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been postponed until 1 p.m.,

Wednesday, November 1, 2000.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness),

DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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 reinstatement of a 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 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 December 29,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness),

ODUSD(PI)/Defense Human Resources

Activity, ATTN: Ms. Sheila Ford, 4040

Fairfax Boulevard, Suite 200, Arlington,

VA 22203.

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 above address or call

at (703) 696–0404.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Control Number: Application for

Department of Defense Common Access

Card—DEERS Enrollment, DD Form

1172–2, OMB Number 0704–0415.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection is needed to obtain the

necessary data to establish eligibility for

the DoD Common Access Card for those

individuals not pre-enrolled in the

DEERS, and to maintain a centralized

database of eligible individuals. This

information is used to establish

eligibility for the DoD Common Access

Card for individuals either employed by

or associated with the Department of

Defense; is used to control access to

DoD facilities and systems; and it

provides a source of data for

demographic reports and mobilization

dependent support.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Annual Burden Hours: 100,000.

Number of Respondents: 300,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 20

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

The DD Form 1172–2, Application for

Department of Defense Common Access

Card—DEERS Enrollment, the form

associated with this information

collection, issued to collect relevant

data (e.g. name, identifying information,

employment status, citizenship) from

the respondent. The data collected

established eligibility for the

appropriate DoD Common Access Card

for those individuals not pre-enrolled in

the Defense Enrollment Eligibility

Reporting System (DEERS), and enables

their enrollment in the centralized

database of eligible individuals.

The Department is in the process of

taking all requisite measures to enhance

physical and information security and

apply prudent countermeasures for all

potential vulnerabilities focusing

security actions to address the changes

in today’s threat environment. The

Deputy Secretary of Defense August 12,

2000 memorandum, Subject:

Department of Defense (DoD) Public Key

Infrastructure (PKI), directs use of and

common, integrated, interoperable DoD

PKI to enable security services at

multiple levels of assurance. PKI is a

key and certificate management

infrastructure designed to support

confidentiality, integrity, availability,

authorization, and access control in

computer networks. This data collection

is a step in that direction by prohibiting

access to the Department’s systems to

those not authorized. Public Law 106–

65, Section 373 directs the Department

to develop and implement a Smart Card

program for the Department of Defense.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense

November 10, 1999 memorandum,

Subject: Smart Card Adoption and

Implementation, directs the Department

to implement smart card technology as

a Department-wide Common Access

Card (CAC) that shall be the standard ID

card for active duty military personnel

(to include the Selected Reserve), DoD

civilian employees and eligible

contractor personnel, be the principal

card used to enable physical access to

buildings and controlled spaces, and

will be sued to gain access to the

Department’s computer networks and

systems. The Deputy Secretary directs

the CAC shall be issued and maintained

using the infrastructure provided by the

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting

System and the Realtime Automated

Personnel Identification System and

that the initial implementation of the

CAC is to be at multiple locations no

later than December 30, 2000.

Individuals included in this

information collection are: eligible

contractor employees (e.g., contractor

employees who need access to DoD

systems, or facilities on a daily or

regular basis as determined by the local

command) and eligible foreign nationals

(e.g., foreign nationals who need access

to DoD systems or facilities on a regular

basis as determined by the local

command), as well as other eligible

individuals outside DoD.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Form, and OMB Number:

Personal Check Cashing Agreement; DD

Form 2761; OMB Number 0730–0005.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 386,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 386,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 193,000.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement is necessary to