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[Federal Register: September 30, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 189)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60415-60416]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2010-OS-0129]

 
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 the following proposed extension of 
a public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof.

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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 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 
29, 2010.

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, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Room 3C843, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    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 Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Defense Human 
Resource Activity), ATTN: Sam Yousef, 4000 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-4000 or call at (703) 696-0478.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Application for 
Identification Card/DEERS Enrollment, DD Form 1172-2, OMB Control 
Number 0704-0415.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is 
necessary to validate eligibility for all individuals applying for 
Department of Defense benefits and privileges. These benefits and 
privileges include but are not limited to, medical coverage, DoD 
Identification Cards, access to DoD installations, buildings or 
facilities, and access to DoD computer systems and networks. This 
information collection is required to obtain the necessary data 
elements to determine eligible individual's benefits and privileges, to 
provide a proper identification card reflecting those benefits and 
privileges, and to maintain a centralized database of the eligible 
population.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 400,000.
    Number of Respondents: 4,800,000.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    This information collected is used to determine an eligible 
individual's benefits and privileges, to provide a proper 
identification card reflecting those benefits and privileges, and to 
maintain a centralized database of the eligible population.

    Dated: September 10, 2010.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-24528 Filed 9-29-10; 8:45 am]
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