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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduc...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number:
FOCI Outside Director/Proxy Holder Nomination Questionnaires; OMB Control Number 0705-0005.
Type of Request:
Revision.
Number of Respondents:
250.
Responses per Respondent:
1.
Annual Responses:
250.
Average Burden per Response:
45 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours:
188.
Needs and Uses:
This information collection is necessary for DCSA to provide proper monitoring and oversight of companies with Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) while those companies provide services on a U.S. government contract. In order to mitigate foreign ownership risks, DCSA approves the nomination of Outside Director/Proxy Holder(s) (OD/PH) for specified companies when the mitigation strategy requires their appointment. The OD/PH will be a cleared U.S. citizen, disinterested in the company and its shareholder, who can exercise management prerogative to ensure the foreign owner is effectively insulated from controlling or influencing the management or business of the cleared company in a manner that could affect its performance on classified contracts. DCSA must collect information from both the company officials nominating individuals for the OD/PH role, as well as the nominees themselves. This information is necessary to verify that all nominated OD/PH are capable of performing their duties effectively at the time of nomination and understand their responsibility in serving an OD/PH role. It also helps DCSA ensure that the FOCI boards are effective in fulfilling their national security and fiduciary responsibilities while under FOCI mitigation. DCSA authority for this information collection can be found in 32 CFR 117, the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual Rule, which, in part, describes how cleared contractors under FOCI must operate to possess a facility clearance.
Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Frequency:
On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation:
Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer:
Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
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 Duncan.
Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil.
Dated: December 20, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.