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Annual Responses: 500.

Average Burden Per Response: 25

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 208.

Needs and Uses: The Department of

Defense Scientific and Technical

Information Program (STIP) requires the

exchange of scientific and technical

information within and among Federal

Government agencies and their

contractors. The data that the Defense

Technical Information Center (DTIC)

handles is controlled, either because of

distribution limitations or security

classification. For this reason, all

potential users are required to register

for service. The registration procedure is

mandated by DoD Directive 5200.21,

Dissemination of DoD Technical

Information. Federal Government

agencies and their contractors are

required to complete the DoD Form

1540, Registration for Scientific and

Technical Information Services. The

contractor community completes a

separate DD Form 1540 for each contract

or grant and registration is valid until

the contract expires. All collected

information is verified by DTIC’s

Registration Branch.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; State,

Local, or Tribal Government.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 5, 1998.

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 and OMB Number: Request for

Approval of Foreign Government

Employment of Air Force Members;

OMB Number 0701–0134.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 148.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 148.

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.

Annual Burden Hours: 148.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement is to obtain the

information needed by the Secretary of

the Air Force and the Secretary of State

on which to base a decision to approve

or disapprove a request to work for a

foreign government. This approval is

specified by Title 37, United States

Code Section 908. This statute delegates

such approval authority of Congress to

the respective service secretaries and to

the Secretary of State. Respondents are

Air Force retired members who have

gained jobs with a foreign government

and who must obtain approval of the

Secretary of the Air Force and the

Secretary of State to do so. Information,

in the form of a letter, includes a

detailed description of duty, name of

employer, Social Security Number, and

statements specifying whether or not the

employee will be compensated;

declaring if employee will be required

or plans to obtain foreign citizenship;

declaring that the member will not be

required to execute an oath of allegiance

of the foreign government; verifying that

the member understands that retired

pay equivalent to the amount received

from the foreign government may be

withheld if he or she accepts

employment with a foreign government

before receiving approval. Reserve

members only must include a request to

be reassigned to Inactive Status List

Reserve Section (Reserve Section Code

RB). After verifying the status of the

individual, the letter is forwarded to the

Air Force Review Board for processing.

If the signed letter is not included in the

file, individuals reviewing the file

cannot furnish the necessary

information to the Secretary of the Air

Force and the Secretary of State on

which a decision can be made.

Requested information is necessary to

maintain the integrity of the Request for

Approval of Foreign Government

Employment Program.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: May 5, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Manual for Courts-Martial

AGENCY: Joint Service Committee on

Military Justice (JSC).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

amendments.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

considering recommending changes to

the Manual for Courts-Martial, United

States, (1995 ed.) [MCM]. The proposed

changes are the 1998 draft annual

review required by the MCM and DoD

Directive 5500.17, ‘‘Role and

Responsibilities of the Joint Service

Committee (JSC) on Military Justice,’’

May 8, 1996. The proposed changes

concern the preamble, the rules of

procedure and evidence applicable in

trials by courts-martial and the punitive

articles describing offenses. The

proposed changes to one offense are

contingent upon the passage of

legislation amending that offense. More

specifically, the proposed changes

would: (1) Clarify the method of

identifying amendments to and editions

of the MCM should more than one

executive order be signed in a given

year; (2) set forth the rules for issuing

protective orders preventing the parties

and witnesses from making out of court

statements when there is a substantial

likelihood of material prejudice to a fair

trial; (3) clarify which ‘‘convictions’’ are

admissible on sentencing; (4)

incorporate numerous references into

the existing rules, discussion, and

punitive articles to confinement with or