Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 12084-12085 [2017-03894]

Download as PDF 12084 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 28, 2017 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Docket ID DOD–2014–OS–0077] 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. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 30, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571–372–0493. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: National Industrial Security Program Cost Collection Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Control Number 0704– 0458. Type of Request: Reinstatement. Number of Respondents: 1,014. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 1,014. Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 507. Needs and Uses: The collection allows the Defense Security Service (DSS) to account each year for the costs associated with implementation of the National Industrial Security Program. It also allows DSS to report those costs to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, as required by Executive Order 12829, ‘‘National Industrial Security Program.’’ Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra. Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Please identify the proposed information collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of the information collection. You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID 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 ID number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:46 Feb 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 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: Mr. Frederick Licari. Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. Dated: February 23, 2017. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2017–03876 Filed 2–27–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Docket ID DOD–2017–OS–0008] Proposed Collection; Comment Request Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness OUSD (P&R), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 May 1, 2017. 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. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 • Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, Alexandria, VA 22350–1700. 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 Federal Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: Scott Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350–5000. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF–76); OMB Control Number 0704–0503. Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee (Secretary of Defense) to prescribe official forms, containing an absentee voter registration application, an absentee ballot request application and a backup ballot for use by the States to permit absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in general, special, primary and runoff elections for Federal office. The authority for the States to collect personal information comes from UOCAVA. The burden for collecting this information resides in the States. The Federal government neither collects nor retains any personal information associated with these forms. The collected information will be used by election officials to process uniformed service members, spouses and overseas citizens who submit their information to register to vote, receive an absentee ballot or cast a write-in E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 28, 2017 / Notices ballot. The collected information will be retained by election officials to provide election materials, including absentee ballots, to the uniformed services, their eligible family members and overseas voters during the form’s eligibility period provided by State law. No information from the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) is collected or retained by the Federal government. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Annual Burden Hours: 300,000. Number of Respondents: 1,200,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 1,200,000. Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes. Frequency: On occasion. The applicant is required to update and resubmit the information annually, whenever they change their mailing address or as otherwise required by State law. If the information is not submitted annually or whenever they change their mailing address, the applicant may not receive ballots for elections for Federal office in that calendar year. Dated: February 23, 2017. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2017–03894 Filed 2–27–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P National Assessment Governing Board Quarterly Board Meeting National Assessment Governing Board, U.S. Department of Education. ACTION: Announcement of open and closed meetings. AGENCY: This notice sets forth the agenda for the March 2–4, 2017 Quarterly Board Meeting of the National Assessment Governing Board (hereafter referred to as Governing Board). This notice provides information to members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting or providing written comments on the meeting. Due to unavoidable delays during the Administration transition, this notice is being posted less than 15 days prior to the Board meeting date. DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting will be held on the following dates: • March 2, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. • March 3, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • March 4, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:46 Feb 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/ Designated Federal Official of the Governing Board, 800 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax: (202) 357–6945. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Statutory Authority and Function: The Governing Board is established under the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, Title III of Public Law 107–279. Information on the Governing Board and its work can be found at www.nagb.gov. The Governing Board is established to formulate policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Governing Board’s responsibilities include the following: Selecting subject areas to be assessed, developing assessment frameworks and specifications, developing appropriate student achievement levels for each grade and subject tested, developing standards and procedures for interstate and national comparisons, improving the form and use of NAEP, developing guidelines for reporting and disseminating results, and releasing initial NAEP results to the public. March 2–4, 2017 Committee Meetings DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUMMARY: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. ADDRESSES: The Governing Board’s standing committees will meet to conduct regularly scheduled work based on agenda items planned for this Quarterly Board Meeting and follow-up items as reported in the Governing Board’s committee meeting minutes available at https://nagb.gov/what-we-do/boardcommittee-reports-and-agendas.html. Detailed Meeting Agenda: March 2–4, 2017 March 2: Symposium and Committee Meetings: NAEP Long-Term Trend Symposium: Open Session: 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Assessment Development Committee (ADC): Closed Session: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Committee on Standards, Design and Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Reporting and Dissemination Committee (R&D): Open Session: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Executive Committee: Open Session: 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.; Closed Session: 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12085 March 3: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings Full Governing Board: Open Session: 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.; 12:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Committee Meetings: ADC and COSDAM: Joint Open Session: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ADC: Open Session: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. COSDAM: Open Session: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. R&D: Open Session 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. March 4: Full Governing Board and Committee Meetings Nominations Committee: Closed Session: 7:30 a.m. to 8:10 a.m.; Open Session: 8:10 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Full Governing Board: Closed Session: 8:30 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.; Open Session: 8:50 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.; Closed Session: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, the Governing Board will convene a symposium in open session on NAEP Long-Term Trend from 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Thereafter, the standing committees will meet. ADC will meet in closed session from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to review secure digital-based tasks for the grade 12 NAEP Science assessment and secure task sketches for the NAEP Mathematics assessment at grades 4 and 8, as well as secure LongTerm Trend Reading and Mathematics items. This meeting must be conducted in closed session because the test items are secure and have not been released to the public. Public disclosure of the secure test items would significantly impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code. COSDAM will meet in open session from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. R&D will meet in open session from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Executive Committee will meet in open session on March 2, 2017 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. and in closed session from 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. During the closed session, the Executive Committee will receive and discuss cost estimates and implications for implementing the Long-Term Trend assessment. This meeting must be conducted in closed session because public disclosure of this information would likely have an adverse financial effect on the NAEP program by providing confidential cost details and proprietary contract costs of current NAEP contractors to the public. Discussion of this information would be likely to significantly impede E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12084-12085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03894]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2017-OS-0008]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness OUSD (P&R), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and 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 May 1, 
2017.

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: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 
Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.

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 Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, ATTN: Scott Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Post Card 
Application (FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF-76); OMB Control Number 0704-
0503.
    Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee 
(Secretary of Defense) to prescribe official forms, containing an 
absentee voter registration application, an absentee ballot request 
application and a backup ballot for use by the States to permit absent 
uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in 
general, special, primary and runoff elections for Federal office. The 
authority for the States to collect personal information comes from 
UOCAVA. The burden for collecting this information resides in the 
States. The Federal government neither collects nor retains any 
personal information associated with these forms.
    The collected information will be used by election officials to 
process uniformed service members, spouses and overseas citizens who 
submit their information to register to vote, receive an absentee 
ballot or cast a write-in

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ballot. The collected information will be retained by election 
officials to provide election materials, including absentee ballots, to 
the uniformed services, their eligible family members and overseas 
voters during the form's eligibility period provided by State law. No 
information from the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) is collected 
or retained by the Federal government.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The applicant is required to update and resubmit the information 
annually, whenever they change their mailing address or as otherwise 
required by State law. If the information is not submitted annually or 
whenever they change their mailing address, the applicant may not 
receive ballots for elections for Federal office in that calendar year.

    Dated: February 23, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-03894 Filed 2-27-17; 8:45 am]
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