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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15963-15964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06319]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2014-OS-0039]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & 
Readiness, 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 for 
Personnel & Readiness announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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 May 23, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    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://

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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 Program Manager, 
Spouse Education & Career Opportunities Program, Office of Family 
Policy/Children and Youth, Military Community and Family Policy, 4800 
Mark Center Drive, Suite 03G15, Alexandria, VA 22350-2300, ATTN: Ms. 
Meg O'Grady, or 571-372-5316.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: 
Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) Career Portal; OMB 
Control Number 0704-XXXX.
    Needs And Uses: This information collection requirement is 
necessary to allow MSEP Partners to search for military spouse 
candidates and for military spouses to directly search for employment 
opportunities with MSEP Partners.
    Affected Public: Military spouse users of the MSEP Career Portal, 
MSEP Partners, Companies.
Annual Burden Hours:
Military Spouses = 900,000
MSEP Partners = 125
Companies = 38
TOTAL = 900,163
    Number of Respondents:
Military Spouses = 1.2 million
MSEP Partners = 300 partners
Companies = 150 companies
TOTAL = 1,200,450 respondents
    Responses per Respondent: 1
    Average Burden per Response:
Military Spouses = 45 minutes
MSEP Partners = 25 minutes
Companies = 15 minutes
TOTAL = 85 minutes
    Frequency:
Military Spouses = On occasion
MSEP Partners = On occasion
Companies = Once
    The Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) Career Portal is 
the web platform utilized to connect military spouses and same-sex 
spouses with companies seeking to hire military spouse employees. 
Participating companies, called MSEP Partners, are vetted and approved 
participants in the MSEP Program and have pledged to recruit, hire, 
promote and retain military spouses in portable careers. MSEP is a 
targeted recruitment and employment partnership that connects American 
businesses with military spouses who possess essential 21st-century 
workforce skills and attributes and are seeking portable, fulfilling 
careers. This program was developed in compliance with 10 U.S. Code 
1784 Employment Opportunities for Military Spouses which states:
    (f) Private-Sector Employment.--The Secretary of Defense--
    (1) shall seek to develop partnerships with firms in the private 
sector to enhance employment opportunities for spouses of members of 
the armed forces and to provide for improved job portability for such 
spouses, especially in the case of the spouse of a member of the armed 
forces accompanying the member to a new geographical area because of a 
change of permanent duty station of the member; and
    (2) shall work with the United States Chamber of Commerce and other 
appropriate private-sector entities to facilitate the formation of such 
partnerships.

    Dated: March 19, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-06319 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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