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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 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 Director of 

Administration and Management, 

Directorate for Organizational and 

Management Planning, 1950 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1950; 

or telephone (703) 697–1142. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Secretary of Defense Biennial 

Review of Defense Agencies and DoD 

Field Activities; OMB Control Number 

0704–0422. 

Needs and Uses: Section 192(c) of 

Title 10, U.S.C., requires that the 

Secretary of Defense review the services 

and supplies provided by each Defense 

Agency and DoD Field Activity. The 

purposes of the Biennial Review are to 

ensure the continuing need for each 

Agency and Field Activity and to ensure 

that the services and supplies provided 

by each entity is accomplished in a 

more effective, economical, or efficient 

manner than by the Military 

Departments. A standard organizational 

customer survey process serves as the 

principal data-gathering methodology in 

the Biennial Review. As such, it 

provides valuable information to senior 

officials in the Department regarding the 

levels of satisfaction held by the 

organizational customers of the 

approximately 30 Defense Agencies and 

DoD Field Activities covered by the 

Biennial Review. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Burden Hours: 625. 

Number of Respondents: 2,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Biennial Review employs a 

survey to assess organizational-customer 

satisfaction with the associated business 

line and addresses overall 

responsiveness to customer 

requirements, satisfaction with specific 

products and services, and quality of 

coordination with organizational 

customers. The survey identifies 

distinct areas of business (business 

lines) for all Defense Agencies and DoD 

Field Activities participating in the 

Review, creates lists of organizational 

customers specific to each business line, 

and uses a set of standard evaluation 

questions across all business lines. 

Respondents covered by this 

announcement are private-sector 

customers of these business lines, such 

as for the Federal Voting Assistance 

Program and Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DoD–2007–OS–0144] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Security Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense 

Security Service (DSS) announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comments on the 

provision thereof. Comments are invited 

on: (a) Whether the proposed collection 

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 hours of 

the information to be collected; and (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. 

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 Rule Making 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 agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

of 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 contract 

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 Defense Security Service, 

Personnel Security Clearance Office, 

1340 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 

22314, or telephone at 703–325–6050. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Personnel Security 

Investigation Projection for Industry 

Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Number 

0704–0417. 

Needs and Uses: The execution of the 

DSS Form 232 is an essential factor in 

projecting the needs of cleared 

contractor entities for personnel security 

investigations (PSIs). This collection of 

information requests the assistance of 

the Facility Security Officer to provide 

projections of the numbers and types of 

PSIs. The data will be incorporated into 

DSS’ budget submissions and used to 

track against actual PSI submissions. 

The form will be distributed 

electronically via a web-based 

commercial survey tool. 

Affected Public: Business, or other 

profit and non-profit organizations 

under Department of Defense Security 

Cognizance. 

Annual Burden Hours: 15,188. 

Number of Respondents: 12,150. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 75 

minutes. 

Frequency: Annually. 

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Summary of Information Collection 

Executive Order (EO) 12829, 

‘‘National Industrial Security Program 

(NISP),’’ stipulates that the Secretary of 

Defense shall serve as the Executive 

Agent for inspecting and monitoring the 

contractors, licensees, and grantees who 

require or will require access to 

classified information; and for 

determining the eligibility for access to 

classified information of contractors, 

licensees, and grantees and their 

respective employees. E.O. 12829 also 

authorizes the Executive Agent to issue, 

after consultation with affected 

agencies, standard forms that will 

promote the implementation of the 

NISP. 

The Under Secretary of Defense for 

Intelligence assigned DSS to exercise 

authority and responsibility for central 

operational management of DoD PSI 

workload projections, and monitoring of 

PSI funding and investigation quality 

issues for DoD components to include 

cleared contractors under the National 

Industrial Security Program. In the past, 

DSS has relied on historical data for 

agency budget projections regarding the 

numbers of PSIs required by cleared 

contractor entities; however, historical 

data did not provide a particularly 

accurate or credible estimate of such 

workload. In this annual collection of 

information, DSS asks the Facility 

Security Officers of cleared contractor 

entities to provide projections of the 

numbers and types of personnel security 

investigations required as well as 

providing a description of the 

methodology used for the projections, 

and the percentage of the cleared 

contractor’s projections representing 

DoD and non-DoD (NISP) agencies PSI 

requirements for cleared contractors. 

The data will be incorporated into DSS’ 

budget submissions and to track against 

actual cleared contractor’s actual PSI 

submissions. 

The Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) has responsibility to conduct 

PSIs and the subsequent periodic 

reinvestigations (PRs) in accordance 

with the Code of Federal Regulations, 

Title 5, Part 736. 

Representative of various industry 

associations, the National Industrial 

Security Program Policy Advisory 

Committee (NISPPAC), the Military 

Services, various elements of the 

Department of Defense and other 

Federal Government Agencies are 

familiar with the annual survey. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DoD–2007–OS–0145] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service 

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 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 Military Pay, Standards 

and Compliance, Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DFAS–JJFMB/CL, 

1240 East 9th Street, Room 1781, 

Cleveland, Ohio 44199, or call at (216) 

204–3631. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Claim Certification and 

Voucher for Death Gratuity Payment; 

DD Form 397; OMB Control Number 

0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection allows the government to 

collect the signatures and information 

needed to pay a death gratuity. Pursuant 

to 10 U.S.C. 1475–1480, a designated 

beneficiary(ies) or next-of-kin can 

receive a death gratuity payment for a 

deceased Service member. This form 

serves as a record of the disbursement 

of the death gratuity. The DoD Financial 

Management Regulation (FMR), Volume 

7A, Chapter 36, defines the eligible 

beneficiaries and procedures for 

payment of the death gratuity. To 

provide internal controls for this 

benefit, and to comply with the abovecited statutes, the information requested 

is needed to substantiate the receipt of 

the benefit. 

Affected Public: Individuals who are 

beneficiaries of the Service member’s 

death gratuity. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1208. 

Number of Respondents: 2416. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: .5 

hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Service Casualty Office completes 

the upper portion of the DD Form 397 

and then provides the form to the 

beneficiaries. The beneficiaries 

complete their portion of the DD Form 

397 and then sign the form and have it 

witnessed. Once the documents are 

completed they are forwarded to DFAS 

for payment. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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