60692 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 218 / Wednesday, November 12, 1997 / Notices

Type of Request: New Collection;

Number of Respondents: 4,200.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Response: 4,200.

Average Burden Per Response: 2

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 8,400.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection is used to certify dependency

or obtain information to determine

entitlement to basic allowance for

quarters (BAQ) with-dependent rate,

travel allowances, or Uniformed

Services Identification and Privilege

Card. Information regarding a child born

out-of-wedlock (DFAS–DE Form 1865),

a full-time student 21–22 years of age

(DFAS–DE Form 1867), a parent (DFAS–

DE Form 1868), or incapacitated child

over age 21 (DFAS–DE Form 1866), is

provided by the military member or by

another individual who may be a

member of the public. DoDFMR

7000.14, Vol. 17A, defines dependency

and directs that dependency be proven.

Dependency claim examiners use the

information from the forms to determine

the degree of benefits. The requirement

to provide the information decreases the

possibility of monetary allowances

being approved on behalf of ineligible

dependents.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On occasion; annually.

Respondents’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

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: November 5, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–29658 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Transition to the Defense Table of

Official Distances (DTOD)

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Military Traffic

Management Command (MTMC), on

behalf of the Department of Defense

(DOD), intends to utilize a standard

integrated mileage guide in DOD freight,

household goods (HHG), travel, and

finance programs. The DTOD will

replace existing distance calculation

products used within the DOD such as

Rand McNally TDM Mileagemaker

System, Household Goods Carriers’

Mileage Guide, and the DOD Official

Table of Distances and will become the

DOD standard source for highway

mileages. The DTOD will consist of a

modified Commercial off the Shelf

(COTS) product and full operating

capability is projected for October 1998.

Notice of the DTOD product

specifications and transition plan for the

freight and household goods program

will be published for public comment at

a later time.

DATES: Initial operating capability for

the three target DOD programs is

estimated to be: Travel—Jun 98;

Household Goods—Jun 98; Freight—

Aug 98.

ADDRESSES: Headquarters, Military

Traffic Management Command, ATTN:

MTIM–I, Room 332A, 5611 Columbia

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–5050.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ethel J. Anderson (703) 681–7793 or Ms.

Amy R. Hopfe (703) 681–5702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently,

several sources for distance information

are being used within DOD to support

various functional areas, such as travel,

travel entitlement reimbursement,

freight, and personal property

movements. Moreover, separate

products are used to calculate overseas

distances. The result is a variance in

mileage computations produced by

different products and a high cost of

licensing and maintaining multiple

mileage sources.

Until 1996, DOD was required by law

to maintain an official mileage table,

known as the Official Table of

Distances, to use for payment of travel

and transportation allowances. The

FY96 Defense Authorization Act deleted

this requirement, thus providing the

opportunity to use a commercial

mileage product to support travel

mileage distance.

In October 1996, the DOD Comptroller

tasked the U.S. Transportation

Command (USTRANSCOM) to identify

and implement a single source for

distance information in support of

travel, freight, and personal property

movements for the Continental United

States (CONUS) and Outside the

Continental United States (OCONUS).

USTRANSCOM tasked the Military

Traffic Management Command to lead

the effort.

The DTOD integration contractor,

Science Applications International

Corporation (SAIC), is supporting the

identification, modification, installation

and testing of the Commercial off the

Shelf (COTS) product. SAIC has

selected ALK Associates, Inc., as the

source of the distance calculation data

and software for DTOD.

The transition to a single standard

DTOD will require changes to existing

MTMC rules publications and rate

solicitations. Since this action is

considered to be a significant

procurement policy change under 41

U.S.C. 418b, another public notice will

be published providing the public an

opportunity to comment on the specific

product, its capabilities, and DOD’s plan

to introduce the product to ongoing

acquisition activities. Details relating to

interface with industry providers and

trade associations will be provided at

that time. It is anticipated that transition

to DTOD will have no significant impact

on small businesses since those

businesses currently use one or more

distance calculation sources of a similar

nature. Because specific policy and the

related impact is yet to be fully

developed, public comment on this

notice is not being requested at this

time. A 60-day public notice period will

be provided for in forthcoming notices

that describe implementation plans,

requirements, and responsibilities.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–29699 Filed 11–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, invites comments on the

proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before January

12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should