[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 24570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2166]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOD-2007-OS-0038]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Section 3506(c)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
announces the 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 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 July 2, 
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 Disbursing 
Management Policy Division, Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
Kansas City, DFAS-NPD/KC, ATTN: Mr. Clayton Stokely, 1500 E. 95th 
Street, Kansas City, MO 64197-0030, or call Mr. Clayton Stokely at 
(816) 926-3600.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Statement of Claimant 
Requesting Recertified Check; DD Form 2660; OMB Number 0730-002.
    Needs and Uses: In accordance with TFM Volume 1, Part 4, Section 
7060.20 and Department of Defense (DoD) Financial Management Regulation 
7000.14-R, volume 5, there is a requirement that a payee identify 
himself/herself and certify as to what happened to the original check 
issued by the government (non-receipt, loss, destruction, theft, etc.). 
This collection will be used to identify rightful reissuance of 
government checks to individuals or businesses outside DoD.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other For-
Profit; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 3,958 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 47,496.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Statement of Claimant Requesting Recertified Check is used to 
ascertain pertinent information needed by DoD in order to reissue 
checks to payees, if the checks have not been negotiated to financial 
institutions within 1 year of the date of issuance, when an original 
check has been lost, not received, damaged, stolen, etc. The form will 
be completed by the payee who was issued the original check. The 
information provided on this form will be used in determining whether a 
check may be reissued to the named payee.

    Dated: April 23, 2007.
Patricia L. Topping,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 07-2166 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45am]
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