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guidance in DoDI 1332.35, in
accordance with 10 U.S.C. These
authorities pertain to the required
program of comprehensive assistance
for family caregivers and the
responsibilities of the military services
regarding caregiver participation in DoD
pre-separation counseling sessions.
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Military and Veteran Service
Organizations
Military Departments will encourage
installation commanders to permit
access to veterans service organizations
and military service organizations to
transition assistance-related events and
activities in the United States and
abroad in accordance with the TAP
MOU, DoD 5500.07–R, DoDI 1344.07
and the December 23, 2014 Secretary of
Defense Memorandum, ‘‘Installation
Access and Support Services to VARecognized Veteran Service
Organizations/Military Service
Organizations,’’ at no cost to the U.S.
Government. Access must be for the
purpose of assisting Service members
with the pre- and post-military
disability claim process and transition
assistance resources and services.
Family members and caregivers of
Service members can find information
on non-local community resources
through the National Resource Director
at www.nrd.gov.
TAP Eligibility for Spouses and
Dependents
(1) Spouses of eligible transitioning
Service members are eligible to attend
the Department of Labor (DOL) One-Day
and the DOL Employment Track in
accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1144.
(2) Spouses of eligible transitioning
Service members are eligible for the
following services and information in
accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1142.
(a) DOL Job placement counseling.
(b) DoD and VA-administered
survivor benefits information.
(c) DoD financial education and
counseling, including information on
budgeting, saving, credit, loans, and
taxes.
(d) Transition plan assistance to
enable achievement of educational,
training, employment, and financial
objectives.
(e) VA benefits orientation, such as
education, employment, home loan
services, housing assistance benefit
information, and responsible borrowing
practices counseling.
(3) Dependents of eligible Service
members are entitled to the following
services and information in accordance
with 10 U.S.C. 1142.
(a) Career change counseling and its
effects on individuals and their family.
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(b) Information on suicide prevention
resources following separation from the
Military Services.
(4) Eligible Service members and their
dependents are entitled to transitional
medical and dental care that will be
available for 180 days, beginning on the
first day after the date of separation,
retirement, or release from active duty
in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1145.
(5) Spouses of eligible Service
members are encouraged to participate
in transition assistance, as resources and
capacity allow. Participating spouses
may have their attendance recorded in
accordance with the privacy and
information collection mandates and
requirements of Titles 10 and 14, U.S.C.,
and DoD 5400.11–R.
(6) Spouses completing preseparation/transition counseling (using
DD Form 2648) on behalf of an eligible
recovering Service member in
accordance with DoDI 1332.35 will
provide their DoD identification number
for data collection purposes.
TAP Eligibility for Caregivers
(1) The Military Services will provide,
during mandatory pre-separation
counseling, a description of the
assistance and support services
provided for family caregivers of eligible
veterans pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1720G.
(2) Service members undergoing preseparation/transition counseling, who
may require caregiver services after
separation, may identify an individual
in writing to provide such services after
separation.
(3) Service members who identified
an individual to provide caregiver
services after separation may permit
their caregiver to participate in the
member’s pre-separation/transition
counseling session to inform the
caregiver of:
(a) The assistance and support
services available to caregivers of
members after separation.
(b) The manner in which the
member’s transition to civilian life after
separation may impact the caregiver.
Transition Assistance Priority of
Service
The descending order of priority for
participation in transition assistance
classroom attendance is based on the
targeted population dates of separation
or release from active duty, or their
status of returning from overseas, or
assignment to remote or isolated and
geographically dispersed locations. DoD
TAP training is publicly available
virtually, as referenced above. Eligible
Service members will be given
preference for classroom DoD TAP, and
spouse eligibility for DoD TAP
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classroom attendance will be based on
resource availability and capacity in
accordance with DoDI 1332.35.
Dated: March 29, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0021]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Information collection notice.
AGENCY:
Consistent with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, this
document provides notice DoD is
submitting an Information Collection
Request to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to collect
information on active duty spouses to
determine the effectiveness of the
Department’s family support programs.
DoD requests emergency processing and
OMB authorization to collect the
information after publication of this
Notice for a period of six months.
DATES: Comments must be received by
April 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Department has
requested emergency processing from
OMB for this information collection
request by 15 days after publication of
this notice. Interested parties can access
the supporting materials and collection
instrument as well as submit comments
and recommendations to OMB at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
15-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
They will also become a matter of
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela James, 571–372–7574, or
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
results of the Active Duty Spouse
Survey (ADSS) provide leadership with
an understanding of the effectiveness of
the Department’s family support
programs. Given deployment and family
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life cycles, it allows policy offices to
monitor changes in attitudes/opinions,
evaluate effectiveness of recent
initiatives, and provide insight into
topics such as financial well-being,
overall health, life in the military,
spouse unemployment, and use of
military-provided resources. Due to the
COVID–19 public health emergency,
DoD has delayed implementation in
order to review and modify questions as
needed to ensure an adequate response
rate. This exemption will allow this
survey to be fielded in May 2021 so
results will be available by the end of
2021.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Active Duty Spouse Survey.
Type of Request: New.
Number of Respondents: 11,500.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 11,500.
Average Burden per Response: 30
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 5750.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Biannually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of DoD, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
DoD’s estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed
collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Dated: March 29, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0053]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; High
School and Beyond 2022 (HS&B:22)
Base-Year Full-Scale Study Data
Collection and First Follow-Up Field
Test Sampling, Tracking, and
Recruitment
Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education (ED).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently
approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 1,
2021.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2021–SCC–0053. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number 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 include the
docket ID number and the title of the
information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting
comments. Please note that comments
submitted by fax or email and those
submitted after the comment period will
not be accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 208C, Washington,
DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
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
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
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processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: High School and
Beyond 2022 (HS&B:22) Base-Year FullScale Study Data Collection and First
Follow-up Field Test Sampling,
Tracking, and Recruitment.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0944.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 128,478.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 53,930.
Abstract: The High School and
Beyond 2022 study (HS&B:22) will be
the sixth in a series of longitudinal
studies at the high school level
conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), within the
Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of
the U.S. Department of Education.
HS&B:22 will follow a nationally
representative sample of ninth grade
students from the start of high school in
the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2026
when most will be in twelfth grade. A
field test was conducted in fall 2019.
The study sample will be freshened in
2026 to create a nationally
representative sample of twelfth-grade
students. A high school transcript
collection and additional follow-up data
collections beyond high school are also
planned.
Dated: March 26, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0021]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Information collection notice.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its
implementing regulations, this document provides notice DoD is
submitting an Information Collection Request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information on active duty
spouses to determine the effectiveness of the Department's family
support programs. DoD requests emergency processing and OMB
authorization to collect the information after publication of this
Notice for a period of six months.
DATES: Comments must be received by April 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Department has requested emergency processing from OMB
for this information collection request by 15 days after publication of
this notice. Interested parties can access the supporting materials and
collection instrument as well as submit comments and recommendations to
OMB at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 15-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela James, 571-372-7574, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The results of the Active Duty Spouse Survey
(ADSS) provide leadership with an understanding of the effectiveness of
the Department's family support programs. Given deployment and family
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life cycles, it allows policy offices to monitor changes in attitudes/
opinions, evaluate effectiveness of recent initiatives, and provide
insight into topics such as financial well-being, overall health, life
in the military, spouse unemployment, and use of military-provided
resources. Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, DoD has delayed
implementation in order to review and modify questions as needed to
ensure an adequate response rate. This exemption will allow this survey
to be fielded in May 2021 so results will be available by the end of
2021.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Active Duty Spouse Survey.
Type of Request: New.
Number of Respondents: 11,500.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 11,500.
Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 5750.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Biannually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
DoD, including whether the information collected has practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of DoD's estimate of the burden (including hours and
cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of
other forms of information technology.
Dated: March 29, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-06716 Filed 3-31-21; 8:45 am]
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