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request qualification training for 

contractor crewmembers. The DD Form 

2628 requests approval for contractor 

personnel to function as a flight 

crewmember. 

Affected Public: Individuals; business 

or other for profit; not-for-profit 

institutions; state, local or tribal 

government. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 42. 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Total Annual Responses: 84. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

The requirement to have government 

approval of contract flight crewmembers 

is in Defense Contract Management 

Agency Directive 1, Chapter 8, 

Contractor’s Flight and Ground 

Operations. The contractor provides a 

personal history and requests the 

government approve training in a 

particular type government aircraft (DD 

Form 2627). The contractor certifies that 

crewmember has passed a flight 

evaluation and, with the DD Form 2628, 

requests approval for the personnel to 

operate and fly government aircraft. 

Without the approvals, the contractor 

cannot use their personnel as requested. 

Dated: May 22, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12265 Filed 5–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2014–OS–0074] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service (DFAS), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the DFAS 

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 July 28, 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. 

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 Finance and 

Accounting Services—Cleveland, 

Retired and Annuitant Pay, 1240 East 

9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44199, ATTN: 

Mr. Charles Moss, charles.moss@

dfas.mil, 216–204–4426. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Application for Trusteeship, 

DD Form 2827, OMB License 0730– 

0013. 

Needs and Uses: Individuals will 

complete this form to apply for 

appointment as a trustee on behalf of a 

mentally incompetent member of the 

uniformed services pursuant to 37 

U.S.C. 602–604. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households, Business and Other for 

Profit (Nursing Homes). 

Annual Burden Hours: 75 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 75. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

When members of the uniformed 

services are declared mentally 

incompetent, the need arises to have a 

trustee appointed to act on their behalf 

with regard to military pay matters. 

Individuals will complete this form to 

apply for appointment as a trustee on 

behalf of the member. The requirement 

to complete this form helps alleviate the 

opportunity for fraud, waste and abuse 

of government funds and member’s 

benefits. 

Dated: May 22, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12284 Filed 5–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0026] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Washington Headquarters 

Service (WHS), Enterprise Management, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, we are 

seeking comment on the development of 

the following proposed Generic 

Information Collection Request (Generic 

ICR): ‘‘Fast Track Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery—the 

Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) 

System’’ for approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This notice 

announces our intent to submit this 

collection to OMB for approval and 

solicits comments on specific aspects 

for the proposed information collection, 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement is available at 

www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID: 

DoD–2013–OS–0026). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by July 28, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: www.regulations.gov. 

Direct comments to Docket ID: DoD– 

2013–OS–0026. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through www.regulations.gov. 

For this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. Please note that responses 


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to this public comment request 

containing any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DoD 

WHS Enterprise Management, ATTN: 

Mr. Jeremy Consolvo, 1550 Crystal 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, or call the 

DoD WHS Enterprise Management at 

(703) 697–2224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Fast Track 

Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery—the Interactive Customer 

Evaluation (ICE) System; 0704–0420. 

Needs and Uses: The proposed 

information collection activity provides 

a means to garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: the target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Current Actions: Processing Revision 

as Generic. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Affeced Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 58,500. 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 29,250. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 2. 

Annual Responses: 58,500. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 3. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,925. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

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 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection on 

Regulations.gov. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 


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Dated: May 22, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12241 Filed 5–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is renewing the charter for the U.S. 

Air Force Scientific Advisory Board 

(‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being renewed 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (‘‘the Sunshine 

Act’’), and 41 CFR 102–3.50(d). 

The Board shall provide independent 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

of the Air Force, to include the 

Secretary of the Air Force’s senior 

leadership, as determined by the Office 

of the Secretary of the Air Force and 

shall: 

a. Conduct studies on topics deemed 

critical by the Secretary of the Air Force 

and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 

b. Recommend application of 

technology to improve U.S. Air Force 

capabilities. 

c. Provide an independent review of 

the quality and relevance of the U.S. Air 

Force science and technology program. 

The Board is not established to advise 

on individual Department of Defense 

(DoD) or Department of the Air Force 

procurements, but instead shall be 

concerned with pressing and complex 

technology and business management 

issues facing the Department of the Air 

Force in the areas referenced above. 

No matter shall be assigned to the 

Board for its consideration that would 

require any Board member to participate 

personally and substantially in the 

conduct of any specific procurement or 

place him or her in the position of 

acting as a contracting or procurement 

official. The DoD, through the Office of 

the Secretary of the Air Force, shall 

provide support as deemed necessary, 

for the Board’s performance and 

functions, and shall ensure compliance 

with the requirement of the FACA, the 

Sunshine Act, governing Federal 

statutes and regulations, and established 

DoD policies and procedures. 

The Board shall be comprised of no 

more than 20 members; all members are 

distinguished members of the science 

and technology communities; Federally 

Funded Research and Development 

Centers, National Laboratories, industry, 

and academia (universities and 

colleges). Board members appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense or Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time federal 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109 and shall 

serve as special government employee 

(SGE) members. Board members 

appointed by the Secretary of Defense or 

Deputy Secretary of Defense, who are 

full-time or permanent part-time Federal 

employees, shall serve as regular 

government employee (RGE) members. 

All Board members shall be appointed 

by the Secretary of Defense or Deputy 

Secretary of Defense and their 

appointments must be renewed on an 

annual basis. 

The Secretary of Defense authorizes 

the Secretary of the Air Force to select 

the Board’s Chair and Vice Chair from 

among Board members previously 

approved by the Secretary of Defense or 

Deputy Secretary of Defense. In 

addition, the Secretary of the Air Force 

may appoint, as deemed necessary, nonvoting consultants to provide technical 

subject matter expertise to the Board. 

These consultants, if not full-time or 

part-time Federal employees, shall be 

appointed under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, shall serve as SGE 

members, and shall be appointed on an 

intermittent basis to work specific 

Board-related efforts; such individuals 

shall have no voting rights and shall not 

count toward the Board’s total 

membership. 

Board members and consultants, with 

the exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, shall serve without 

compensation. 

The Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense may 

approve Board members for one to fouryear terms of service, with annual 

renewals; however, no member, unless 

authorized by the Secretary of Defense 

or Deputy Secretary of Defense, may 

serve more than two consecutive terms 

of service. This same term of service 

limitation also applies to any DoD 

authorized subcommittees. 

Each Board member is appointed to 

provide advice on behalf of the 

government on the basis of his or her 

best judgment without representing any 

particular point of view and in a manner 

that is free from conflict of interest. 

The DoD, when necessary, and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees, task forces, or 

working groups to support the Board. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of 

the Air Force, as the Board’s sponsor. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the chartered Board, 

and shall report all their 

recommendations and advice solely to 

the Board for full and open deliberation 

and discussion. Subcommittees, task 

forces, or working groups have no 

authority to make decisions and 

recommendations, verbally or in 

writing, on behalf of the chartered 

Board. No subcommittee or any of its 

members can update or report, verbally 

or in writing, on behalf of the Board, 

directly to the DoD or any Federal 

officers or employees. 

All subcommittee members shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members; that is, the Secretary of 

Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint subcommittee 

members even if the member in 

question is already a Board member. 

Subcommittee members, with the 

approval of the Secretary of Defense, 

may serve a term of service on the 

subcommittee of one-to-four years, with 

annual renewals; however, no member 

shall serve more than two consecutive 

terms of service on the subcommittee. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time government 

employees, shall be appointed to serve 

as experts and consultants under the 

authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109, and serve as 

SGE members. Subcommittee members 

who are full-time or permanent parttime Federal employees, shall be 

appointed to serve as RGE members. All 

subcommittee member appointments 

shall be renewed on an annual basis. 

With the exception of travel and per 

diem for official Board related travel, 

subcommittee members shall serve 

without compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, governing Federal 

statutes and regulations, and established 

DoD policies and procedures. 

The Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 

pursuant to DoD policy, shall be a fulltime or permanent part-time DoD 


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