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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41035-41036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16303]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2013-OS-0128]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
(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 
September 9, 2013.

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 Defense Finance 
and Accounting Services--Indianapolis, DFAS-ZPR. ATTN: La Zaleus D. 
Leach, 8899 E. 56th St., Indianapolis, IN 46249, 
Lazaleus.Leach@DFAS.MIL, 317-212-6032.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Request for Information 
Regarding Deceased Debtor, DD Form 2840, OMB Number 0730-0015.
    Needs and Uses: This form is used to obtain information on deceased 
debtors from probate courts. Probate courts review their records to see 
if an estate was established. They provide the name and address of the 
executor or lawyer

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handling the estate. From the information obtained, DFAS submits a 
claim against the estate for the amount due the United States.
    Affected Public: Clerks of Probate Courts.
    Annual Burden Hours: 167 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    DFAS maintains updated debt accounts and initiates debt collection 
action for separated military members, out-of-service civilian 
employees, and other individuals not on an active federal government 
payroll system. When notice is received that an individual debtor is 
deceased, an effort is made to ascertain whether the decedent left an 
estate by contacting clerks of probate courts. If it's determined that 
an estate was established, attempts are made to collect the debt from 
the estate. If no estate appears to have been established, the debt is 
written off as uncollectible.

    Dated: July 2, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-16303 Filed 7-8-13; 8:45 am]
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