60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for the Permanent Export, Temporary Export, or Temporary Import of Defense Munitions, Defense Services, and Related Technical Data, 39994 [2016-14501]

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• DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 39994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14501]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9609]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for 
the Permanent Export, Temporary Export, or Temporary Import of Defense 
Munitions, Defense Services, and Related Technical Data

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. 
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are 
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals 
and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for 
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to August 
19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web: Persons with access to the Internet may comment on 
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the 
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2016-0043'' in the Search 
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment 
form.
     Email: DDTCPublicComments@state.gov.
     Regular Mail: Send written comments to: Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls, Attn: Managing Director, 2401 E St. NW., Suite 
H-1205, Washington, DC 20522-0112.
    You must include the DS form number, information collection title, 
and OMB control number in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional 
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including 
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and 
supporting documents, to Steve Derscheid--Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls, Department of State, who may be reached at 
DerscheidSA@state.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
     Title of Information Collection: Application for Permanent 
Export, Temporary Export, or Temporary Import of Defense Munitions, 
Defense Services, and Related Technical Data.
     OMB Control Number: None.
     Type of Request: New Collection.
     Originating Office: Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, 
Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Department of State (T/PM/DDTC).
     Form Number: DS-7788.
     Respondents: Individuals and companies registered with 
DDTC and engaged in the business of exporting or temporarily importing 
defense hardware or defense technology data.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,500.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 45,000.
     Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
     Total Estimated Burden Time: 135,000 hours.
     Frequency: On occasion.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain 
benefits.
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost 
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are 
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you 
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your 
personal information, will be available for public review.
    Abstract of proposed collection:
    The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), located in the 
Political-Military Affairs Bureau of the Department of State, has the 
principal mission of licensing the permanent export, temporary export, 
and temporary import of defense articles, defense services, and related 
technical data as enumerated in the United States Munitions List 
(USML), and to ensure that the sale, transfer, or brokering of such 
items are in the interest of U.S. national security and foreign policy. 
To this end, DDTC has historically utilized several form-based 
submissions to collect information from applicants for export or 
temporary import licenses. However, as new programmatic requirements 
have been promulgated, whether in response to changing geopolitical 
events, legislation, or interagency requirements, many aspects of the 
forms used by DDTC have become outdated.
    This information collection will supersede forms DSP-5, DSP-6, DSP-
61, DSP-62, DSP-71, and DSP-74 which are currently used by DDTC. Over a 
period of several months, DDTC staff have revised and updated the data 
collection fields to more closely mirror the needs of industry and 
federal government partners. Moreover, DDTC has acquired a new case 
management IT solution to modernize its business processes. As a part 
of this modernization process, licensing operations will move from the 
current, largely form-based submissions to an intuitive system which 
will allow both industry users and DDTC staff to smoothly and securely 
navigate the submission and review process. In addition, DDTC has 
worked closely with its interagency partners to construct this new 
licensing application to collate with the International Trade Data 
System (ITDS), a cornerstone of President Obama's export control reform 
initiative. Therefore, this information collection has been designed to 
both dovetail with the ITDS system in addition to achieving a higher 
level of usability and security for DDTC's current industry users.
    Methodology:
    This information will be collected via electronic submission to the 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. In the case of a major system 
outage, a continuity-of-operations plan has been developed to ensure 
submissions to DDTC can continue. A paper version of the form may be 
made available in cases of hardship or to those respondents who do not 
have internet access.

    Dated: June 6, 2016.
Lisa Aguirre,
Managing Director, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2016-14501 Filed 6-17-16; 8:45 am]
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