[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 24 (Friday, February 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 6271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2491]


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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 March 9, 
2009.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Industry Cost Collection Report 
Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 1,613.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,613.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 807.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial 
Security Program'' requires the Department of Defense to account each 
year for the costs associated with implementation of the National 
Industrial Security Program and report those costs to the Director of 
the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). In furtherance of 
this requirement, and pursuant with 32 CFR, Subpart F, section 
2001.61(b); Classified National Security Information; Final Rule, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting as executive agent for the NISP, is 
obligated to collect cost estimates for classification-related 
activities of contractors, licensees, certificate holders, and grantees 
and report them to ISOO annually. The cost collection methodology 
employed since 1996 was validated with the ISOO in December 2007. 
Participation in the survey is strictly voluntary. Input is integrated 
into a total cost figure for the President and is never associated with 
a specific facility.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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:
    <bullet> 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, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 
22209-2133.

    Dated: January 30, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-2491 Filed 2-5-09; 8:45 am]
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