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ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Deputy to the USD(P) for Policy

Support/Policy Automation Directorate

announces the proposed reinstatement

of a public information collection and

seeks public comment on the provisions

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)

whether the proposed collections of

information are 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 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense for Policy, 2000 Defense

Pentagon, ATTN: Ronnie R. Larson,

Washington, DC 20301–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection, please

write to the above address, or call the

Policy Automation Directorate, Office of

the Deputy Under Secretary, at (703)

697–5495.

Title, Associated Forms and OMB

Number: Request for Visit

Authorization; DD Forms 1823 and

1823–C; OMB Number 0704–0221.

Needs and Uses: This information

requirement is necessary for the

Department of Defense to coordinate the

approval/disapproval of requests from

foreign countries and international

organizations for their personnel to visit

DoD activities on official business.

Affected Public: Individuals

(representing foreign governments and

international organizations).

Annual Burden Hours: 6,805.

Number of Respondents: 64.

Responses Per Respondent: 638.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

Minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Respondents are employees of foreign

governments or international

organizations requesting approval to

visit Defense installations or Defense

contractors on official business. The

information collected provides the DoD

approving authority with the data

necessary to evaluate visit requests. It is

also used to coordinate these visits and

release information necessary to satisfy

the visit purpose. Each request is

limited to a visit to one location for

multiple visitors on a specified subject.

The visit request must be approved

before the visitors are allowed to

conduct business with their Defense

counterparts. The transfer of this

information and response has been

automated and is currently 99 percent

electronic from the point of origination

in foreign embassies to locations

throughout DoD.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 98–46]

36(B)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Assistance Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the

requirements of section 155 of P.L. 104–

164 dated 21 July 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

J. Hurd, DSAA/COMPT/RM, (703) 604–

6575.

The following is a copy of a letter to

the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, Transmittal 98–46,

with attached transmittal, policy

justification and sensitivity of

technology.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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