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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:
Defense Organizational Climate Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-DOCS.
Type of Request:
Existing collection in use without an OMB control number.
Number of Respondents:
1,589,098.
Responses per Respondent:
1.
Annual Responses:
1,589,098.
Average Burden per Response:
30 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours:
794,549.
Needs And Uses:
The Defense Organizational Climate Survey (DEOCS) is fielded in response to Section 572 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. A May 2019 memo from the Acting Secretary of Defense directed that the goals of the DEOCS include developing and providing leaders with assessment tools “that help them with developing an appropriate course of action from a suite of interventions and provide them with feedback on their impact of their efforts.” The information gathered from the DEOCS will be used by commanders, prevention workforce personnel, equal opportunity officers, survey administrators, and other leaders to assess the unit's command climate and measure the risk and protective factors associated with the six strategic target outcomes (sexual assault, sexual harassment, racial/ethnic discrimination, suicide, readiness, and retention). Based on the DEOCS results, commanders, leaders, and their survey administrators will develop an action plan to positively impact their organization's leadership climate. The survey results are provided to the commander/leader and their survey administrator. Survey responses could also be used in future analyses. The statutory and policy requirements for the DEOCS can be found in the following:
FY13 NDAA, Section 572
FY14 NDAA, Section 1721
Memo from the Acting Secretary of Defense, May 2019
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: March 15, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.