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Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’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 information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms or information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received August 18, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–1160.
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 https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
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 Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, 3010 Defense
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3010,
or call at (703)602–4353.
Title, Form and OMB Number:
Application for Homeowners
Assistance; DD Form 1607; OMB
Control Number 0704–TBD.
Needs and Uses: The Department
plans to expand its Homeowners
Assistance Program (HAP), with $555
million in Recovery Act funds dedicated
to helping military families and DoD
civilians who recently sold their homes
at a loss. The expanded program will
assist families forced to relocate due to
base closures or normal assignment
rotations. But, the most important
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aspect is that priority access to the
funds will go to survivors of those killed
during deployment, and those who were
wounded, ill or injured during
deployment.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 17,000 hours.
Number of Respondents: 17,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
The Secretary of Defense is authorized
to provide financial help to eligible
homeowners serving or employed at or
near military installations which were
ordered closed or partially closed,
realigned or were ordered to reduce the
scope of operations. The Department of
the Army acts as executive agent for
DoD in administering the program for
all military departments. Before benefits
can be paid, certain conditions must be
met.
Eligible homeowners use the DD Form
1607, ‘‘Application for Homeowners
Assistance’’ to apply. The application is
reviewed by a department personnel
office, military or civilian, for
verification of service or employment
and mailed to the appropriate office of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which
administers the program. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers will notify the
applicant.
It is the objective of the Department
of Defense to assure that all applications
for assistance under this program are
given full consideration and that
benefits under the program are extended
to all homeowners who are entitled to
assistance in accordance with
applicable policies and procedures.
This request has been submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for emergency approval. Any
comments received on this notice will
be addressed in a subsequent
information collection package to be
submitted to OMB under regular
processing timeframes.
Dated: June 16, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2009–OS–0088]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’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 information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms or information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received August 18, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–1160.
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 https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
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 Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, 3010 Defense
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3010,
or call at (703) 692–3032.
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Title and OMB Number:
Synchronized Predeployment and
Operational Tracker (SPOT) System;
OMB Control Number 0704–TBD.
Needs and Uses: In accordance with
section 861 of Public Law 110–181 and
DoD Instruction 3020.41, ‘‘Contractor
Personnel Authorized to Accompany
the U.S. Armed Forces’’ and other
appropriate policy, Memoranda of
Understanding, and regulations, the
DoD Components, the Department of
State (DoS), and the United States
Agency for International Development
(USAID) shall ensure that contractors
enter data into the Synchronized
Predeployment and Operational Tracker
(SPOT) System before deployment
outside the United States.
Data collection on contractors is a
condition of their contract when DFARS
252.225–7040 is incorporated and
persons who choose not to have data
collected will not be entitled to
employment opportunities which
require this data to be collected.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Annual Burden Hours: 150,000 hours
(300,000 individual records × .5 hrs).
Number of Respondents: 1,300
companies.
Responses per Respondent: 1 to
32,000 employees (average 231).
Average Burden per Response:
Approximately 30 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
The Department of Defense has
designated the SPOT as the joint Webbased database to assist the Combatant
Commander (CCDR) in maintaining
awareness of the nature, extent, and
potential risks and capabilities
associated with contracted support in
support of contingency operations,
humanitarian or peacekeeping
operations, or military exercises
designated by the CCDR.
The designated joint Web-based
database (SPOT or its successor) shall:
(a) Serve as the central repository for
up-to-date status and reporting on all
DoD funded contingency contractor
personnel as well as other personnel as
directed by the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics (USD(AT&L)), or by the
CCDR.
(b) Track contract capability
information for all DoD funded
contracts supporting contingency
operations, humanitarian or
peacekeeping operations, or military
exercises designated by the CCDR.
Contract capability information shall
provide planners and CCDRs an
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awareness of the nature, extent, and
potential risks and capabilities
associated with the contracted effort.
(c) Provide by-name accountability of
all DoD funded contingency contractor
personnel and other personnel as
directed by USD(AT&L) or the CCDR.
(d) Contain, or link to, minimum
contract information (e.g., contract
number, company contact information,
sponsoring (requiring activity) military
unit contact information, and a
summary of services or capability
provided by the contract) necessary to
establish and maintain accountability
and visibility of the personnel and the
contract capabilities in contingency
operations, humanitarian or
peacekeeping operations, or military
exercises designated by the CCDR.
Section 861 of Public Law 110–181
required the identification of common
databases among the DoD, DoS, and
USAID to serve as repositories of
information on contracts and contractor
personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a
signed memorandum of understanding,
the Agencies agreed that SPOT will
serve as the interagency database for
information on contractor personnel.
Each Agency must require its
contractors operating in contingency
operations to input information into
SPOT and ensure data integrity.
This request has been submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for emergency approval. Any
comments received on this notice will
be addressed in a subsequent
information collection package to be
submitted to OMB under regular
processing timeframes.
Dated: May 19, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DoD–2008–HA–0144]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Defense has
submitted to OMB for clearance, the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by July 20, 2009.
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Title and OMB Number: Survey of
Experiences with the Human Subjects
Review Process; OMB Control Number
0720–TBD.
Type of Request: Extension.
Number of Respondents: 1000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1000.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 500.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection aligns with the Military
Health System objectives to foster
research innovations and to transform
the infrastructure to eliminate
redundancies and increase desired
outcomes. The proposed information
collection will enable the Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness, Human
Research Protection Program to assess
the effectiveness of current review
processes and facilitate efforts to
measure and improve the overall
efficiency and effectiveness of the
program.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
Mr. Kraemer at the Office of
Management and Budget, Desk Officer
for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
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 https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia
Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/
Information Management Division, 1777
North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000,
Arlington, VA 22209–2133.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2009-OS-0088]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions
thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency'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 information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms or information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received August 18,
2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
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 https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
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 Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics,
3010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3010, or call at (703) 692-
3032.
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Title and OMB Number: Synchronized Predeployment and Operational
Tracker (SPOT) System; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
Needs and Uses: In accordance with section 861 of Public Law 110-
181 and DoD Instruction 3020.41, ``Contractor Personnel Authorized to
Accompany the U.S. Armed Forces'' and other appropriate policy,
Memoranda of Understanding, and regulations, the DoD Components, the
Department of State (DoS), and the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) shall ensure that contractors enter
data into the Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT)
System before deployment outside the United States.
Data collection on contractors is a condition of their contract
when DFARS 252.225-7040 is incorporated and persons who choose not to
have data collected will not be entitled to employment opportunities
which require this data to be collected.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Annual Burden Hours: 150,000 hours (300,000 individual records x .5
hrs).
Number of Respondents: 1,300 companies.
Responses per Respondent: 1 to 32,000 employees (average 231).
Average Burden per Response: Approximately 30 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
The Department of Defense has designated the SPOT as the joint Web-
based database to assist the Combatant Commander (CCDR) in maintaining
awareness of the nature, extent, and potential risks and capabilities
associated with contracted support in support of contingency
operations, humanitarian or peacekeeping operations, or military
exercises designated by the CCDR.
The designated joint Web-based database (SPOT or its successor)
shall:
(a) Serve as the central repository for up-to-date status and
reporting on all DoD funded contingency contractor personnel as well as
other personnel as directed by the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)), or by the CCDR.
(b) Track contract capability information for all DoD funded
contracts supporting contingency operations, humanitarian or
peacekeeping operations, or military exercises designated by the CCDR.
Contract capability information shall provide planners and CCDRs an
awareness of the nature, extent, and potential risks and capabilities
associated with the contracted effort.
(c) Provide by-name accountability of all DoD funded contingency
contractor personnel and other personnel as directed by USD(AT&L) or
the CCDR.
(d) Contain, or link to, minimum contract information (e.g.,
contract number, company contact information, sponsoring (requiring
activity) military unit contact information, and a summary of services
or capability provided by the contract) necessary to establish and
maintain accountability and visibility of the personnel and the
contract capabilities in contingency operations, humanitarian or
peacekeeping operations, or military exercises designated by the CCDR.
Section 861 of Public Law 110-181 required the identification of
common databases among the DoD, DoS, and USAID to serve as repositories
of information on contracts and contractor personnel in Iraq and
Afghanistan. In a signed memorandum of understanding, the Agencies
agreed that SPOT will serve as the interagency database for information
on contractor personnel. Each Agency must require its contractors
operating in contingency operations to input information into SPOT and
ensure data integrity.
This request has been submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for emergency approval. Any comments received on this
notice will be addressed in a subsequent information collection package
to be submitted to OMB under regular processing timeframes.
Dated: May 19, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-14431 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]
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