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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO): (703) 571–0081 

(Voice), (703) 697–1860 (Facsimile), 

elizabeth.j.kowalski.civ@mail.mil, 

(Email). Mailing address is Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140. Website: 

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. The most 

up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

DFO and the DoD, the DSB was unable 

to provide public notification required 

by 41 CFR 102–3.150(a) concerning its 

October 3, 2024 meeting. Accordingly, 

the Advisory Committee Management 

Officer for the DoD, pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar 

day notification requirement. 

This meeting is being held under the 

provisions of chapter 10 of title 5, 

United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 

Committee Act’’ or ‘‘FACA’’); 5 U.S.C. 

552b (commonly known as the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’) and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The mission 

of the DSB is to provide independent 

advice and recommendations on matters 

relating to the DoD’s scientific and 

technical enterprise. The objective of 

the meeting is to obtain, review, and 

evaluate classified information related 

to the DSB’s mission. The DSB will 

meet with DoD Leadership to discuss 

classified current and future national 

security challenges and priorities within 

the DoD and deliberate and vote on 

findings and recommendations. 

Agenda: The meeting will begin on 

Wednesday, October 3, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. 

Ms. Betsy Kowalski, DFO, and Dr. Eric 

Evans, Chair of the DSB, will provide 

classified opening remarks regarding 

ongoing studies. Following break, the 

DSB will deliberate and vote on the 

classified findings and 

recommendations of the Permanent 

Subcommittee on Strategic Options’ 

Commercial Provision of Navigation 

Signals for Operational Use study and 

the National Security Challenges for 

2025 and Beyond product. Next, the 

DSB will deliberate and vote on the 

classified findings and 

recommendations of the 2024 Summer 

Study on Advanced Capabilities for 

Potential Future Conflict. Following 

break, the DSB will deliberate and vote 

on the classified findings and 

recommendations of the DSB Task Force 

on Emerging Biotechnologies and 

National Security. Next, General Eric 

Smith, Commandant of the Marine 

Corps, will provide a classified briefing 

on his views of current Marine Corps 

strategy, challenges, and priorities. 

Finally, the DSB will deliberate and 

vote on the classified findings and 

recommendations of the DSB Task Force 

on 21st Century Industrial Base for 

National Defense. The meeting will 

adjourn at 5:00 p.m. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) and 41 CFR 102– 

3.155, the DoD has determined that the 

DSB meeting will be closed to the 

public. Specifically, the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Research and 

Engineering, in consultation with the 

DoD Office of the General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the meeting 

will be closed to the public because it 

will consider matters covered by 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The determination is 

based on the consideration that it is 

expected that discussions throughout 

will involve classified matters of 

national security concern. Such 

classified material is so intertwined 

with the unclassified material that it 

cannot reasonably be segregated into 

separate discussions without defeating 

the effectiveness and meaning of the 

overall meetings. To permit the meeting 

to be open to the public would preclude 

discussion of such matters and would 

greatly diminish the ultimate utility of 

the DSB’s findings and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense and to the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Written Statements: In accordance 

with 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(3) and 41 CFR 

102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, interested 

persons may submit a written statement 

for consideration by the DSB at any time 

regarding its mission or in response to 

the stated agenda of a planned meeting. 

Individuals submitting a written 

statement must submit their statement 

to the DSB DFO at the email address 

provided in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section at any 

point; however, if a written statement is 

not received at least three calendar days 

prior to the meeting, which is the 

subject of this notice, then it may not be 

provided to or considered by the DSB 

until a later date. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22359 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2022–OS–0113] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: On September 16, 2024, the 

DoD published a notice titled 

Submission for OMB Review; Comment 

Request. Subsequent to publication of 

the notice, DoD is changing the title 

under the Title; Associated Form; and 

OMB Control Number in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. All 

other information in the September 16, 

2024, notice remains the same. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Toppings, 571–372–0485. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

The title under Title; Associated 

Form; and OMB Control Number in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section in 

the notice that published in the Federal 

Register on September 16, 2024 (89 FR 

75534–75535) is changed to read as 

follows: 

In FR Doc. 2024–21000, on page 

75534 in the third column, correct the 

title to read: Addressing Barriers to 

Mental Health Care for Active-Duty 

Sexual Trauma Survivors. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22347 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2024–OS–0105] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: 60-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

OUSD(P&R) announces a proposed 


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public information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. Comments are invited on: 

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; 

the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 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, 

2024. 

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: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, 

Suite 05F16, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

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 Ms. Lisa Davis, Deputy 

Director, Health & Resilience at the 

Office of People Analytics, Defense 

Personnel Analytics Center: 4800 Mark 

Center Drive, Suite 06E22, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–4000, Elizabeth Davis or call 

703–338–8926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Service Academy Gender 

Relations Survey; OMB Control Number 

0704–0623. 

Needs and Uses: The legal 

requirements for the Service Academy 

Gender Relations (SAGR) surveys can be 

found in the following: 

• 10 United States Code (U.S.C.), 

Section 4361, as amended by John 

Warner National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2007, Section 532 

• 10 U.S.C., Section 481 

• DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6495.02 

These legal requirements mandate 

that the SAGR solicit information 

relating to sexual assault, sexual 

harassment, and gender discrimination 

in the Military Service Academies 

(MSAs), as well as the climate at the 

MSAs and social perspectives. MSAs 

include the U.S. Military Service 

Academy (USMA), the U.S. Naval 

Academy (USNA), and U.S. Air Force 

Academy (USAFA). The requirements 

state that the assessment cycle consists 

of surveys and focus groups during 

alternate years. They also give the 

Department authority to conduct such 

surveys under the guidance of the 

USD(P&R). The U.S. Coast Guard 

Academy (USCGA), the only Federal 

Military Academy within the 

Department of Homeland Security, is 

not required to participate in the 

assessments codified by U.S.C. 10. 

However, USCGA officials requested the 

Coast Guard be included, beginning in 

2008, to evaluate and improve their 

programs addressing sexual assault and 

sexual harassment. Similarly, the U.S. 

Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), 

under the Department of Transportation, 

requested their inclusion beginning in 

2012. USCGA and USMMA will 

continue to participate in the 

assessments. Surveys of USCGA and 

USMMA are not covered under this DoD 

licensure and will not be mentioned 

further. 

The Office of People Analytics (OPA) 

administers both web-based and paperand-pen surveys to support the 

personnel information needs of the 

USD(P&R). The SAGR survey expands a 

series of surveys that began in 2004 with 

the DoD Inspector General’s first survey, 

subsequently transferred to OPA. OPA 

conducted the SAGR survey at the 

MSAs in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 

2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, and 2024. The 

2020 administration of the survey was 

postponed due to the COVID–19 

pandemic. The first focus group 

assessment was conducted in 2007, with 

subsequent focus groups in 2009, 2011, 

2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. 

Information from the SAGR surveys will 

be used by DoD policy offices, the 

Military Departments, the MSAs, and 

Congress for program evaluation and, 

specifically, to assess and improve 

policies, programs, practices, and 

training related to gender relations at 

the MSAs. OPA will provide reports to 

DoD policy offices, each Military 

Department, the MSAs, the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff, and Congress. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,000. 

Number of Respondents: 10,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 10,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

The target population of the SAGR 

consists of all students at the MSAs: 

USMA, USNA, and USAFA, including 

the Preparatory Schools. Excluded are 

Service Academy Students who are (1) 

non-citizens and (2) are visiting from 

another MSA. Students under 18 years 

of age are also excluded. Working with 

the MSAs, we estimate the approximate 

numbers of cadets and midshipmen to 

be 14,200. The survey will be 

administered to all cadets/midshipmen 

(i.e., a census). Based on the 2022 SAGR 

survey that had an 81% response rate, 

we estimate a 75% response rate. To 

achieve sufficient statistical analytical 

power, we will include a census of the 

population of interest in the study to 

achieve sufficient coverage. 

Each Academy notifies students about 

the survey with an electronic message 

explaining the overall survey process 

and providing them instructions on how 

to select a session for administration of 

the survey. OPA staff is on location 

during the survey week to brief students 

and administer the survey in person 

using a paper survey. Sessions are 

typically scheduled from 0700 through 

1500 and follow the Academy’s class 

periods. Attendance is checked when a 

student arrives for their session 

(attendance is only for purposes of 

following up and not for identifying 

survey responses by individuals). 

Academy officials follow up with 

students who do not appear at their 

designation session and reschedule 

accordingly. OPA staff provides an 

overview briefing on the purpose for the 

survey. Students are advised they may 

leave at any time after the briefing if 

they choose not to complete the survey. 

Data will be weighted, using an 

industry standard process, to reflect 

each Academy’s population as of the 

time of the survey. Weighting produces 

survey estimates of population totals, 

proportions, and means (as well as other 

statistics) that are representative of their 

respective populations. OPA creates 

variance strata so precision measures 

can be associated with each estimate. 

We produce precision measures for 

reporting categories using 95% 

confidence intervals with the goal of 

achieving a precision of 5% or less (e.g, 


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80% (+/¥5%) of cadets/midshipmen 

are satisfied with their training). 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0085] 

Federal Student Loan Program 

Deferment Request Forms; Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Federal Student Aid (FSA). 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: On September 23, 2024, a 

request for a 30-day public comment 

period was published in the Federal 

Register. The abstract incorrectly 

included language about forbearances 

when the collection request is about 

deferments. The corrected abstract 

should read: These forms serve as the 

means by which borrowers in the 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

(Direct Loan), Federal Family Education 

Loan (FFEL) and the Federal Perkins 

Loan (Perkins Loan) Programs may 

request deferment of repayment on their 

loans if they meet certain statutory and 

regulatory criteria. The U.S. Department 

of Education and other loan holders 

uses the information collected on these 

forms to determine whether a borrower 

meets the eligibility requirements for 

the specific deferment type being 

submitted. For greater simplicity and to 

make it easier to maintain consistency 

among the various deferment forms, the 

Department is consolidating all the 

current deferment forms into a single 

collection under OMB No. 1845–0011. 

This collection is merging the six 

currently approved deferment forms in 

1845–0011 with the military deferment 

form currently approved under 1845– 

0080 and the cancer treatment 

deferment form currently approved 

under 1845–0154. The Department is 

requesting a revision of the currently 

approved deferment forms. The 

proposed changes include the following: 

Updating the forms by eliminating 

duplicative and obsolete information; 

reordering items to present information 

in a more logical order that is consistent 

between forms; using ‘‘plain language’’ 

to present information more clearly and 

consistently; revising language as 

necessary to reflect regulatory changes 

made by the Final Rule published on 

November 1, 2022. The PRA 

Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Office of the Chief Data 

Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation 

and Policy Development, hereby issues 

a correction notice as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Dated: September 25, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Office of the Chief Data Officer, 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22290 Filed 9–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0119] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; District 

Survey on Use of Funds Under Title II, 

Part A 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0119. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 

Washington, DC 20202–1200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Marcos 

Cerdeira, (202) 453–5819. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the public’s reporting burden. 

It also helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department is especially interested 

in public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: District Survey on 

Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0618. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,452. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 13,252. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education is requesting clearance for a 

revision to 1810–0618 in order to 

continue collecting data annually from 

school districts about how Title II, Part 

A funds are used to support authorized 

activities and improve equitable access 

to teachers for low-income and minority 

students; including professional 

development for teachers, principals, 

and other school leaders. The reporting 

requirements are outlined in section 

2104(b) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as 

reauthorized by the Every Student 

Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA). 

The annual survey will include a state 

representative sample of traditional 


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