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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 12745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04199]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2013-OS-0029]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), DoD Chief Information Officer (DoD 
CIO).

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 
27, 2013.
    Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Information Assurance 
Scholarship Program; OMB Control Number 0704-0486.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 337.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 337.
    Average Burden per Response: 5.852 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,972 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Security Agency (NSA) is the Executive 
Administrator of the DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program 
(IASP), serving on behalf of DoD Chief Information Officer. Those who 
wish to participate in the DoD IASP Recruitment program must complete 
and submit an application package through their college or university 
to NSA. Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 
Education and Research (CAEs) interested in applying for capacity-
building grants must complete and submit a written proposal, and all 
colleges and universities subsequently receiving grants must provide 
documentation on how the grant funding was utilized and the resulting 
accomplishments. Without this written documentation detailing 
scholarship applicants' credentials, grant proposals, and grant 
execution accomplishments, the DoD has no means of judging the quality 
of applicants to the program or collecting information regarding 
program performance.
    Affected Public: ``Individuals or households,'' specifically 
college students at institutions designated as CAEs who are interested 
in, and qualify to apply for a scholarship; CAEs interested in 
submitting proposals for capacity-building grants, and faculty advisors 
(Principal Investigators).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Kraemer 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, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 
VA 22350-3100.

    Dated: February 20, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-04199 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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