82_FR_12122 82 FR 12084 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

82 FR 12084 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 38 (February 28, 2017)

Page Range12084-12085
FR Document2017-03894

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12084-12085]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03894]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2017-OS-0008]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness OUSD (P&R), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and 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 May 1, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 
Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.

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.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

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 the Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, ATTN: Scott Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Post Card 
Application (FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF-76); OMB Control Number 0704-
0503.
    Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee 
(Secretary of Defense) to prescribe official forms, containing an 
absentee voter registration application, an absentee ballot request 
application and a backup ballot for use by the States to permit absent 
uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in 
general, special, primary and runoff elections for Federal office. The 
authority for the States to collect personal information comes from 
UOCAVA. The burden for collecting this information resides in the 
States. The Federal government neither collects nor retains any 
personal information associated with these forms.
    The collected information will be used by election officials to 
process uniformed service members, spouses and overseas citizens who 
submit their information to register to vote, receive an absentee 
ballot or cast a write-in

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ballot. The collected information will be retained by election 
officials to provide election materials, including absentee ballots, to 
the uniformed services, their eligible family members and overseas 
voters during the form's eligibility period provided by State law. No 
information from the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) is collected 
or retained by the Federal government.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The applicant is required to update and resubmit the information 
annually, whenever they change their mailing address or as otherwise 
required by State law. If the information is not submitted annually or 
whenever they change their mailing address, the applicant may not 
receive ballots for elections for Federal office in that calendar year.

    Dated: February 23, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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                                                  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   for comments and other submissions                      • Mail: Department of Defense, Office
                                                                                                          from members of the public is to make                 of the Deputy Chief Management
                                                  Office of the Secretary                                 these submissions available for public                Officer, Directorate for Oversight and
                                                  [Docket ID DOD–2014–OS–0077]                            viewing on the Internet at http://                    Compliance, Regulatory and Advisory
                                                                                                          www.regulations.gov as they are                       Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center
                                                  Submission for OMB Review;                              received without change, including any                Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B,
                                                  Comment Request                                         personal identifiers or contact                       Alexandria, VA 22350–1700.
                                                                                                          information.                                          Instructions: All submissions received
                                                  ACTION:   Notice.                                          DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick               must include the agency name, docket
                                                                                                          Licari.                                               number and title for this Federal
                                                  SUMMARY:    The Department of Defense                      Written requests for copies of the                 Register document. The general policy
                                                  has submitted to OMB for clearance, the                 information collection proposal should                for comments and other submissions
                                                  following proposal for collection of                    be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD                      from members of the public is to make
                                                  information under the provisions of the                 Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center                 these submissions available for public
                                                  Paperwork Reduction Act.                                Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09,                       viewing on the Internet at http://
                                                  DATES: Consideration will be given to all               Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.                            www.regulations.gov as they are
                                                  comments received by March 30, 2017.                      Dated: February 23, 2017.                           received without change, including any
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred                   Aaron Siegel,                                         personal identifiers or contact
                                                  Licari, 571–372–0493.                                   Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                information.
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Officer, Department of Defense.                          Any associated form(s) for this
                                                     Title, Associated Form and OMB                       [FR Doc. 2017–03876 Filed 2–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                collection may be located within this
                                                  Number: National Industrial Security                                                                          same electronic docket and downloaded
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
                                                  Program Cost Collection Survey; DSS                                                                           for review/testing. Follow the
                                                  Form 232; OMB Control Number 0704–                                                                            instructions at http://
                                                  0458.                                                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 www.regulations.gov for submitting
                                                     Type of Request: Reinstatement.                                                                            comments. Please submit comments on
                                                     Number of Respondents: 1,014.                        Office of the Secretary                               any given form identified by docket
                                                     Responses per Respondent: 1.                                                                               number, form number, and title.
                                                                                                          [Docket ID DOD–2017–OS–0008]
                                                     Annual Responses: 1,014.                                                                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
                                                     Average Burden per Response: 30                      Proposed Collection; Comment                          request more information on this
                                                  minutes.                                                Request                                               proposed information collection or to
                                                     Annual Burden Hours: 507.                                                                                  obtain a copy of the proposal and
                                                     Needs and Uses: The collection                       AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of              associated collection instruments,
                                                  allows the Defense Security Service                     Defense for Personnel and Readiness                   please write to the Federal Voting
                                                  (DSS) to account each year for the costs                OUSD (P&R), Federal Voting Assistance                 Assistance Program, ATTN: Scott
                                                  associated with implementation of the                   Program (FVAP), DoD.                                  Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
                                                  National Industrial Security Program. It                ACTION: Notice.                                       Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia
                                                  also allows DSS to report those costs to                                                                      22350–5000.
                                                  the Director of the Information Security                SUMMARY:    In compliance with the
                                                                                                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  Oversight Office, as required by                        Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the                    Title; Associated Form; and OMB
                                                  Executive Order 12829, ‘‘National                       Office of the Under Secretary of Defense              Number: Federal Post Card Application
                                                  Industrial Security Program.’’                          for Personnel and Readiness announces                 (FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF–76);
                                                     Affected Public: Business or other for-              a proposed public information                         OMB Control Number 0704–0503.
                                                  profit; Not-for-profit institutions.                    collection and seeks public comment on                  Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and
                                                     Frequency: Annually.                                 the provisions thereof. Comments are                  Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
                                                     Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.                  invited on: Whether the proposed                      (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the
                                                     OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet                        collection of information is necessary                Presidential designee (Secretary of
                                                  Seehra.                                                 for the proper performance of the                     Defense) to prescribe official forms,
                                                     Comments and recommendations on                      functions of the agency, including                    containing an absentee voter registration
                                                  the proposed information collection                     whether the information shall have                    application, an absentee ballot request
                                                  should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet                        practical utility; the accuracy of the                application and a backup ballot for use
                                                  Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at                            agency’s estimate of the burden of the                by the States to permit absent uniformed
                                                  Oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Please                     proposed information collection; ways                 services voters and overseas voters to
                                                  identify the proposed information                       to enhance the quality, utility, and                  participate in general, special, primary
                                                  collection by DoD Desk Officer and the                  clarity of the information to be                      and runoff elections for Federal office.
                                                  Docket ID number and title of the                       collected; and ways to minimize the                   The authority for the States to collect
                                                  information collection.                                 burden of the information collection on               personal information comes from
                                                     You may also submit comments and                     respondents, including through the use                UOCAVA. The burden for collecting
                                                  recommendations, identified by Docket                   of automated collection techniques or                 this information resides in the States.
                                                  ID number and title, by the following                   other forms of information technology.                The Federal government neither collects
                                                  method:                                                 DATES: Consideration will be given to all             nor retains any personal information
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                                                     • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                comments received by May 1, 2017.                     associated with these forms.
                                                  www.regulations.gov. Follow the                         ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                     The collected information will be
                                                  instructions for submitting comments.                   identified by docket number and title,                used by election officials to process
                                                     Instructions: All submissions received               by any of the following methods:                      uniformed service members, spouses
                                                  must include the agency name, Docket                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://               and overseas citizens who submit their
                                                  ID number and title for this Federal                    www.regulations.gov. Follow the                       information to register to vote, receive
                                                  Register document. The general policy                   instructions for submitting comments.                 an absentee ballot or cast a write-in


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                                                  ballot. The collected information will be               ADDRESSES:  Hilton Alexandria Old                     March 3: Full Governing Board and
                                                  retained by election officials to provide               Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria,                   Committee Meetings
                                                  election materials, including absentee                  Virginia 22314.                                         Full Governing Board: Open Session:
                                                  ballots, to the uniformed services, their                                                                     8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.; 12:15 p.m. to 5:00
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  eligible family members and overseas                                                                          p.m.
                                                  voters during the form’s eligibility                    Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
                                                                                                          Designated Federal Official of the                      Committee Meetings:
                                                  period provided by State law. No                                                                                ADC and COSDAM: Joint Open
                                                  information from the Federal Post Card                  Governing Board, 800 North Capitol
                                                                                                          Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC                 Session: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
                                                  Application (FPCA) is collected or                                                                              ADC: Open Session: 11:00 a.m. to
                                                  retained by the Federal government.                     20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax:
                                                                                                          (202) 357–6945.                                       12:00 p.m.
                                                     Affected Public: Individuals or                                                                              COSDAM: Open Session: 11:00 a.m.
                                                  Households.                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            to 12:00 p.m.
                                                     Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
                                                                                                             Statutory Authority and Function:                    R&D: Open Session 10:00 a.m. to
                                                     Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
                                                     Responses per Respondent: 1.                         The Governing Board is established                    12:00 p.m.
                                                     Annual Responses: 1,200,000.                         under the National Assessment of                      March 4: Full Governing Board and
                                                     Average Burden per Response: 15                      Educational Progress Authorization Act,               Committee Meetings
                                                  minutes.                                                Title III of Public Law 107–279.
                                                     Frequency: On occasion.                              Information on the Governing Board and                   Nominations Committee: Closed
                                                     The applicant is required to update                  its work can be found at www.nagb.gov.                Session: 7:30 a.m. to 8:10 a.m.; Open
                                                  and resubmit the information annually,                                                                        Session: 8:10 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
                                                                                                             The Governing Board is established to                 Full Governing Board: Closed Session:
                                                  whenever they change their mailing
                                                                                                          formulate policy for the National                     8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.; Open Session:
                                                  address or as otherwise required by
                                                  State law. If the information is not                    Assessment of Educational Progress                    8:50 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.; Closed Session:
                                                  submitted annually or whenever they                     (NAEP). The Governing Board’s                         10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
                                                  change their mailing address, the                       responsibilities include the following:                  On Thursday, March 2, 2017, the
                                                  applicant may not receive ballots for                   Selecting subject areas to be assessed,               Governing Board will convene a
                                                  elections for Federal office in that                    developing assessment frameworks and                  symposium in open session on NAEP
                                                  calendar year.                                          specifications, developing appropriate                Long-Term Trend from 9:00 a.m. to
                                                                                                          student achievement levels for each                   11:45 a.m. Thereafter, the standing
                                                    Dated: February 23, 2017.                             grade and subject tested, developing                  committees will meet. ADC will meet in
                                                  Aaron Siegel,                                           standards and procedures for interstate               closed session from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
                                                  Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison                  and national comparisons, improving                   p.m. to review secure digital-based tasks
                                                  Officer, Department of Defense.                         the form and use of NAEP, developing                  for the grade 12 NAEP Science
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–03894 Filed 2–27–17; 8:45 am]             guidelines for reporting and                          assessment and secure task sketches for
                                                  BILLING CODE 5001–06–P                                  disseminating results, and releasing                  the NAEP Mathematics assessment at
                                                                                                          initial NAEP results to the public.                   grades 4 and 8, as well as secure Long-
                                                                                                                                                                Term Trend Reading and Mathematics
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                 March 2–4, 2017 Committee Meetings
                                                                                                                                                                items. This meeting must be conducted
                                                                                                            The Governing Board’s standing                      in closed session because the test items
                                                  National Assessment Governing Board                                                                           are secure and have not been released to
                                                                                                          committees will meet to conduct
                                                  Quarterly Board Meeting                                                                                       the public. Public disclosure of the
                                                                                                          regularly scheduled work based on
                                                  AGENCY: National Assessment                             agenda items planned for this Quarterly               secure test items would significantly
                                                  Governing Board, U.S. Department of                     Board Meeting and follow-up items as                  impede implementation of the NAEP
                                                  Education.                                              reported in the Governing Board’s                     assessment program if conducted in
                                                  ACTION: Announcement of open and                        committee meeting minutes available at                open session. Such matters are
                                                  closed meetings.                                        http://nagb.gov/what-we-do/board-                     protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c)
                                                                                                          committee-reports-and-agendas.html.                   of Title 5 of the United States Code.
                                                  SUMMARY:   This notice sets forth the                                                                            COSDAM will meet in open session
                                                  agenda for the March 2–4, 2017                          Detailed Meeting Agenda: March 2–4,                   from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. R&D will
                                                  Quarterly Board Meeting of the National                 2017                                                  meet in open session from 1:30 p.m. to
                                                  Assessment Governing Board (hereafter                                                                         3:00 p.m. The Executive Committee will
                                                  referred to as Governing Board). This                     March 2: Symposium and Committee                    meet in open session on March 2, 2017
                                                  notice provides information to members                  Meetings: NAEP Long-Term Trend                        from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. and in
                                                  of the public who may be interested in                  Symposium: Open Session: 9:00 a.m. to                 closed session from 5:15 p.m. to 6:00
                                                  attending the meeting or providing                      11:45 a.m.                                            p.m. During the closed session, the
                                                  written comments on the meeting. Due                      Assessment Development Committee                    Executive Committee will receive and
                                                  to unavoidable delays during the                        (ADC): Closed Session: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00              discuss cost estimates and implications
                                                  Administration transition, this notice is               p.m.                                                  for implementing the Long-Term Trend
                                                  being posted less than 15 days prior to                   Committee on Standards, Design and                  assessment. This meeting must be
                                                  the Board meeting date.                                 Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session:                   conducted in closed session because
                                                                                                                                                                public disclosure of this information
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                                                  DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting                      1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
                                                  will be held on the following dates:                                                                          would likely have an adverse financial
                                                                                                            Reporting and Dissemination
                                                    • March 2, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to                                                                           effect on the NAEP program by
                                                                                                          Committee (R&D): Open Session: 1:30                   providing confidential cost details and
                                                  6:00 p.m.
                                                    • March 3, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to                     p.m. to 3:00 p.m.                                     proprietary contract costs of current
                                                  5:00 p.m.                                                 Executive Committee: Open Session:                  NAEP contractors to the public.
                                                    • March 4, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. to                     4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.; Closed Session:               Discussion of this information would be
                                                  11:45 a.m.                                              5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.                                likely to significantly impede


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesConsideration will be given to all comments received by May 1, 2017.
ContactTo request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the Federal Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: Scott Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000.
FR Citation82 FR 12084 

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