77234 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 247 / Monday, December 27, 2004 / Notices 

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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 and OMB number: Defense 

Logistics Agency Readership Survey for 

Loglines Magazine; OMB Control 

Number 0704–TBD. 

Type of request: New. 

Number of respondents: 4,200. 

Responses per respondent: 1. 

Annual responses: 4,200. 

Average burden per response: 10 

minutes. 

Annual burden hours: 546. 

Needs and uses: The Defense 

Logistics Agency (DLA) is evaluating its 

public affairs practices to include 

requesting feedback from readers of its 

publications. DLA needs to learn how 

we can better serve our readers and how 

we are already succeeding. The survey 

information will be used by DLA to help 

us improve the customer focus of our 

publications. 

Affected public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

government; State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

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 17, 2004. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 04–28125 Filed 12–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB review; comment 

request

ACTION: Notice.

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 and OMB Number: West Point 

Engineering Graduates Survey; OMB 

Control Number 0702–0116. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 350. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 350. 

Average Burden Per Response: 35 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 203. 

Needs and Uses: An assessment of 

perceptions of graduates on the 

effectiveness of the U.S. Military 

Academy programs and curricula is 

needed for periodic accreditation by the 

Accreditation Board for Engineering and 

Technology. The information collected 

will be used to evaluate programs/

curricula and make changes deemed 

advisable. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household.