Request for Information on Improving the Military Selective Service Process and Increasing Participation in Military, National, and Public Service, 7080-7081 [2018-03261]
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I. Background
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Dated: February 13, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Division of Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Proposed
Extension of Existing Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently, the
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (OWCP) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
collection: Notice of Payment (LS–208).
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
address section of this Notice.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
April 17, 2018.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by mail, delivery service, or by hand to
Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room
S–3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax
to (202) 354–9647; or by Email to
ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for
comments (mail/delivery, fax, or Email).
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
considered.
The Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs administers the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
The Act provides benefits to workers’
injured in maritime employment on the
navigable waters of the United States or
in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading,
repairing, or building a vessel. In
addition, several acts extend the
Longshore Act’s coverage to certain
other employees.
Under sections 914(b) & (c) of the
Longshore Act, a self-insured employer
or insurance carrier is required to pay
compensation within 14 days after the
employer has knowledge of the injury or
death and immediately notify the
district director of the payment. Under
Section 914(g), the employer/carrier is
required to issue notification of final
payment of compensation. Form LS–208
has been designated as the proper form
on which report of those payments is to
be made.
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
* Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
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III. Current Actions
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Department of Labor seeks the
extension of approval of this
information collection in order to carry
out its responsibility to meet the
statutory requirements to provide
compensation or death benefits under
the Act to workers covered by the Act.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Notice of Payments.
OMB Number: 1240–0041.
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Dated: February 6, 2018.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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II. Review Focus
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Agency Number: LS–208.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 600.
Total Annual Responses: 37,800.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,300.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $16,112.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON
MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC
SERVICE
[NCMNPS Docket No. 05–2018–01]
Request for Information on Improving
the Military Selective Service Process
and Increasing Participation in Military,
National, and Public Service
National Commission on
Military, National, and Public Service.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
The National Commission on
Military, National, and Public Service
(the ‘‘Commission’’) was created by
Congress in the National Defense
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2017 to
‘‘conduct a review of the military
selective service process (commonly
referred to as ‘the draft’) ’’ and to
consider methods to increase
participation in military, national, and
public service in order to address
national security and other public
service needs of the Nation. In
connection with this effort, Congress
has directed the Commission to seek
written comments from the general
public and interested parties on matters
of the Commission’s review. The
Commission seeks to learn more about
the general public’s views on these
topics, including what has encouraged
or discouraged them to perform
voluntary or paid services for their
communities at all levels.
DATES: Comments are due by April 19,
2018.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. 05–2018–01,
by any of the following methods:
• Email:
national.commission.on.service.info@
mail.mil. Please include the docket
number in the subject line of the
message.
• Website: https://
www.inspire2serve.gov/content/shareyour-thoughts. Follow the instructions
on the page to submit a comment and
include the docket number in the
comment.
• Mail: National Commission on
Military, National, and Public Service,
Attn: RFI COMMENT—Docket 05–
2018–01, 2530 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000,
Room 1029 Arlington, VA 22202.
All submissions received must
include the docket number. If the
Commission cannot read your comment
due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, the
Commission may not be able to consider
your comment. Late comments will be
considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general inquiries, submission process
questions, or any additional information
about this request for comments, please
contact Rachel Rikleen, at (703) 571–
3760 or by email at
national.commission.on.service.info@
mail.mil.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Public Law
114–328, 130 Stat. 2000 (2016), created
the National Commission on Military,
National, and Public Service (the
‘‘Commission’’) to ‘‘conduct a review of
the military selective service process
(commonly referred to as ‘the draft’)’’
and to ‘‘consider methods to increase
participation in military, national, and
public service in order to address
national security and other public
service needs of the Nation.’’ Public
Law 114–328, Subtitle F, Section 551.
To this end, Congress has specifically
directed the Commission to consider:
‘‘(1) the need for a military selective
service process, including the
continuing need for a mechanism to
draft large numbers of replacement
combat troops; (2) means by which to
foster a greater attitude and ethos of
service among United States youth,
including an increased propensity for
military service; (3) the feasibility and
advisability of modifying the military
selective service process in order to
obtain for military, national, and public
service individuals with skills (such as
medical, dental, and nursing skills,
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language skills, cyber skills, and
science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) skills) for which
the Nation has a critical need, without
regard to age or sex; and (4) the
feasibility and advisability of including
in the military selective service process,
as so modified, an eligibility or
entitlement for the receipt of one or
more Federal benefits (such as
educational benefits, subsidized or
secured student loans, grants or hiring
preferences) specified by the
Commission for purposes of the
review.’’ Id.
The Commission’s work is also
guided by a series of principles issued
by the President on April 3, 2017. See
House Doc 115–27, available at https://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC115hdoc27/pdf/CDOC-115hdoc27.pdf
Those principles addressed questions
raised by Congress that are similar to
those included below under ‘‘Specific
Topics to Address.’’
The Commission is required to
provide the President and Congress a
final report containing its findings and
recommendations regarding these
matters no later than March 2020. In
preparing the report, the Commission
must engage the American public,
hearing directly from them about these
topics. In particular, Congress has
directed the Commission to seek written
comments from the general public and
interested parties on matters of the
Commission’s review within seven
months of its establishment date, which
means April 19, 2018. This notice and
request for comments is intended to
meet that statutory requirement.
II. Other Engagement Opportunities
The Commission is also receiving
formal input from a number of Federal
agencies. The Commission’s enabling
statute requires the Secretary of Defense
to issue a preliminary report on the
current and future need for a centralized
registration system under the Military
Selective Service Act, and the
Comptroller General to perform a review
of the procedures used by the Defense
Department in evaluating the selective
service requirements. Additionally,
several Federal agencies are required
under the Commission’s enabling
statute to offer to the Commission
recommendations for the reform of the
military selective service process and
military, national, and public service in
connection with that process.
The Commission will hold a series of
public meetings on these topics as it
prepares its report for Congress and the
President. Information about those
meetings will be made available on the
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Commission’s website, https://
www.inspire2serve.gov.
III. Specific Topics to Address
The Commission would welcome
comments on any of the specific topics
for which Congress has requested
Commission input. These are set forth
above under ‘‘Background.’’
In addition, the Commission would
welcome comments on any of the
following specific topics:
(1) Is a military draft or draft
contingency still a necessary component
of U.S. national security?
(2) Are modifications to the selective
service system needed?
(3) How can the United States
increase participation in military,
national, and public service by
individuals with skills critical to
address the national security and other
public service needs of the nation?
(4) What are the barriers to
participation in military, national, or
public service?
(5) Does service have inherent value,
and, if so, what is it?
(6) Is a mandatory service requirement
for all Americans necessary, valuable,
and feasible?
(7) How does the United States
increase the propensity for Americans,
particularly young Americans, to serve?
Dated: February 12, 2018.
Kent Abernathy,
Executive Director.
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC SERVICE
[NCMNPS Docket No. 05-2018-01]
Request for Information on Improving the Military Selective
Service Process and Increasing Participation in Military, National, and
Public Service
AGENCY: National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Commission on Military, National, and Public
Service (the ``Commission'') was created by Congress in the National
Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2017 to ``conduct a review of
the military selective service process (commonly referred to as `the
draft') '' and to consider methods to increase participation in
military, national, and public service in order to address national
security and other public service needs of the Nation. In connection
with this effort, Congress has directed the Commission to seek written
comments from the general public and interested parties on matters of
the Commission's review. The Commission seeks to learn more about the
general public's views on these topics, including what has encouraged
or discouraged them to perform voluntary or paid services for their
communities at all levels.
DATES: Comments are due by April 19, 2018.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. 05-2018-
01, by any of the following methods:
Email: national.commission.on.service.info@mail.mil">national.commission.on.service.info@mail.mil.
Please include the docket number in the subject line of the message.
Website: https://www.inspire2serve.gov/content/share-your-thoughts. Follow the instructions on the page to submit a comment and
include the docket number in the comment.
Mail: National Commission on Military, National, and
Public Service, Attn: RFI COMMENT--Docket 05-2018-01, 2530 Crystal
Drive, Suite 1000, Room 1029 Arlington, VA 22202.
All submissions received must include the docket number. If the
Commission cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and
cannot contact you for clarification, the Commission may not be able to
consider your comment. Late comments will be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general inquiries, submission
process questions, or any additional information about this request for
comments, please contact Rachel Rikleen, at (703) 571-3760 or by email
at national.commission.on.service.info@mail.mil">national.commission.on.service.info@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Public
Law 114-328, 130 Stat. 2000 (2016), created the National Commission on
Military, National, and Public Service (the ``Commission'') to
``conduct a review of the military selective service process (commonly
referred to as `the draft')'' and to ``consider methods to increase
participation in military, national, and public service in order to
address national security and other public service needs of the
Nation.'' Public Law 114-328, Subtitle F, Section 551.
To this end, Congress has specifically directed the Commission to
consider: ``(1) the need for a military selective service process,
including the continuing need for a mechanism to draft large numbers of
replacement combat troops; (2) means by which to foster a greater
attitude and ethos of service among United States youth, including an
increased propensity for military service; (3) the feasibility and
advisability of modifying the military selective service process in
order to obtain for military, national, and public service individuals
with skills (such as medical, dental, and nursing skills, language
skills, cyber skills, and science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) skills) for which the Nation has a critical need,
without regard to age or sex; and (4) the feasibility and advisability
of including in the military selective service process, as so modified,
an eligibility or entitlement for the receipt of one or more Federal
benefits (such as educational benefits, subsidized or secured student
loans, grants or hiring preferences) specified by the Commission for
purposes of the review.'' Id.
The Commission's work is also guided by a series of principles
issued by the President on April 3, 2017. See House Doc 115-27,
available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-115hdoc27/pdf/CDOC-115hdoc27.pdf Those principles addressed questions raised by Congress
that are similar to those included below under ``Specific Topics to
Address.''
The Commission is required to provide the President and Congress a
final report containing its findings and recommendations regarding
these matters no later than March 2020. In preparing the report, the
Commission must engage the American public, hearing directly from them
about these topics. In particular, Congress has directed the Commission
to seek written comments from the general public and interested parties
on matters of the Commission's review within seven months of its
establishment date, which means April 19, 2018. This notice and request
for comments is intended to meet that statutory requirement.
II. Other Engagement Opportunities
The Commission is also receiving formal input from a number of
Federal agencies. The Commission's enabling statute requires the
Secretary of Defense to issue a preliminary report on the current and
future need for a centralized registration system under the Military
Selective Service Act, and the Comptroller General to perform a review
of the procedures used by the Defense Department in evaluating the
selective service requirements. Additionally, several Federal agencies
are required under the Commission's enabling statute to offer to the
Commission recommendations for the reform of the military selective
service process and military, national, and public service in
connection with that process.
The Commission will hold a series of public meetings on these
topics as it prepares its report for Congress and the President.
Information about those meetings will be made available on the
Commission's website, https://www.inspire2serve.gov.
III. Specific Topics to Address
The Commission would welcome comments on any of the specific topics
for which Congress has requested Commission input. These are set forth
above under ``Background.''
In addition, the Commission would welcome comments on any of the
following specific topics:
(1) Is a military draft or draft contingency still a necessary
component of U.S. national security?
(2) Are modifications to the selective service system needed?
(3) How can the United States increase participation in military,
national, and public service by individuals with skills critical to
address the national security and other public service needs of the
nation?
(4) What are the barriers to participation in military, national,
or public service?
(5) Does service have inherent value, and, if so, what is it?
(6) Is a mandatory service requirement for all Americans necessary,
valuable, and feasible?
(7) How does the United States increase the propensity for
Americans, particularly young Americans, to serve?
Dated: February 12, 2018.
Kent Abernathy,
Executive Director.
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