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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81917-81918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33487]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2010-OS-0174]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

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DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
30, 2012.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Department of Defense Focus Groups of 
Employers; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 150.
    Average Burden per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 225 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Department of Defense Focus Groups of Employers 
are designed to identify ways of supporting employers when Guard and 
Reserve employees are absent due to military duties and targeting such 
support, explore the characteristics of duty-related absences (such as 
frequency and duration) that have the greatest impact on employers, 
characterize the attitudes of employers toward Guard and Reserve 
employees, and examine knowledge of and compliance with Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and other ESGR 
programs. The Department of Defense Focus Groups of Employers are 
intended to complement information gathered through the Department of 
Defense National Survey of Employers. The Department of Defense will 
use these data to inform decisions related to the management of Guard 
and Reserve.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; State, local or tribal government 
organizations.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    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 http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management 
Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite 02G09, 
Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: December 23, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2011-33487 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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