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from a person of authority or standing

within the community.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, non-profit or other for

profit businesses, non-profit

institutions, local, tribal and state

agencies. Normally, this form would be

completed by responsible community

leaders such as school officials,

ministers and law enforcement officials.

Annual Burden Hours: 12,500.

Number of respondents. 75,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes per respondent.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

This information collected provides

the Armed Services with specific

background information on an

applicant. A history of criminal activity,

arrests, or moral offenses is

disqualifying for military service. An

applicant, with such a disqualifier, is

required to submit references from

community leaders who will attest to

his or her character, attitudes or work

habits. The DD Form 370 is the method

of information collection which requests

an evaluation and reference from a

specific individual, within the

community, who has the knowledge of

the applicant’s habits, behaviors,

personality and character. The

information will be used to determine

suitability of the applicant for military

service and the insurance of a waiver for

acceptance.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–25086 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Survey of Air Force Small

Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Contract Awardees, OMB Number

0701–0117.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 17.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 17.

Average Burden Per Response: 12

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 3 hours.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection is a survey on noteworthy

Small Business Innovation Research

(SBIR) accomplishments and

commercialization of small business

research and development. The

information is used to evaluate the

success of the program in meeting the

objectives of Pub. L. 97–219 and to

publicize successful SBIR research and

development (R&D) to potential

purchasers. Respondents are small

business companies who are awarded

SBIR dollars to perform needed Air

Force technologies. This survey is

background for a metric which indicates

to the SBIR Program Manager the

companies who have commercialized as

a result of their Phase II awards.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit.

Frequency: Biennially.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–25087 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Ballistic Missile Defense Advisory

Committee

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee

Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Ballistic Missile Defense

(BMD) Advisory Committee will meet in

closed session in Washington, D.C., on

September 23–24, 1997.

The mission of the BMD Advisory

Committee is to advise the Secretary of

Defense and Deputy Secretary of

Defense, through the Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology),

on all matters relating to BMD

acquisition, system development, and

technology.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law No. 92–463, as amended by

5 U.S.C., Appendix II, it is hereby

determined that this BMD Advisory

Committee meeting concerns matters

listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), and that

accordingly this meeting will be closed

to the public.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Linda M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

National Defense Panel Meeting

AGENCY: DOD, National Defense Panel.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and summary agenda for the

meeting of the National Defense Panel

on September 25 and 26, 1997. In

accordance with Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. No. 92–463, as amended [5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1982)], it has been determined

that this National Defense Panel meeting

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1) (1982), and that accordingly,

this meeting will be closed to the public

from 0830–1700, September 25 and 26,

1997 in order for the Panel to discuss

classified material.

DATES: September 25 and 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Suite 532, 1931 Jefferson

Davis Hwy, Arlington VA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Defense Panel was established

on January 14, 1997 in accordance with

the Military Force Structure Review Act

of 1996, Public Law 104–201. The

mission of the National Defense Panel is

to provide the Secretary of Defense and

Congress with an independent, nonpartisan assessment of the Secretary’s

Quadrennial Defense Review and an

Alternative Force Structure Analysis.

This analysis will explore innovative

ways to meet the national security

challenges of the twenty-first century.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND AGENDA: The

National Defense Panel will meet in

closed session from 0830–1700 on

September 25 and from 0830–1700 on