[Federal Register: January 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 17)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[No. DoD-2007-HA-0004]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs announces a new information collection and seeks
public comment on the provisions thereof. 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 information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 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 March
27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and or
RIN number and title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 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.
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 Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD), ATTN: Col
Grant Kotovsky, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810A, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3206, or call (703) 681-0039.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense Medical Human
Resources System internet (DMHRSi); OMB Control Number 0720-TBD.
Needs and Uses: DMHRSi is a Joint Medical Information system
software application that provides the Military Health System (MHS)
with a comprehensive enterprise human resource system with capabilities
to manage personnel, manpower, education & training, labor cost
assignment and readiness functional areas. It has built-in safeguards
to limit access and visibility of personal or sensitive information in
accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974. The application will account
for everyone in the MHS--Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard,
government civilian, contractors and volunteers assigned or borrowed--
this also includes non appropriated fund employees and foreign
nationals.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Annual Burden Hours: 13,280.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Responses per Respondent: Four.
Average Burden per Response: .083.
Frequency: Annually.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
DMHRSi is one of the premier Joint Medical Information System
software applications. It provides the Military Health System (MHS)
(including Health Affairs, the TRICARE Management Activity, and the
JMISO Office) with a comprehensive enterprise human resource system
with capabilities to manage our personnel, manpower, education &
training, labor cost assignment, and readiness functional areas.
Everyone in the MHS--Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, government
civilian, contractor, and volunteer--assigned or borrowed, will be
accounted for in DMHRSi.
Most JMIS products are designed for deployment to medical
facilities and field use. DMHRSi has applicability at the headquarters
level allowing JMIS to use this product to conduct its own day-to-day
workforce management. This comprehensive tool provides the capability
to manage positions, develop telephone rosters, monitor individual
training status, etc. Deciding to implement DMHRSi within all JMIS
program offices, provides a great opportunity to LEAD BY EXAMPLE using
the application just as we expect those ``in the field'' to do.
The information in DMHRSi is sometimes personal or sensitive;
therefore it contains built-in safeguards to limit access and
visibility of this information. DMHRSi uses role-based security so a
user sees only the information for which permission has been granted.
It uses state-of-the-market 128-bit encryption security for our
transactions. It is DITSCAP certified, having been subjected to and
passed thorough security testing and evaluation by independent parties.
It meets safeguards specified by the Privacy Act of 1974 in that it
maintains a published Department of Defense (DoD) Privacy Impact
Assessment and System of Record covering Active Duty Military, Reserve,
National Guard, and government civilian employees, to include non-
appropriated fund employees and foreign nationals, DoD contractors, and
volunteers. DMHRSi is hosted in a secure facility managed by the
Defense Information Systems Agency.
For JMIS military and government civilian personnel, most of the
required data is received from Service or DoD source systems. However,
there may be some additional data entered locally. For contract support
personnel, records must be created. So, the first step to implement
DMHRSi in JMIS is to collect selected data and have it entered into the
application. JMIS will provide templates to ease this initial data
gathering process.
Once the initial record is created, there is some data such as
local address and phone number that each employee can review and
maintain individually. This is accomplished through the DMHRSi Employee
Self-Service interface. Therefore, the second step to implement DMHRSi
in JMIS is for all personnel to complete two online courses,
Introduction to DMHRSi and DMHRSi Employee Self-Service. Training is
through the MHS Learning Management System--MHS Learn--accessed at
https://mhslearn.satx.disa.mil. MHS Learn guidance including login
instructions and timelines for completion will be provided separately.
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Dated: January 18, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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