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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:
Aircraft and Personnel Automated Clearance System (APACS); OMB Control Number 0701-0160.
Type of Request:
Extension.
Number of Respondents:
492,000.
Responses per Respondent:
1.
Annual Responses:
492,000.
Average Burden per Response:
30 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours:
246,000.
Needs and Uses:
The information collection requirement is necessary to obtain Personally Identifiable Information (PII) which is used by in-country U.S. Embassy approvers to grant country travel clearances, Geographical Combatant Commands approvers to grant theater travel clearances, and by the Office of Secretary of Defense for Policy approvers to grant special area travel clearances. Aircrew PII is used for verification, identification and authentication of travelers for aircraft and personnel travel clearances, as required by DoD Directive 4500.54E, “DoD Foreign Clearance Program.”
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:
Mr. Reginald Lucas.
Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil.
Dated: August 12, 2024.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.