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they are engaged in qualifying work 

which will not be complete before the 

deadline. Additionally, others have 

indicated that they do not have enough 

personnel available at this time of year 

to complete their applications. 

In response to these requests, the 

USPTO is extending the application 

deadline for this year until October 31, 

2014. After the application deadline, 

selections will be made as described in 

the April notice, with the goal of 

completing the recommendation process 

within 90 days. Awards will be made 

thereafter. The other terms of the 

program remain unchanged. 

Dated: September 10, 2014. 

Michelle K. Lee, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2014–OS–0135] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Personnel and 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 November 17, 

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://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

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 Federal Voting 

Assistance Program ATTN: Mr. David 

Beirne, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 

03J25, Alexandria, VA 22350, or call at 

(571) 372–0740. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Survey of Overseas Civilians, 

OMB Control Number 0704–XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary for 

Federal Voting Assistance Program 

(FVAP), an agency of the Department of 

Defense, to fulfill the mandate of the 

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA of 1986 

[42 U.S.C. 1973ff]). UOCAVA requires a 

statistical analysis report to the 

President and Congress on the 

effectiveness of assistance under the 

Act, a statistical analysis of voter 

registration and participation, and a 

description of State/Federal cooperation 

after each federal election. The data 

obtained through this study will allow 

FVAP to assess the feasibility of using 

survey data to assess registration and 

participation rates for non-military U.S. 

citizens living overseas. 

Affected Public: Non-military 

UOCAVA voters. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7,500. 

Number of Respondents: 45,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: One time. 

The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act (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. 

Subsequent to each Presidential election 

year, FVAP must report voter 

registration and participation rates for 

uniformed service voters and overseas 

citizens to Congress; while FVAP 

collects data for this report through 

regular surveys of uniformed service 

voters and other relevant UOCAVA 

populations, it does not currently 

collect data from non-military, nongovernment overseas civilians. The 

Survey of Overseas Civilians research 

project will serve as a pilot, examining 

the feasibility of collecting data from 

this population by surveying a sample 

of registered voters living overseas 

during the 2014 election. Collecting 

information from this population will 

also support FVAP in its purpose of 

ensuring that Service members, their 

eligible family members and overseas 

citizens are aware of their right to vote 

and have the tools and resources to 

successfully do so from anywhere in the 

world. In addition to determining the 

feasibility of conducting a survey of 

overseas civilians, the information 

collected will be used for overall 

program evaluation, management and 

improvement, and to compile the 

congressionally-mandated report to the 

President and Congress after the 2016 

General Election should this pilot prove 

successful. 

Dated: September 11, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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