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Policy), ATTN: Colonel Marcus

Beauregard, 4000 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–4000.

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 above address or call

at (703) 602–4994.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Control 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, 0704–0100.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary to

implement Public Law 95–202, Section

401, which directs the Secretary of

Defense to determine if civilian

employment or contractual service

rendered by groups to the Armed Forces

of the United States shall be considered

active duty. This information is

collected on DD Form 2168,

‘‘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,’’ 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 a member of an

approved group are eligible for benefits

provided for by laws administered by

the Veteran’s Administration.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,500 hours.

Number of Respondents: 3,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: .5

hours.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

Public Law 95–202 directed the

Secretary of Defense to determine if

civilian employment or contractual

service rendered by groups to the

Armed Forces of the United States shall

be considered active duty. Individuals

recognized as a member of an approved

group will be eligible for benefits

provided for by the laws of the Veteran’s

Administration. The information

collected on DD Form 2168,

‘‘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,’’ is necessary to assist each of the

Military Departments in determining if

an applicant was a member of a group

which has been found to have

performed active military service and to

assist in issuing an appropriate

certificate of service. 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 the 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

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 or

Discharge from Active Duty.’’

Dated: June 18, 2001.

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: Customer

Satisfaction Survey—Generic Clearance;

OMB Number 0704–0403.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Number of Respondents: 1,246.

Responses Per Respondent: 2.

Annual Responses: 2,492.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 415.

Need and Uses: The purpose of these

surveys is to assess the level of service

the Defense Technical Information

Center (DTIC) provides to its current

customers. The surveys will provide

information on the level of overall

customer satisfaction, and on customer

satisfaction with several attributes of

service that impact the level of overall

satisfaction. These customer satisfaction

surveys are required to implement

Executive Order 12862, ‘‘Setting

Customer Service Standards.’’

Respondents are DTIC registered users

who are components of the Department

of Defense, military services, other

Federal Government Agencies, U.S.

Government contractors, universities

involved in federally-funded research,

and participants in the Historically

Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

and the small Business Innovative

Research (SBIR) programs. The

information obtained by these surveys

will be used to assist agency senior

management in determining agency

business policies and processes that

should be selected for examination,

modification, and reengineering from

the customer’s perspective. These

surveys will also provide statistical and

demographic basis for the design of

follow-on surveys. Future surveys will

be used to assist monitoring of changes

in the level of customer satisfaction over

time.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

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: June 18, 2001.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0097]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Information

Reporting to the Internal Revenue

Service (IRS) (Taxpayer Identification

Number)

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

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and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding an extension to an existing

OMB clearance (9000–0097).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Information Reporting to the

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

(Taxpayer Identification Number). The

clearance currently expires on

September 30, 2001.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: Whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

August 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVP), 1800 F Street, NW.,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Smith, Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 208–7279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Subpart 4.9, Information Reporting to

the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and

the provision at 52.204–3, Taxpayer

Identification, implement statutory and

regulatory requirements pertaining to

taxpayer identification and reporting.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 250,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 12.

Total Responses: 3,000,000.

Hours Per Response: .10.

Total Burden Hours: 300,000.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405,

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite

OMB Control No. 9000–0097,

Information Reporting to the Internal

Revenue Service (IRS) (Taxpayer

Identification Number), in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Al Matera,

Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0025]

Federal Acquisition Regulation;

Proposed Collection; Buy American

Act-Trade Agreements Act-Balance of

Payments Program Certificate

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments

regarding extension to an existing OMB

clearance (9000–0025).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat will be submitting to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) a request to review and approve

an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Buy American Act-Trade

Agreements Act-Balance of Payments

Program Certificate. The clearance

currently expires on September 30,

1998.

Public comments are particularly

invited on: whether this collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of functions of the FAR,

and whether it will have practical

utility; whether our estimate of the

public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways in which we can

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, through the use of appropriate

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

August 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding

this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information,

including suggestions for reducing this

burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,

Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC

20503, and a copy to the General

Services Administration, FAR

Secretariat (MVP), 1800 F Street, NW,

Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cecelia Davis, Acquisition Policy

Division, GSA (202) 219–0202.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Under the Trade Agreements Act of

1979, unless specifically exempted by

statute or regulation, agencies are

required to evaluate offers over a certain

dollar limitation not to supply an

eligible product without regard to the

restrictions of the Buy American or the

Balance of Payments program. Offerors

identify excluded end products on this

certificate.

The contracting officer uses the

information to identify the offered items

which are domestic end products. Items

having components of unknown origin

are considered to have been mined,

produced, or manufactured outside the

United States or a designated country of

the Act.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows:

Respondents: 1,140.

Responses Per Respondent: 10.

Total Responses: 11,400.

Hours Per Response: .167.

Total Burden Hours: 1,904.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the

proposal from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP),

1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0025, Buy American Act-Trade

Agreements Act-Balance of Payments

Program Certificate, in all

correspondence.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Gloria Sochon,

Acting Director, Acquisition Policy Division.

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