# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Extension of Comment Period
**AGENCY:**
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
**ACTION:**
Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request; extension of comment period.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice extends the comment period for a 60-day notice request for proposed information collection request associated with the notice [Document Identifier: CMS- 10305] entitled “Medicare Part C and Part D Data Validation” that was published in the June 13, 2014 (79 FR 33927) *Federal Register* . The comment period for the information collection request, which would have ended on August 12, 2014, is extended to August 26, 2014.
**DATES:**
The comment period for the information collection request published in the June 13, 2014, *Federal Register* (79 FR 33927) is extended to August 26, 2014.
**ADDRESSES:**
When commenting, please reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
1. *Electronically.* You may send your comments electronically to * http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for “Comment or Submission” or “More Search Options” to find the information collection document(s) that are accepting comments.
2. *By regular mail.* You may mail written comments to the following address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB Control Number ___, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make your request using one of following:
1. Access CMS' Web site address at *http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995.*
2. Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document identifier, to *[email protected].*
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-1326.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-1326.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In the FR Doc. 2014-13863 of June 13, 2014 (79 FR 33927), we published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice requesting a 60-day public comment period for the document entitled “Medicare Part C and Part D Data Validation.” There were technical delays with making the information collection request publicly available; therefore, in this notice we are extending the comment period from the date originally listed in the June 13, 2014, notice.
Dated: August 7, 2014.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.