Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15137]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to 
OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. 
The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection 
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to OMB at the address below 
on or before August 16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Ms. Maya 
Bernstein, Desk Officer for NARA, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information collection and supporting statement 
should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm at telephone number 301-713-6730 
or fax number 301-713-6913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), NARA invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed information collections. NARA 
published a notice of proposed collection for this information 
collection on April 9, 1999 (64 FR 17423). No comments were received. 
NARA has submitted the described information collection to OMB for 
approval.
    In response to this notice, comments and suggestions should address 
one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the proposed 
information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the 
functions of NARA; (b) the accuracy of NARA's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of information technology. In this notice, NARA is 
soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    Title: Request Pertaining to Military Records.
    OMB number: 3095-0029.
    Agency form number: SF 180.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state 
and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of respondents: 850,100.
    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to 
request information from a military personnel record).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 172,300 hours.
    Abstract: In accordance with rules issued by the Department of 
Defense (DOD) and Department of Transportation (DOT, US Coast Guard), 
the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) of the National Archives 
and Records Administration (NARA) administers military service records 
of veterans after discharge, retirement, and death. When veterans and 
other authorized individuals request information from or copies of 
documents in military service records, they must provide in forms or in 
letters certain information about the veteran and the nature of the 
request. Federal agencies, military departments, veterans, veterans' 
organizations, and the general public use Standard Forms (SF) 180, 
Request Pertaining to Military Records, in order to obtain information 
from military service records stored at NPRC. The authority for this 
information collection is contained in 36 CFR 1228.162.

    Dated: June 9, 1999.
L. Reynolds Cahoon,
Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and Information Services.
[FR Doc. 99-15137 Filed 6-14-99; 8:45 am]
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