[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77233-77234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28124]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
26, 2005.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Personnel Security Investigation 
Projection for Industry Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Control Number 0704-
0417.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 12,117.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 12,117.

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    Average Burden Per Response: 75 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 15,146.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order (EO) 12829, ``National Industrial 
Security Program (NISP),'' stipulates that the Secretary of Defense 
shall serve as the Executive Agent for inspecting and monitoring the 
contractors, licensees, and grantees who require or will require access 
to classified information; and for determining the eligibility for 
access to classified information of contractors, licensees, and 
grantees and their respective employees. EO 12829 also authorizes the 
Executive Agent to issue, after consultation with affected agencies, 
standard forms that will promote the implementation of the NISP.
    Under the NISP, the Defense Security Service is responsible for 
conducting personnel security investigation of employees of those 
cleared contractor entities under its security cognizance. In the past, 
DSS has relied on historical data for agency budget projections 
regarding the numbers of personnel security investigations required by 
cleared contractor entities; however, historical data did not provide a 
particularly accurate or credible estimate of such workload. In this 
collection of information, DSS requests the voluntary assistance of the 
Facility Security Officers of cleared contractor entities to provide 
projections of the numbers and types of personnel security 
investigation required. The data will be incorporated into DDS' budget 
submissions.
    The Assistant Secretary of Defense assigned DSS responsibility for 
the following types of investigation within industry:
    a. A Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).
    b. National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check 
(NACLC).
    c. SSBI Periodic Reinvestigation (SSBI-PR or TS-PR).
    In accordance with 5200.2-R, DSS is also responsible for conducting 
TS-PRs every 5 years, SECRET-PRs every 10 years and CONFIDENTIAL-PRs 
every 15 years. In addition, under specified circumstances, DSS is 
required to conduct SSBIs, NACLCs and National Agency Checks (NACs) for 
sensitive positions that do not require personnel security clearances.
    Representative of various industry associations, the National 
Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC), the 
Military Services, various elements of the Department of Defense and 
other Federal Government Agencies are aware of the annual survey.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Lewis Oleinick.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Oleinick at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESCD/Information Management 
Division, 1225 South Clark Street, Suite 504, Arlington, VA 22202-4326.

    Dated: December 15, 2004.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-28124 Filed 12-23-04; 8:45 am]
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