Department of Defense November 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group. This meeting will be closed to the public.

This proposed rule implements the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense for administering NSEP and explains the responsibilities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD (P&R)) for policy and funding oversight for NSEP. It discusses requirements for administering and executing the National Security Education Program (NSEP) service agreement and; and assigns oversight of NSEP to the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO).

The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Army Education Advisory Committee. This meeting is open to the public.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army. The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center intends to license these inventions on a partially-exclusive basis to Biodetech LLC, a Maryland corporation with principal offices at 2224 Choate Rd., Fallston, MD 21047. The inventions to be licensed collectively enable the Agents of Biological Origin Identifier (ABOid) system, and are disclosed in U.S. Patent 8,412,464, issued April 2, 2013 and entitled ``Methods for detection and identification of cell type'' and U.S. Patent 8,224,581, issued July 17, 2012 and entitled ``Methods for detection and identification of cell type.''

The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary, into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Academy. The executive session of this meeting from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on December 7, 2015, will include discussions of new and pending administrative/minor disciplinary infractions and non-judicial punishment proceedings involving midshipmen attending the Naval Academy to include but not limited to individual honor/conduct violations within the Brigade; the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. For this reason, the executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records, DHRA 06, entitled ``Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database'' to centralize case-level sexual assault data involving a member of the Armed Forces, in a manner consistent with statute and DoD regulations for Unrestricted and Restricted reporting. Records may also be used as a management tool for statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, evaluating program effectiveness, conducting research, and case and business management. De-identified data may also be used to respond to mandated reporting requirements.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records, DMDC 02 DoD, entitled ``Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting Systems (DEERS)'' to record the issuance of DoD badges and identification cards, i.e., Common Access Cards (CAC) or beneficiary identification cards; to authenticate and identify DoD affiliated personnel (e.g., contractors); to grant physical and logical access to DoD facilities; to provide a database for determining eligibility for DoD entitlements and privileges; to detect fraud and abuse of the benefit programs by claimants and providers to include appropriate collection actions arising out of any debts incurred as a consequence of such programs; to identify current DoD civilian and military personnel for purposes of detecting fraud and abuse of benefit programs; to ensure benefit eligibility is retained after separation from the military; to maintain the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Family SGLI (FSGLI) coverage elections and beneficiaries' information; to support DoD health care management programs, to include research and analytical projects, through Defense Health Agency (previously the TRICARE Management Activity); to support benefit administration for those beneficiaries that have granted permission for use of their personal email address for notification purposes relating to their benefits; to register current DoD civilian and military personnel and their authorized dependents for purposes of obtaining medical examination, treatment or other benefits to which they are entitled; to provide identification of deceased members; to assess manpower, support personnel and readiness functions, to include Continuous Evaluation programs; to perform statistical analyses; to determine Servicemember Civil Relief Act (SCRA) duty status as it pertains to SCRA legislation; to determine Military Lending Act (MLA) eligibility as it pertains to MLA legislation; information will be used by agency officials and employees, or authorized contractors, and other DoD Components in the preparation of studies and policy as related to manpower and the health and well-being of current and past Armed Forces and DoD-affiliated personnel; to assist in recruiting prior-service personnel; and to notify military members eligible to vote about information for registration and voting procedures; to provide rosters of DoD affiliated persons at the time of an official declared natural or man-made disaster; and to provide appropriate contact information of DoD personnel and beneficiaries for the purpose of conducting surveys authorized by the Department of Defense. Authorized surveys are used as a management tool for statistical analysis, policy planning, reporting, evaluation of program effectiveness, conducting research, to provide direct feedback on key strategic indicators, and for other policy planning purposes.

The Department of the Navy (DoN) is issuing a final rule to comport with current policy as stated in JAG Instruction 5803.1 (Series) governing the professional conduct of attorneys practicing under the cognizance and supervision of the Judge Advocate General. The rule generally aligns with the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning subcontract consent. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 41501 on July 15, 2015. No comments were received.