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engineering support services; and other
related elements of logistics and
program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force
(QCH)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any:
FMS Case QBY–$93M–14May04
FMS Case QCE–$130M–13Feb09
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid,
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
None
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: 17 Nov 14
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
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The Government of Greece has
requested the continuation of
sustainment support for the Hellenic Air
Force’s F–16 aircraft, which includes
the Electronic Combat International
Security Assistance Program;
International Engine Management
Program; F–16 Technical Coordination
Program; and Aircraft Structural
Integrity Program; aircraft hardware and
software support; repair and return;
spare and repair parts; publications and
technical documentation; support
equipment; minor modifications; U.S.
government and contractor technical
and engineering support services; and
other related elements of logistics and
program support. The estimated cost is
$188 million.
This proposed sale will contribute to
the foreign policy and national security
of the United States by helping to
improve the security of a North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) ally.
The Government of Greece needs this
aircraft support to ensure its F–16 fleet
is properly sustained and modernized to
maintain interoperability with the
United States and other NATO
countries. The continued support and
maintenance of Greece’s F–16 fleet will
ensure the effectiveness of its
capabilities and ability to support future
contributions to NATO operations.
The proposed sale of this support will
not alter the basic military balance in
the region.
The principal contractors will be
Lockheed Martin in Ft Worth, Texas;
and Northrup Grumman in Baltimore,
Maryland. There are no known offset
agreements proposed in connection
with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the assignment of any
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to Greece.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[Docket ID USA–2014–0042]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
United States Army Medical
Research and Materiel Command
(MRMC), DoD.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
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As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, we are
seeking comment on the development of
the following proposed Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery’’ for approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA). This notice announces our intent
to submit this collection to OMB for
approval and solicits comments on
specific aspects for the proposed
information collection.
A copy of the draft supporting
statement is available at https://
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID:
USA–2014–0042).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by February 2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of
the following methods:
• Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Direct comments
to Docket ID: USA–2014–0042.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–3100.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through https://
www.regulations.gov. For this reason,
please do not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information
or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the Internet. Please note
SUMMARY:
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that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Attn: Deputy Chief of Integration,
Integrated Product Support Services,
Defense Centers of Excellence for
Psychological Health and Traumatic
Brain Injury (DCoE), 1335 East-West
Highway, Suite 9–309, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, Silver Spring Office: 301–
295–8422. BB: 571–314–5786.
Lynn.B.Hallard.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery—Defense
Centers of Excellence Products.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
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total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: The target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
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Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Household.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,000.
Below we provide projected average
estimates for the next three years:
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 40.
Average number of Respondents per
Activity: 250.
Annual responses: 10,000.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion/
Transaction based.
Average minutes per response: 10.
Burden hours: 1,667.7.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the
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
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection at https://
www.regulations.gov.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
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Dated: November 26, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0154]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
International Resource Information
System (IRIS)
Department of Education (ED),
Office of Postsecondary Education
(OPE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0154
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the regulations.gov
site is not available. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Sara Starke,
202–502–7688.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[Docket ID USA-2014-0042]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
(MRMC), DoD.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, we are
seeking comment on the development of the following proposed Generic
Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' for
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This notice announces
our intent to submit this collection to OMB for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection.
A copy of the draft supporting statement is available at https://www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID: USA-2014-0042).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February
2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Direct comments to
Docket ID: USA-2014-0042.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through https://www.regulations.gov. For this reason,
please do not include in your comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. Please
note that responses to this public comment request containing any
routine notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be
treated as public comments that may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Attn: Deputy Chief of Integration,
Integrated Product Support Services, Defense Centers of Excellence for
Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE), 1335 East-West
Highway, Suite 9-309, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Silver Spring Office:
301-295-8422. BB: 571-314-5786. Lynn.B.Hallard.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery--Defense Centers of
Excellence Products.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an
efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's
commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative
results that can be generalized to the population of study. This
feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication,
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery.
Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this
information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of
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total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal
Government;
The collections are non-controversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the agency;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding
the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for
other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative
results.
As a general matter, information collections will not result in any
new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes,
religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered
private.
Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Household.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Below we provide projected average estimates for the next three
years:
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 40.
Average number of Respondents per Activity: 250.
Annual responses: 10,000.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion/Transaction based.
Average minutes per response: 10.
Burden hours: 1,667.7.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
All written comments will be available for public inspection at
https://www.regulations.gov.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: November 26, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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