[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08759]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2022-OS-0017]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 25, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#314659421f5c521c505d54491f5442551f5c53491f55551c555e551c585f575e435c5045585e5f1c525e5d5d545245585e5f42715c50585d1f5c585d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8afb0abf6b5bbf5b9b4bda0f6bdabbcf6b5baa0f6bcbcf5bcb7bcf5b1b6beb7aab5b9acb1b7b6f5bbb7b4b4bdbbacb1b7b6ab98b5b9b1b4f6b5b1b4">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Enlisted Retention and 
Promotion Barrier Analysis; OMB Control Number 0704-ERPB.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 340.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 340.
    Average Burden per Response: 88 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 498.67 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization 
Act (NDAA) (Section 551) requires DoD to conduct a barrier analysis to 
review demographic diversity patterns across the military life cycle, 
starting with enlistment or accession into the Armed Forces in order 
to: (i) Identify barriers to increasing diversity; (ii) develop and 
implement plans and processes to resolve or eliminate any barriers to 
diversity; and (iii) review the progress of the Armed Forces in 
implementing previous plans and processes to resolve or eliminate 
barriers to diversity. DoD's Office for Diversity, Equity, and 
Inclusion will carry out the NDAA requirement by completing the 
information collection (i.e., Enlisted Retention and Promotion Barrier 
Analysis Study). Additionally, the DoD Board on Diversity and 
Inclusion, in its December 2020 report, recommended DoD address 
barriers confronted by minority members in the workplace.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID 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 https://www.regulations.gov as they are received 
without change, including any personal identifiers or contact 
information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Ms. Duncan at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65120d164b0806480409001d4b0016014b08071d4b010148010a01480c0b030a170804110c0a0b48060a09090006110c0a0b162508040c094b080c09"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a7d6279246769276b666f72246f796e24676872246e6e276e656e2763646c6578676b7e63656427696566666f697e636564794a676b636624676366">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: April 19, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-08759 Filed 4-22-22; 8:45 am]
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