72654 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 2014 / Notices 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28800 Filed 12–4–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2014–OS–0156] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel & Readiness, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel & Readiness 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 February 6, 2015. 

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 Program Manager, 

Spouse Education & Career 

Opportunities Program, Office of Family 

Policy/Children and Youth, Military 

Community and Family Policy, 4800 

Mark Center Drive Suite 03G15, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–2300 ATTN: Mr. 

Eddy Mentzer, or 571–372–0857. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Military Spouse Career 

Advancement Accounts Scholarship 

(MyCAA); OMB Control Number 0704– 

XXXX. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

allow eligible spouses to submit 

information for approval of financial 

scholarships to pursue portable careers. 

Affected Public: Military spouse users 

of MyCAA Portal. 

Annual Burden Hours: 262,500. 

Number of Respondents: 350,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

The Military Spouse Career 

Advancement Accounts Scholarship 

(MyCAA) is a career development and 

employment assistance program 

sponsored by the DoD to help military 

spouses and same-sex domestic partners 

pursue licenses, certificates, 

certifications or associate’s degrees 

(excluding associate’s degrees in general 

studies, liberal arts, and 

interdisciplinary studies that do not 

have a concentration) necessary for 

gainful employment in high demand, 

high growth portable career fields and 

occupations; to provide a record of 

educational endeavors and progress of 

military spouses and same-sex domestic 

partners participating in education 

services; and to manage the tuition 

assistance scholarship, track 

enrollments and funding and to 

facilitate communication with 

participants via email. Records may also 

be used as a management tool for 

statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, 

evaluating program effectiveness and 

conducting research. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28624 Filed 12–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0227] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 7, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Number: Personnel Security 

Investigation Projection for Industry 

Survey; OMB Control Number 0704– 

0417. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement. 

Number of Respondents: 13,137. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 13,137. 

Average Burden per Response: 95 

minutes total: 80 minutes (Industry 

Survey); 15 minutes (Contact Validation 

Test). 

Annual Burden Hours: 20,800 hours 

Needs and Uses: Executive order 

(E.O.) 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. The Under Secretary of 

Defense for Intelligence assigned 

Defense Security Service (DSS) the 

responsibility for central operational 

management of DoD personnel security 

investigation (PSI) workload 

projections, and for monitoring of PSI 

funding and investigation quality issues 

for DoD components. This responsibility 

includes managing workload 

projections, along with funding and 

quality oversight matters related to PSIs 

conducted for employees and 

consultants of contractors cleared under 

the NISP. Prior to 2001, DSS compared 

historical PSI data for budget 

formulation. Since 2001, DSS conducted 

an annual survey of cleared contractors 

to more accurately assess personnel 

security and trustworthiness 

investigation requirements. In this 

annual collection of information, DSS 

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