83_FR_59592 83 FR 59366 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

83 FR 59366 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)

Page Range59366-59367
FR Document2018-25457

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2018-OS-0048]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, DoD.

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ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 
24, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, 
at [email protected]. Please identify the proposed 
information collection by DoD Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and title 
of the information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571-372-0493, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: DoD Enterprise-Wide 
Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (ECMRA); OMB Control Number 
0704-0491.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 5,582.
    Responses per Respondent: 4.
    Annual Responses: 22,328.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,860.667.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to achieve the collection of direct labor hours and associated costs in 
order to meet the requirements set for the DoD by section 2330a of 
Title 10, United States Code. Furthermore, ECMRA collections enable DoD 
organizations to understand the extent of contracted support, the 
associated level of effort in achieving mission, the reliance on 
contracted services necessary to facilitate their workforce planning 
process, and to support statutory requirements set forth in sections 
115a, 129a, 235, 2461, and 2463 of Title 10, United States Code.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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: http://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 http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick Licari.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Licari at [email protected].

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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                                                 There may be only one submission                     Army’s technology focus areas. The                    public oral presentation of their
                                              per business. In addition, each entity:                 proposal must be submitted via the                    proposal at the 2019 AUSA Global Force
                                                 • Shall be incorporated in and                       Challenge.gov portal as a single                      Symposium and Exposition Innovators’
                                              maintain a primary place of business in                 searchable PDF file containing:                       Corner in Huntsville, AL.
                                              the United States;                                        • Title.                                              • Scoring Criteria:
                                                 • May not be a Federal entity or                       • Author(s).                                          Æ Potential for Impact/
                                              Federal employee acting within the                        • Army Technology Focus Area:                       Revolutionizing the Army—40%.
                                              scope of their employment.                              Choose from the eight (8) Technology                    Æ Scientific and Engineering
                                                 • Sole proprietors may participate in                Focus Area(s):                                        Viability—40%.
                                              xTechSearch if the individual is a                        Æ Long Range Precision Fires.                         Æ Proof-of-Concept Demonstration
                                              citizen or permanent resident of the                      Æ Next Generation Combat Vehicle.                   Plan—10%.
                                              United States and the business is                         Æ Future Vertical Lift.                               Æ Team Ability—10%.
                                              registered in the United States.                          Æ Network with hardware, software,                  Phase III: AUSA Innovators’ Corner
                                                 • Foreign companies may participate                  and infrastructure.
                                                                                                        Æ Air and Missile Defense.                             • The AUSA Innovators’ Corner
                                              in xTechSearch by establishing a US
                                                                                                        Æ Soldier Lethality.                                phase provides up to twenty five (25)
                                              domestic business relationship (e.g.,
                                                                                                        Æ Medical Technologies.                             xTechSearch semifinalists to be featured
                                              wholly owned US subsidiary) or partner
                                                                                                        Æ Military Engineering Technologies.                at the AUSA Innovators’ Corner at the
                                              with a US based company.
                                                 • Companies that have previously                       • Keyword(s): Provide up to ten (10)                AUSA Global Force meeting, 26–28
                                                                                                      keywords that describe the technology.                March 2019 in Huntsville, AL. The
                                              participated in the xTechSearch
                                              competition are eligible to participate                   • Abstract: Provide an abstract (up to              finalists will leverage Army-sponsored
                                                                                                      250 words).                                           exhibit space to engage with Department
                                              for new technology concepts or
                                              improvements to prior submitted                           • White Paper: Technology proposal                  of Defense (DoD) customers, Army
                                                                                                      concept, no greater than 1000 words                   leadership, industry partners, and
                                              proposals.
                                                                                                      (not including title, author(s), keywords,            academia.
                                                 Registered participants shall be                                                                              • Up to twelve (12) Phase III prize
                                              required to agree to assume any and all                 abstract, company bio, graphs, figures or
                                                                                                      images). The word limit on the White                  winner finalists will be announced at
                                              risks and waive claims against the                                                                            AUSA and provided a prize of $120,000
                                              Federal Government and its related                      Paper submission will be strictly
                                                                                                      enforced.                                             and 6 months to demonstrate proof-of-
                                              entities, except in the case of willful
                                              misconduct, for any injury, death,                        • List of prior SBIR awards in the past             concept for their xTechSearch
                                                                                                      5 years: Include Date award received,                 technology at the Phase IV: xTechSearch
                                              damage, or loss of property, revenue, or                                                                      Capstone Demonstration.
                                              profits, whether direct, indirect, or                   Funding organization, Phase of awards,
                                              consequential, arising from their                       and Topic Title awarded.                              Phase IV: xTechSearch Finale
                                              participation in a prize competition,                     • Company Biography (Optional):                     Demonstration—October 2019
                                              whether the injury, death, damage, or                   Company background information, up
                                                                                                      to 1 page.                                              • Each Phase III finalist will
                                              loss arises through negligence or                                                                             demonstrate proof-of-concept for their
                                              otherwise.                                                Contestants’ concept papers will be
                                                                                                      reviewed by a panel of subject matter                 technology solution to Army subject
                                                 Participants shall be required to                                                                          matter experts and DoD leadership at
                                              obtain liability insurance or                           experts who will select the contestants
                                                                                                      to be invited to the xTechSearch                      the AUSA Annual Meeting and
                                              demonstrate financial responsibility, in                                                                      Exposition, October 2019, Washington
                                              amounts determined by the Army, for                     Technology Pitch Forums. Companies
                                                                                                      selected by the panel will receive a                  DC. A single grand-prize winner will be
                                              claims by—                                                                                                    selected for the technology concept with
                                                 • Third parties for death, bodily                    prize of $4,000 and an invitation to
                                                                                                      Phase II: xTechSearch Technology                      the greatest potential for impact and to
                                              injury, or property damage, or loss                                                                           revolutionize the Army.
                                                                                                      Pitches.
                                              resulting from an activity carried out in
                                                                                                        Concept White Papers will be ranked                   • The winner of the Finale
                                              connection with participation in a prize                                                                      Demonstration will be awarded a prize
                                              competition, with the Federal                           using the following Scoring Criteria:
                                                                                                        • Potential for Impact/                             of $250,000.
                                              Government named as an additional
                                              insured under the registered                            Revolutionizing the Army—50%.                           Authority: 15 U.S.C. Section 3719; Pub. L.
                                                                                                        • Scientific and Engineering                        96–480, Section 24, as added Pub. L. 111–
                                              participant’s insurance policy and                                                                            358, title I, Section 105a, Jan. 4, 2011 Stat.
                                                                                                      Viability—50%.
                                              registered participants agreeing to                                                                           3989.
                                              indemnify the Federal Government                        Phase II: xTechSearch Technology
                                              against third party claims for damages                  Pitches                                               Brenda S. Bowen,
                                              arising from or related to prize                                                                              Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
                                                                                                        • Up to sixty (60) selected contestant
                                              competition activities; and                             semi-finalists will be invited to
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                                                 The Federal Government for damage                    complete an in-person venture style                   BILLING CODE 5001–03–P
                                              or loss to Government property resulting                pitch to a panel of Army subject matter
                                              from such an activity.                                  experts and judges at locations across
                                                 Prizes will be offered under 15 U.S.C.                                                                     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                                                                                      the United States.
                                              Section 3719 (Prize competitions).                        • Companies will pitch their
                                                 • The total prize pool is $2.18M.                                                                          Office of the Secretary
                                                                                                      technology and a proposed live proof-of-
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                                                                                                      concept demonstration for Phase III (15               [Docket ID DOD–2018–OS–0048]
                                              Evaluation Criteria and Process
                                                                                                      minute pitch followed by 10 minutes for
                                              Phase I: Concept White Paper Contest                                                                          Submission for OMB Review;
                                                                                                      questions and answers).
                                                                                                                                                            Comment Request
                                                The Phase I proposal must be a white                    • Up to twenty five (25) semifinalists
                                              paper describing the novel technology                   selected by the judge panel will receive              AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of
                                              concept, innovative application concept                 a prize of $10,000 and be invited to                  Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
                                              and integration with one or more of the                 display an exhibit and make a formal                  DoD.


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                                              ACTION:   30-Day information collection                 ID number, and title for this Federal                    Average Burden per Response: 5
                                              notice.                                                 Register document. The general policy                 minutes.
                                                                                                      for comments and other submissions                       Annual Burden Hours: 1,667.
                                              SUMMARY:    The Department of Defense                   from members of the public is to make
                                              has submitted to OMB for clearance the                                                                           Needs and Uses: As mandated by
                                                                                                      these submissions available for public                Congress, the information collection
                                              following proposal for collection of                    viewing on the internet at http://
                                              information under the provisions of the                                                                       requirement is necessary to determine
                                                                                                      www.regulations.gov as they are                       how many providers are aware of the
                                              Paperwork Reduction Act.                                received without change, including any                TRICARE health benefits program, and
                                              DATES: Consideration will be given to all               personal identifiers or contact                       specifically accept new TRICARE Select
                                              comments received by December 24,                       information.                                          patients in each market area. The
                                              2018.                                                      DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick               original requirement is outlined in
                                              ADDRESSES: Comments and                                 Licari.                                               Section 711 Fiscal Year (FY) 2015
                                              recommendations on the proposed                            Requests for copies of the information             National Defense Authorization Act
                                              information collection should be                        collection proposal should be sent to                 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 110–181) and was
                                              emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD                      Mr. Licari at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-                 reaffirmed in Section 721 FY12 NDAA
                                              Desk Officer, at oira_submission@                       dod-information-collections@mail.mil.                 (Pub. L. 112–81). Section 712 of FY15
                                              omb.eop.gov. Please identify the                          Dated: November 16, 2018.                           NDAA extended the requirement to
                                              proposed information collection by DoD                  Aaron T. Siegel,                                      conduct the survey from 2017 through
                                              Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and                     Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                2020. Surveys of civilian physician and
                                              title of the information collection.                    Officer, Department of Defense.                       non-physician behavioral health care
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred                   [FR Doc. 2018–25457 Filed 11–21–18; 8:45 am]          providers will be conducted in a
                                              Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mc-                        BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                number of locations in the United States
                                              alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-                                                                              each year. Respondents include civilian
                                              collections@mail.mil.                                                                                         physicians (M.D.s & D.O.s) and non-
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 physician behavioral health providers
                                                 Title; Associated Form; and OMB                                                                            (clinical psychologists, clinical social
                                              Number: DoD Enterprise-Wide                             Office of the Secretary                               workers and other TRICARE authorized
                                              Contractor Manpower Reporting                           [Docket ID DOD–2018–HA–0067]                          behavioral health providers). The
                                              Application (ECMRA); OMB Control                                                                              locations surveyed will include areas
                                              Number 0704–0491.                                       Submission for OMB Review;                            where the TRICARE Prime benefit is
                                                 Type of Request: Revision.                           Comment Request                                       offered (known as TRICARE PRIME
                                                 Number of Respondents: 5,582.                                                                              Service Areas) and geographic areas
                                                 Responses per Respondent: 4.                         AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant                      where TRICARE Prime is not offered.
                                                 Annual Responses: 22,328.                            Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,              Respondents will be contacted by mail
                                                 Average Burden per Response: 5                       DoD.                                                  with a telephone follow-up to complete
                                              minutes.                                                ACTION: 30-Day information collection                 the survey.
                                                 Annual Burden Hours: 1,860.667.                      notice.
                                                 Needs and Uses: The information                                                                               Affected Public: Individuals or
                                              collection requirement is necessary to                  SUMMARY:    The Department of Defense                 households.
                                              achieve the collection of direct labor                  has submitted to OMB for clearance the                   Frequency: Annually.
                                              hours and associated costs in order to                  following proposal for collection of                     Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
                                              meet the requirements set for the DoD                   information under the provisions of the                  OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Cortney
                                              by section 2330a of Title 10, United                    Paperwork Reduction Act.                              Higgins.
                                              States Code. Furthermore, ECMRA                         DATES: Consideration will be given to all                You may also submit comments and
                                              collections enable DoD organizations to                 comments received by December 24,                     recommendations, identified by Docket
                                              understand the extent of contracted                     2018.                                                 ID number and title, by the following
                                              support, the associated level of effort in                                                                    method:
                                                                                                      ADDRESSES: Comments and
                                              achieving mission, the reliance on
                                                                                                      recommendations on the proposed                          • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                              contracted services necessary to                                                                              www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                                                                                      information collection should be
                                              facilitate their workforce planning                                                                           instructions for submitting comments.
                                                                                                      emailed to Ms. Cortney Higgins, DoD
                                              process, and to support statutory                                                                                Instructions: All submissions received
                                                                                                      Desk Officer, at oira_submission@
                                              requirements set forth in sections 115a,                                                                      must include the agency name, Docket
                                                                                                      omb.eop.gov. Please identify the
                                              129a, 235, 2461, and 2463 of Title 10,                                                                        ID number, and title for this Federal
                                                                                                      proposed information collection by DoD
                                              United States Code.                                                                                           Register document. The general policy
                                                 Affected Public: Businesses or other                 Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and
                                                                                                      title of the information collection.                  for comments and other submissions
                                              for-profit.                                                                                                   from members of the public is to make
                                                 Frequency: Annually.                                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
                                                                                                      Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mc-                      these submissions available for public
                                                 Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
                                                 OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet                        alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-                      viewing on the internet at http://
                                              Seehra.                                                 collections@mail.mil.                                 www.regulations.gov as they are
                                                 You may also submit comments and                                                                           received without change, including any
                                                                                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                              recommendations, identified by Docket                      Title; Associated Form; and OMB                    personal identifiers or contact
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                                              ID number and title, by the following                   Number: TRICARE Select Survey of                      information.
                                              method:                                                 Civilian Providers; OMB Control                          DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick
                                                 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                Number 0720–0031.                                     Licari.
                                              www.regulations.gov. Follow the                            Type of Request: Revision.                            Requests for copies of the information
                                              instructions for submitting comments.                      Number of Respondents: 20,000.                     collection proposal should be sent to
                                                 Instructions: All submissions received                  Responses per Respondent: 1.                       Mr. Licari at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-
                                              must include the agency name, Docket                       Annual Responses: 20,000.                          dod-information-collections@mail.mil.


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Document Created: 2018-11-27 12:58:22
Document Modified: 2018-11-27 12:58:22
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action30-Day information collection notice.
DatesConsideration will be given to all comments received by December 24, 2018.
ContactFred Licari, 571-372-0493, or whs.mc- [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 59366 

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