[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3516]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2009-OS-0170]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the proposed information 
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and 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 March 
26, 2012.

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, 2nd Floor, 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.

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 (DMDC), 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 
22209-2593, or call at 571-372-1102.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Department of 
Defense National Survey of Employers.
    Needs and Uses: The Department of Defense National Survey of 
Employers is designed to determine ways of supporting employers when 
Guard and Reserve employees are absent due to military duties, 
determine general attitudes toward Guard and Reserve employees and 
their contributions to employers, and examine knowledge of and 
compliance with Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights 
Act.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; State, local or tribal government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 125,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 250,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: One time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act 
(USERRA) requires that persons who serve or have served in the Armed 
Forces, Reserves, National Guard or other ``uniformed services:'' (1) 
Are not disadvantaged in their civilian careers because of their 
service; (2) are promptly reemployed in their civilian jobs upon their 
return from duty; and (3) are not discriminated against in employment 
based on past, present, or future military service. The Act covers 
members of the Uniformed Services, any other category of persons 
designated by the President in time of war or national emergency, and 
their government and civilian employers. It is the responsibility of 
the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) to promote 
cooperation and understanding between Reserve component members and 
their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts 
arising from an employee's military commitment. The Department of 
Defense National Survey of Employers is being conducted on a 
statistically random basis to determine best practices of ESGR in 
supporting employers of Reserve and Guard members and to evaluate the 
effectiveness of ESGR and DoD programs. The information collected is 
used for overall program evaluation, management and improvement.

    Dated: January 31, 2012.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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