[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 81239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32388]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2010-OS-0174]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve 
Affairs), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs)) announces the following 
proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden 
of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 
25, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, Room 3C843, 
1160 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to RAND Corporation 
Attn: Dr. Susan M. Gates, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407 or 
call 310-393-0411.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Department of 
Defense Focus Groups of Employers; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    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.
    Annual Burden Hours: 225 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Frequency: One time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
(USERRA) requires that persons who serve or have served in the Armed 
Forces, Reserves, National Guard or other ``uniformed services:'' (1) 
Are not disadvantaged in their civilian careers because of their 
service; (2) are promptly reemployed in their civilian jobs upon their 
return from duty; and (3) are not discriminated against in employment 
based on past, present, or future military service. The Act covers 
members of the Uniformed Services, any other category of persons 
designated by the President in time of war or national emergency, and 
their government and civilian employers. It is the responsibility of 
the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) to promote 
cooperation and understanding between Reserve component members and 
their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts 
arising from an employee's military commitment. The Department of 
Defense Focus Groups of Employers are being conducted using a 
stratified cluster sampling design to provide in-depth information to 
determine best practices of ESGR in supporting employers of Reserve and 
Guard members and to evaluate the effectiveness of ESGR and DoD 
programs. The information collected is used in conjunction with survey 
information collected on a statistically random and nationally-
representative basis. The information collected is used for overall 
program evaluation, management and improvement.

    Dated: December 20, 2010.
Morgan F. Park,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-32388 Filed 12-23-10; 8:45 am]
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