# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, DoD.
**ACTION:**
30-Day information collection notice.
**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 September 30, 2019.
**ADDRESSES:**
Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be emailed to Mr. Josh Brammer, 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:**
Angela James, 571-372-7574, or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number:* Department of Defense Suicide Event Report; DD Form 2996; OMB Control Number 0720-0058.
*Type of Request:* Extension.
*Number of Respondents:* 1,563.
*Responses per Respondent:* 1.
*Annual Responses:* 1,563.
*Average Burden per Response:* 10 minutes.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 260.5.
*Needs and Uses:* This data system will provide integrated enterprise and survey data to be used for direct reporting of suicide events and ongoing population-based health surveillance activities. These surveillance activities include the systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of outcome-specific data for use in planning, implementation, evaluation, and prevention of suicide behaviors within the Department of Defense. Data is collected on individuals with reportable suicide and self-harm behaviors (to include suicide attempts, self-harm behaviors, and suicidal ideation). All other DoD active and reserve military personnel records collected without evidence of reportable suicide and self-harm behaviors will exist as a control group. Records are integrated from enterprise systems and created and revised by civilian and military personnel in the performance of their duties.
*Affected Public:* Individuals or households.
*Frequency:* As required.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Voluntary.
*OMB Desk Officer:* Mr. Josh Brammer.
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:* Ms. Angela James.
Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. James at *[email protected].*
Dated: August 23, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.