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Number of Respondents: 51,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 21 

minutes. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are individuals or 

representatives of Federal and nonFederal government agencies, 

community groups, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and civic 

organizations requesting Armed Forces 

support for patriotic events conducted 

in the civilian domain. DD Forms 2535 

and 2536 record the type of military 

support requested, event data, and 

sponsoring organization information. 

The completed forms provide the 

Armed Forces the minimum 

information necessary to determine 

whether an event is eligible for military 

participation and whether the desired 

support is permissible and/or available. 

If the forms are not provided, the review 

process is greatly increased because the 

Armed Forces must make additional 

written and telephonic inquiries with 

the event sponsor. In addition, use of 

the forms reduces the event sponsor’s 

preparation time because the forms 

provide a detailed outline of 

information required, eliminate the 

need for a detailed letter, and contain 

concise information necessary for 

determining appropriateness of military 

support. Use of the forms is essential to 

reduce preparation and processing time, 

increase productivity, and maximize 

responsiveness to the public. 

Dated: March 27, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2013–07499 Filed 3–29–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0065] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Federal Voting Assistance 

Program, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness 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 May 31, 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 Director, Federal 

Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: 

Kathleen McDonnell, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 

22350–5000, or call 571–372–1168. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Federal Write-In Absentee 

Ballot (FWAB), Standard Form 186 (SF– 

186); OMB Control Number 0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed 

and Overseas Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA), 46 U. S. C. 1973ff wherein 

the Secretary of Defense is to prescribe 

the Federal write-in absentee ballot for 

absent uniformed service voters and 

overseas voters in general elections for 

Federal office. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households: Uniformed Services 

members, eligible family members, U.S. 

citizens residing outside the U.S. who 

have requested a State absentee ballot 

but did not receive one with enough 

time to vote and return it, and UOCAVA 

citizens in States that allow the form to 

be used to apply for voter registration. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300,000. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are UOCAVA citizens 

who desire to vote in a Federal election 

but did not receive an absentee ballot 

from their State of residency with 

enough time to vote and return it. The 

information provided by these citizens 

is used by the States to determine if the 

citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction 

within that State, has previously 

requested an absentee ballot (when 

applicable) and therefore eligible for the 

enclosed ballot to be counted. In States 

that allow the form to be used as a voter 

registration form, the information 

provided is used by the States to 

determine if the citizen is a resident of 

a jurisdiction within that State, and 

therefore eligible to vote within that 

jurisdiction and to provide absentee 

ballots to these citizens for Federal 

elections held within each calendar 

year. This form is mandated by 42 

U.S.C. 1973ff. The Department of 

Defense does not receive, collect nor 

maintain any data provided on the form 

by these citizens; this data is collected 

and maintained by the individual 

States. The burden in the collection of 

this data resides in the individual 

States. If the form is not provided, 

UOCAVA citizens would not have 

access to the emergency backup ballot 

and thus, may be disenfranchised from 

their right as a U.S. citizen to participate 

in the electoral process. The previous 

Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot is the 

edition dated 08–2011. The form has 

been updated for usability and 

consistency. The most significant 

changes on the form are as follows: The 

Agency Disclosure Statement has been 

added to the instruction page of the 

form as per OMB guidance. Block 2 

classification has been clarified to 

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members on State orders and U.S. 

citizens who have never resided in the 

United States. These individuals had 

previously been listed as U.S. citizens 

otherwise granted military/overseas 

voting rights. The overseas citizen 

selection previously described as ‘‘I am 

a U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S., 

and I do not intend to return’’ has been 

reworded for citizens who are unsure of 

their future plans or are hesitant to sign 

that they do not intend to return to the 

country. The intent to return language 

remains on the form due to the October 

2008 National Association Secretaries of 

State (NASS) Survey of State Statues 

that shows the majority of States have 

intent as a prerequisite for obtaining a 

State ballot. Block 7 has been reworded 

back to the 2005 form language of ‘‘my 

voting residence address’’ to ensure 

military voters with more than one 

potential U.S. address are not registering 

in the wrong jurisdiction. Block 8 has 

been reworded to ‘‘where to send my 

voting materials’’ to ensure voters are 

using their mailing address and not 

their U.S. voting address. The 

Affirmation has been modified so that 

voters do not have to reaffirm 

information already found on the form. 

The signature block has been 

highlighted and the text previously 

found on the signature and date lines 

has been moved below it so local 

election officials can easily read 

signatures and dates. The mailing 

envelope has been modified to include 

a space to identify which election their 

ballot is being submitted for. This will 

ensure local election officials do not 

accidently count a general election 

ballot for a primary election and 

disenfranchise a voter because their 

ballot was not counted in their preferred 

election. The mailing envelope 

instructions have been clarified to 

highlight that the ballot security 

envelope and mailing envelope are not 

the same and two envelopes are 

required. 

Dated: March 25, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2013–07486 Filed 3–29–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0061] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Federal Voting Assistance 

Program, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness 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 May 31, 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 Director, Federal 

Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: 

Kathleen McDonnell, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 

22350–5000, or call 571–372–1168. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Federal Post Card Application 

(FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF–76); 

OMB Control Number 0704–TBD. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed 

and Overseas Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA), 46 U.S.C. 1973ff wherein 

the Secretary of Defense is to prescribe 

an official postcard form, containing an 

absentee voter registration application 

and an absentee ballot request 

application for use by the States. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households: Uniformed Services 

members, eligible family members, U.S. 

citizens residing outside the U.S. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300,000. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Respondents are UOCAVA citizens 

who desire to apply for voter 

registration and/or request an absentee 

ballot from their state of residency. The 

information provided by these citizens 

is used by the states to determine if the 

citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction 

within that state, and therefore eligible 

to vote within that jurisdiction and to 

provide absentee ballots to these 

citizens for Federal elections held 

within each calendar year. This form is 

mandated by 42 U.S.C. 1973ff. The 

Department of Defense does not receive, 

collect nor maintain any data provided 

on the form by these citizens; this data 

is collected and maintained by the 

individual states. The burden in the 

collection of this data resides in the 

individual States. If the form is not 

provided, UOCAVA citizens may not be 

able to register to vote in their State of 

residency nor be able to request 

absentee ballots and thus may be 

disenfranchised from their right as a 

U.S. citizen to participate in the 

electoral process. The previous Federal 

Post Card Application is the edition 

dated 08–2011. The form has been 


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