[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1760]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[No. DoD-2007-OS-0031]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice.

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    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) announces the following proposed extension of a 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 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 June 11, 
2007.

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, 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 the Defense Manpower 
Data Center, ATTN: Dr. Timothy Elig, 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400, 
Arlington, VA 22209-2593, or call at (703) 696-5858.
    Title Associated Form and OMB Control Number: Post-Election Voting 
Survey of Overseas Citizens and Post-Election Voting Survey of Local 
Election Officials; OMB Control Number 0704-0125.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to meet a requirement of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 1986 [42 USC 1973ff]. UOCAVA requires a report 
to the President and Congress on the effectiveness of assistance under 
the Act, a statistical analysis of voter participation, and a 
description of State-Federal cooperation.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or tribal 
government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 391 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,343.
    Responses per Respondent. 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: Quadrennially.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    UOCAVA requires the States to allow Uniformed Services personnel, 
their family members, and overseas citizens to use absentee 
registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in general, 
special, primary, and runoff elections for Federal offices. The Act 
covers members of the Uniformed Services and the merchant marine to 
include the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and Public Health Service, and their eligible 
dependents. Federal civilian employees overseas, and overseas U.S. 
citizens not affiliated with the Federal Government. Federal Voting 
Assistance Program (FVAP) conducts the post-election survey on a 
statistically random basis to determine participation rates that are 
representative of all citizens covered by the Act, measure State-
Federal cooperation, and evaluate the effectiveness of the overall 
absentee voting program. The information collected is used for overall 
program evaluation, management and improvement, and to compile the 
congressionally-mandated report to the President and Congress.

    Dated: April 2, 2007.
Patrica L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 07-1760 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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