[Federal Register: June 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 117)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DoD-2008-HA-0144]

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 20, 
2009.
    Title and OMB Number: Survey of Experiences with the Human Subjects 
Review Process; OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 1000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1000.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 500.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection aligns with the 
Military Health System objectives to foster research innovations and to 
transform the infrastructure to eliminate redundancies and increase 
desired outcomes. The proposed information collection will enable the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 
Human Research Protection Program to assess the effectiveness of 
current review processes and facilitate efforts to measure and improve 
the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the program.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket 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 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: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.


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    Dated: May 31, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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