parties should submit a request to: osd.mcalex.rsrcmgmt.list.ousd-as-northroporbital-monitoring-mb@mail.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTC’s Complaint alleged that NGC’s 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK would reduce competition in the market for missile systems purchased by the U.S. Government, resulting in less innovation and higher prices for taxpayers. The resulting Consent Order, as described below, preserves the procompetitive benefits of the acquisition while addressing the potential anticompetitive harms. The Consent Order: The Consent Order requires that NGC make its solid rocket motors (SRMs) and related services available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all competitors for missile contracts. Covered missiles include any air, sea, and/or land-based missile propelled by one or more SRMs, including tactical missiles, missile defense interceptors and targets, and strategic missiles. The Consent Order does not cover launch vehicles for satellites and other space systems. The non-discrimination prohibitions of the Consent Order are comprehensive and apply to potential discriminatory conduct affecting price, schedule, khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:31 Dec 30, 2024 Jkt 265001 quality, data, personnel, investment, technology, innovation, design, or risk. NGC must also establish firewalls to keep it from transferring or using any proprietary information that it receives from competing missile prime contractors or SRMs suppliers in a manner that harms competition. The Consent Order is in effect until June 5, 2038. The complete text of the Consent Order and supplementary information is located on the following FTC website: https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/ browse/cases-proceedings/181-0005-c4652-northrop-grumman-orbital-atkmatter. DoD Compliance Officer: The DoD Compliance Officer is the Principal Director for Global Investment & Economic Security within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. Dated: December 26, 2024. Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2024–31427 Filed 12–30–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Docket ID: DoD–2024–OS–0015] 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 January 30, 2025. 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: Reginald Lucas, (571) 372–7574, whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) Family Needs Assessment (FNA); DD Form 3054; OMB Control Number 0704–0580. Type of Request: Extension. Number of Respondents: 20,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 20,000. Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 10,000 hours. Needs and Uses: This information collection through the Family Needs Assessment (FNA) is necessary to assist EFMP Family Support staff in identifying the needs of families and developing plans of action. The Family Services Plan Addendum allows EFMP Family Support staff and families to track identified steps in addressing their needs and goals. The Inter-Services Transfer Summary (ISTS) Addendum facilitates the transfer of cases between sister-Service Family Support Offices when a family requests a warm hand-off to a gaining installation. The EFMP FNA addresses current differences in assessment processes and inconsistent transfer of cases across the Services. With this standardized form, installation-level EFMP Family Support Offices can provide a family support experience that is consistent across the Services and maintains continuity of services when military families with special needs have Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to a joint base or sister-Service location. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: As needed. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald Lucas. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: December 26, 2024. Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2024–31394 Filed 12–30–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy [Docket ID: USN–2024–HQ–0007] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Department of the Navy, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice. AGENCY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\31DEN1.SGM 31DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 250 / Tuesday, December 31, 2024 / Notices (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 January 30, 2025. 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: Reginald Lucas, (571) 372–7574, whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Prospective Studies of US Military Forces and Their Families: The Millennium Cohort Program; OMB Control Number 0703–0064. Type of Request: Revision. Millennium Cohort Study Follow-Up Survey Number of Respondents: 177,127. Responses per Respondent: 1 (every three years). Annual Responses: 59,042. Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 44,282. Millennium Cohort Study Participant Feedback Survey Number of Respondents: 177,127. Responses per Respondent: 1 (every three years). Annual Responses: 59,042. Average Burden per Response: 8 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 7,872. Millennium Cohort Family Study Follow-Up Survey Number of Respondents: 16,901. Responses per Respondent: 1 (every three years). Annual Responses: 5,634. Average Burden per Response: 50 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 4,695. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES Total Number of Respondents: 194,028. Annual Responses: 123,718. Annual Burden Hours: 56,849. Needs and Uses: The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and the Millennium Cohort Family Study (Family Cohort Study; FCS) are two of the major research programs that comprise the Millennium Cohort VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:31 Dec 30, 2024 Jkt 265001 Program (MCP). The MCP is an Army and Defense Health Program research study conducted at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), San Diego, CA, with the primary objective to evaluate the impact of military service, including deployments and occupational exposures, on the long-term health of service members, Veterans, and family members. Information is collected to allow for the assessment of the impact of military deployments, combat, and other experiences. These longitudinal studies are authorized to collect data among participants to ascertain longterm health outcomes of military service members, Veterans, and family members. The concept and design of the MCS was recommended in the 1998 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report ‘‘The Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health.’’ Under the subheading ‘‘Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed US Forces,’’ IOM recommended that prospective investigations be planned to evaluate multi-dimensional factors relevant to health and health change so that these factors can be assessed over the lifetime of the service member. Section 743 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for FY1999 authorized the Secretary of Defense to ‘‘. . . establish a center devoted to a longitudinal study to evaluate data on the health conditions of members of the Armed Forces upon return from deployment on military operations for purposes of ensuring rapid identification of any trends in diseases, illnesses or injuries among such members as a result of such operation.’’ The MCS was originally designed in response to the IOM recommendation and to Congress’s authorization and funding as a prospective, 21-year-long, multi-panel and wave, cohort investigation. However, given that military experiences may contribute to health outcomes with long latencies along with the goal to evaluating the impacts of these experiences on the total life span of the service member, in 2013 the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs authorized the extension of the MCS to 67 years. The study will now include future follow-ups beyond the original 21 years for up to 67 years until 2068. The FCS, which focuses on family life and structure as well as the relationship between the service member and the spouse, was conceptualized and designed in response to concern for the potential effects of military deployment on service members, as well as their families, expressed by the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 107129 Veterans Affairs (VA), the American Psychology Association (APA), and the White House. The main objectives of the MCP are (1) to develop a long-term profile of health change among current and former members of the Armed Forces, especially in relation to individual deployment experience, (2) to better define the nature of risk factors for the development of post-war illness among US military personnel, (3) to assess the impact of military service, including deployments, on the health and wellbeing of the family, and (4) to examine the relationships between the family members and the service member. These objectives will be accomplished by joining self-reported health status information collected from the study participants with electronic healthcare utilization, deployment, exposure, and demographic data available from other sources such as the DoD, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Federal or state agencies, or nongovernmental organizations for all participants. Selfreported information is collected using a baseline questionnaire and a series of follow-up questionnaires that are collected in 3-year intervals through at least 2068 for the MCS and 2031 for the FCS. These findings will then provide strategic evidence that will help inform policy and guide interventions. This DoD capability is the first of its kind, using a large population-based cohort to assess the long-term impact of military service and deployment on the health of service members, their spouses, and coresident children, and to evaluate the quality of the relationships between service members, spouses, and their children. Due to the ongoing decline in survey response not just to this study but all DoD studies, the MCS has designed a participant feedback questionnaire that will help us gather crucial information about participant recruitment and study retention, such as reasons for nonresponse, correlates of non-response, motivations to participate, acceptability of study communication methods, and recommendations for improvement. Near the end of the 2024–2025 survey cycle, the Millennium Cohort Study will conduct the participant feedback survey among Panel 1–5 responders and nonresponders. The survey will be bi-modal and was designed to assess a variety of factors including those that have motivated and/or discouraged Millennium Cohort participants to stay connected with the study. This data will be utilized in the design of the future surveys and survey operations to maximize retention and increase E:\FR\FM\31DEN1.SGM 31DEN1 107130 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 250 / Tuesday, December 31, 2024 / Notices participation from previous nonresponders. The survey was developed based on preliminary 2019–2021 MCS survey response data and the Hispanic Community Health Study Participant Feedback survey (OMB Control Number 0925–0584). Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: Variable; participants asked to complete the survey every 3 to 5 years. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald Lucas. Dated: December 26, 2024. Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2024–31397 Filed 12–30–24; 8:45 am] the students in the program are from the State where the institution is located, or if the institution is a foreign institution. Under 34 CFR 668.404(a), the Secretary uses the appropriate earnings threshold under the definition to determine if an educational program passes the EP measure. A program passes the EP measure by demonstrating that the median earnings for program graduates exceed the appropriate State or national earnings threshold.1 As required by 34 CFR 668.404(b)(3), the following table lists the earnings thresholds for each State and the District of Columbia, as well as the national threshold. The earnings thresholds published in this notice apply to EP measure results for calculation year 2024: 2 BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P Median earnings (whole dollars) State DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment: Earnings Thresholds for Calculation Year 2024 Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Secretary announces the annual earnings thresholds used to calculate the earnings premium (EP) measure as part of the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) regulations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) published final regulations on Financial Value Transparency (FVT) and Gainful Employment (GE), which became effective July 1, 2024 (88 FR 70004). These regulations, in part, establish an annually-calculated EP measure, which compares the median annual earnings of students completing an educational program at an eligible institution to a specified earnings threshold. This earnings threshold, as defined in 34 CFR 668.2, is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and is calculated as the median earnings for working adults aged 25–34 who either worked during the year or indicated they were unemployed when interviewed, with only a high school diploma (or recognized equivalent) in (1) the State in which the institution is located or (2) nationally, if fewer than 50 percent of khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:31 Dec 30, 2024 Jkt 265001 Alabama ................................ Alaska ................................... Arizona .................................. Arkansas ............................... California ............................... Colorado ............................... Connecticut ........................... Delaware ............................... District of Columbia .............. Florida ................................... Georgia ................................. Hawaii ................................... Idaho ..................................... Illinois .................................... Indiana .................................. Iowa ...................................... Kansas .................................. Kentucky ............................... Louisiana .............................. Maine .................................... Maryland ............................... Massachusetts ...................... Michigan ............................... Minnesota ............................. Mississippi ............................ Missouri ................................ Montana ................................ Nebraska .............................. Nevada ................................. New Hampshire .................... New Jersey ........................... New Mexico .......................... New York .............................. 27,836 35,457 32,284 28,502 32,476 35,571 33,286 31,316 32,592 29,609 29,609 34,203 33,397 30,793 31,316 34,203 30,782 28,996 28,996 32,311 33,397 35,438 28,996 34,795 27,362 30,156 30,058 31,316 33,172 37,850 32,832 27,836 30,793 1 Institutions with main campuses located in a U.S. Territory or the Freely Associated States do not receive a calculation of the EP measure for their educational programs. Therefore, this table only includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and a national earnings threshold. 2 These earnings thresholds are derived from the 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Public Use Microdata Sample from the U.S. Census Bureau. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 State Median earnings (whole dollars) North Carolina ...................... North Dakota ........................ Ohio ...................................... Oklahoma ............................. Oregon .................................. Pennsylvania ........................ Rhode Island ........................ South Carolina ...................... South Dakota ........................ Tennessee ............................ Texas .................................... Utah ...................................... Vermont ................................ Virginia .................................. Washington ........................... West Virginia ........................ Wisconsin ............................. Wyoming ............................... United States (national earnings threshold) .................. 29,344 34,203 30,793 29,810 31,695 31,727 34,203 30,156 31,385 29,609 31,171 34,795 33,397 33,043 35,027 28,996 33,397 36,480 31,269 Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, audiotape, compact disc, or other accessible format. Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site, you can view this document, as well as all other Department documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. You may also access Department documents published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Program Authority: 34 CFR 668.2 and 34 CFR part 668 subpart Q. Nasser Paydar, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 2024–31271 Filed 12–30–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P E:\FR\FM\31DEN1.SGM 31DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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[Docket ID: USN-2024-HQ-0007]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 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

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(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 January 
30, 2025.

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: Reginald Lucas, (571) 372-7574, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: 
Prospective Studies of US Military Forces and Their Families: The 
Millennium Cohort Program; OMB Control Number 0703-0064.
    Type of Request: Revision.

Millennium Cohort Study Follow-Up Survey

    Number of Respondents: 177,127.
    Responses per Respondent: 1 (every three years).
    Annual Responses: 59,042.
    Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 44,282.

Millennium Cohort Study Participant Feedback Survey

    Number of Respondents: 177,127.
    Responses per Respondent: 1 (every three years).
    Annual Responses: 59,042.
    Average Burden per Response: 8 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 7,872.

Millennium Cohort Family Study Follow-Up Survey

    Number of Respondents: 16,901.
    Responses per Respondent: 1 (every three years).
    Annual Responses: 5,634.
    Average Burden per Response: 50 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 4,695.

Total

    Number of Respondents: 194,028.
    Annual Responses: 123,718.
    Annual Burden Hours: 56,849.
    Needs and Uses: The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and the 
Millennium Cohort Family Study (Family Cohort Study; FCS) are two of 
the major research programs that comprise the Millennium Cohort Program 
(MCP). The MCP is an Army and Defense Health Program research study 
conducted at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), San Diego, CA, 
with the primary objective to evaluate the impact of military service, 
including deployments and occupational exposures, on the long-term 
health of service members, Veterans, and family members. Information is 
collected to allow for the assessment of the impact of military 
deployments, combat, and other experiences. These longitudinal studies 
are authorized to collect data among participants to ascertain long-
term health outcomes of military service members, Veterans, and family 
members.
    The concept and design of the MCS was recommended in the 1998 
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report ``The Gulf War Veterans: Measuring 
Health.'' Under the subheading ``Strategies to Protect the Health of 
Deployed US Forces,'' IOM recommended that prospective investigations 
be planned to evaluate multi-dimensional factors relevant to health and 
health change so that these factors can be assessed over the lifetime 
of the service member.
    Section 743 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
Act for FY1999 authorized the Secretary of Defense to ``. . . establish 
a center devoted to a longitudinal study to evaluate data on the health 
conditions of members of the Armed Forces upon return from deployment 
on military operations for purposes of ensuring rapid identification of 
any trends in diseases, illnesses or injuries among such members as a 
result of such operation.''
    The MCS was originally designed in response to the IOM 
recommendation and to Congress's authorization and funding as a 
prospective, 21-year-long, multi-panel and wave, cohort investigation. 
However, given that military experiences may contribute to health 
outcomes with long latencies along with the goal to evaluating the 
impacts of these experiences on the total life span of the service 
member, in 2013 the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs authorized the extension of the MCS to 67 years. The 
study will now include future follow-ups beyond the original 21 years 
for up to 67 years until 2068.
    The FCS, which focuses on family life and structure as well as the 
relationship between the service member and the spouse, was 
conceptualized and designed in response to concern for the potential 
effects of military deployment on service members, as well as their 
families, expressed by the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (VA), the American Psychology Association (APA), 
and the White House.
    The main objectives of the MCP are (1) to develop a long-term 
profile of health change among current and former members of the Armed 
Forces, especially in relation to individual deployment experience, (2) 
to better define the nature of risk factors for the development of 
post-war illness among US military personnel, (3) to assess the impact 
of military service, including deployments, on the health and well-
being of the family, and (4) to examine the relationships between the 
family members and the service member. These objectives will be 
accomplished by joining self-reported health status information 
collected from the study participants with electronic healthcare 
utilization, deployment, exposure, and demographic data available from 
other sources such as the DoD, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 
Federal or state agencies, or nongovernmental organizations for all 
participants. Self-reported information is collected using a baseline 
questionnaire and a series of follow-up questionnaires that are 
collected in 3-year intervals through at least 2068 for the MCS and 
2031 for the FCS.
    These findings will then provide strategic evidence that will help 
inform policy and guide interventions. This DoD capability is the first 
of its kind, using a large population-based cohort to assess the long-
term impact of military service and deployment on the health of service 
members, their spouses, and co-resident children, and to evaluate the 
quality of the relationships between service members, spouses, and 
their children.
    Due to the ongoing decline in survey response not just to this 
study but all DoD studies, the MCS has designed a participant feedback 
questionnaire that will help us gather crucial information about 
participant recruitment and study retention, such as reasons for non-
response, correlates of non-response, motivations to participate, 
acceptability of study communication methods, and recommendations for 
improvement. Near the end of the 2024-2025 survey cycle, the Millennium 
Cohort Study will conduct the participant feedback survey among Panel 
1-5 responders and non-responders. The survey will be bi-modal and was 
designed to assess a variety of factors including those that have 
motivated and/or discouraged Millennium Cohort participants to stay 
connected with the study. This data will be utilized in the design of 
the future surveys and survey operations to maximize retention and 
increase

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participation from previous non-responders. The survey was developed 
based on preliminary 2019-2021 MCS survey response data and the 
Hispanic Community Health Study Participant Feedback survey (OMB 
Control Number 0925-0584).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Variable; participants asked to complete the survey 
every 3 to 5 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald Lucas.

    Dated: December 26, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-31397 Filed 12-30-24; 8:45 am]
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