Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 30557 [2014-12286]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 30557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12286]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2014-OS-0077]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Security Service (DSS) 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 of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 28, 
2014.

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, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    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.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at https://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

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 Defense Security 
Service, ATTN: Ms. Helmut Hawkins, Industrial Security Program Policy, 
Clearance Oversight Office, 1340 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Industry Cost Collection 
Report Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-0458.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial 
Security Program'' requires the Department of Defense to account each 
year for the costs associated with implementation of the National 
Industrial Security Program and report those costs to the Director of 
the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). In furtherance of 
this requirement, and pursuant with 32 CFR, Subpart F, section 
2001.61(b); Classified National Security Information; Final Rule, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting as executive agent for NISP, is obligated 
to collect cost estimates for classification-related activities of 
contractors, licensees, certificate holders, and grantees and report 
them to ISOO annually. The cost collection methodology employed since 
1996 was validated with the ISOO in December 2007. Participation in the 
survey is strictly voluntary. Input is integrated into total cost 
figure for the President and is never associated with a specific 
facility.
    Affected Public: A statistical sample of active and cleared 
businesses, or other profit and non-profit organizations under 
Department of Defense Security Cognizance, approved for storage of 
classified materials.
    Annual Burden Hours: 125 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 749.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 749.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Collection of this data is required to comply with the reporting 
requirements of Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial Security 
Program.'' This collection of information requests the assistance of 
the Facility Security Officer to provide estimates of annual security 
labor cost in burdened, current year dollars and the estimated 
percentage of security labor dollars to the total security costs for 
the facility. Security labor is defined as personnel whose positions 
exist to support operations and staff in the implementation of 
government security requirements for the protection of classified 
information. Guards who are required as supplemental controls are 
included in security labor. This data will be incorporated into a 
report produced to ISOO for the estimated cost of securing classified 
information within industry. The survey will be distributed 
electronically via a Web-based commercial survey tool.

    Dated: May 22, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-12286 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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