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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. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

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 Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 

Readiness) (Military Community and 

Family Policy), ATTN: Mr. Christopher 

P. Wright, 4000 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–4000 or call at 

(703) 588–0172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Application for Discharge of 

Member or Survivor of Member of 

Group Certified to Have Performed 

Active Duty with the Armed Forces of 

the United States; DD Form 2168; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0100. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

implement section 401 of Public Law 

95–202 (codified at 38 U.S.C. 106 Note), 

which directs the Secretary of Defense: 

(1) To determine if civilian employment 

or contractual service rendered to the 

Armed Forces of the United States by 

certain groups shall be considered 

Active Duty service, and (2) to award 

members of approved groups an 

appropriate certificate where the nature 

and duration of service so merits. This 

information is collected on DD Form 

2168, ‘‘Application for Discharge of 

Member of Group Certified to have 

Performed Active Duty with the Armed 

Forces of the United States,’’ which 

provides the necessary data to assist 

each of the Military Departments in 

determining if an applicant was a 

member of a group which has performed 

active military service. Those 

individuals who have been recognized 

as members of an approved group shall 

be eligible for benefits administered by 

the Veterans’ Administration. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 250 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 500. 

Average Burden per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Section 401 of Public Law 95–202 

(codified at 38 U.S.C. 106 Note) 

authorized the Secretary of Defense: (1) 

To determine if civilian employment or 

contractual service rendered to the 

Armed Forces of the United States by 

certain groups shall be considered 

active duty service, and (2) to issue 

members of approved groups an 

appropriate certificate of service where 

the nature and duration of service so 

warrants. Such persons shall be eligible 

for benefits administered by the 

Department of Veterans Affairs. The 

information collected on DD Form 2168, 

‘‘Application for Discharge of Member 

or Survivor of Member Group Certified 

To Have Performed Duty with the 

Armed Forces of the United States,’’ is 

necessary to assist the Secretaries of the 

Military Departments in: (1) 

Determining if an applicant was a 

member of an approved group that 

performed civilian employment or 

contractual service for the U.S. Armed 

Forces and (2) to assist in issuing an 

appropriate certificate of service to the 

applicant. Information provided by the 

applicant will include: The name of the 

group served with; dates and place of 

service; highest grade/rank/rating held 

during service; highest pay grade; 

military installation where ordered to 

report; specialty/job title(s). If the 

information requested on a DD Form 

2168 is compatible with that of a 

corresponding approved group, and the 

applicant can provide supporting 

evidence, he or she will receive 

veteran’s status in accordance with the 

provisions of DoD Directive 1000.20. 

Information from the DD form 2168 will 

be extracted and used to complete the 

DD Form 214, ‘‘Certificate for Release of 

Discharge from Active Duty.’’ 

Dated: May 22, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12392 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2014–OS–0082] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service 

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 


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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. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http:// 

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

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 Disbursing 

Management Policy Division, Defense 

Finance and Accounting Service Kansas 

City, DFAS–NPD/KC, 1500 E. 95th 

Street, Kansas City, MO 64197–0030, or 

call at (816) 926–3600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Application Form for 

Department of Defense (DoD) Stored 

Value Card (SVC) Programs; OMB 

Control Number 0730–0016. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

Department of Defense (DoD) Financial 

Management Regulation 7000.14–R, 

Volume 5, requires that eligible 

individuals desiring to enroll in the 

Navy/Marine Corps Cash and the 

EagleCash program, complete the DD 

Form 2887. Also need to authorize the 

transfer of funds from their personal 

bank accounts to the SVC for the Navy/ 

Marine Cash Program and to provide a 

means to effect immediate checkage of 

the individual’s pay if a debt occurs. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; Business or Other ForProfit; Not-for-profit Institutions; State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7,416 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 44,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 44,500. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

The Application Form for DoD SVC 

Programs is used to ascertain pertinent 

information needed by DoD in order to 

have the authorization for the transfer of 

funds from a financial institution to the 

SVC and to obtain an agreement from 

the individual for the immediate 

checkage of their pay in the event of a 

debt to the United States Government 

occurs. 

Dated: May 23, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12470 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2014–OS–0079] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 a proposed 

public information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the propsed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has 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. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

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) (MPP) (Compensation), 

ATTN: Pat Mulcahy, 4000 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000 

or call at (703) 693–1059. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)/

Reserve Component (RC) SBP Request 

for Deemed Election; DD Form 2656–10, 

OMB Number 0704–0448. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

properly identify and record the 

eligibility of a former spouse for an SBP 

election to be deemed on behalf of a 

retired military member. A former 

spouse must file for a deemed election 

within one year from the date of a court 

order or filing of a written agreement 

specifying former spouse or former 

spouse and child SBP coverage. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 95. 

Number of Respondents: 285. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Frequency: One-time. 

A former spouse who has been 

awarded coverage under the Survivor 

Benefit Plan either by court order or 

written agreement, may, within one year 

of such court order or written agreement 

submit a request to have an election for 

such coverage deemed on behalf of the 

member. Such request will be made by 

submitting the renewal form and a copy 

of the court order, regular on its face, 

which requires such election or 

incorporates, ratifies, or approves the 

written agreement of such person; or a 

statement from the clerk of the court (or 

other appropriate official) that such 

agreement has been filed with the court 

in accordance with applicable state law. 

A former spouse is not required to 

submit a request for a deemed election. 

However, if a request for deemed 


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