58392 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2005 / Notices 

The three Military Services are 

required by DoD Directive 1304.19, 

‘‘Appointment of Chaplains for the 

Military Departments,’’ and DoD 

Instruction 1304.28, ‘‘Guidance for the 

Appointment of Chaplains for the 

Military Departments,’’ to obtain a 

certification of the professional 

qualifications of clergy applying for the 

chaplaincy. DD Form 2088, ‘‘Statement 

of Ecclesiastical Endorsement,’’ also 

requests the name, address, number of 

years of professional experience accrued 

by the Religious Ministry Professional, 

and number of years of previous 

military experience. This information is 

used in computing constructive credit 

for determining grade, date of rank, and 

eligibility of promotion of appointees in 

the chaplaincies. 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: National Geospatial 

Intelligence Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the National 

Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), 

Directorate of Human Development, 

announces the proposed extension of a 

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 December 5, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to: 

Directorate of Human Development, 

Policy and Program Division, HDSD, 

Mail Stop L–028, ATTN: Sheree 

Cannady, Arnold, MO 63010–6238. 

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 

Sheree Cannady, (314) 263–4976. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Applicant Background Survey; 

NGA Form xxxx, OMB Number 0704–

TBD. 

Needs and Uses: This form is used to 

obtain the source of recruitment, 

ethnicity, race, and disability data on 

job applicants to determine if the 

recruitment is effectively reaching all 

aspects of the relevant labor pool and to 

determine if there are proportionate 

acceptance rates at various states of the 

recruitment process. Response is 

optional. The information is used for 

evaluating recruitment only and plays 

no part in the selection process. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 900. 

Number of Respondents: 8,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection 

National Geospatial Intelligence 

Agency (NGA) is below parity with the 

Relevant Civilian Labor Force 

representation for many mission critical 

occupations. The Agency’s Directorate 

of Human Development identifies the 

job skills that will be needed in our 

current and future workforce. NGA has 

a broad mission and has employees 

located throughout the country and 

world. As a result, it requires a 

multitude of job skills and employee 

backgrounds. The customers who 

transact business with the Agency bring 

with them a wide variety of 

backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. 

A diverse workforce enables the Agency 

to provide a measure of understanding 

to its customers by relating to the 

diverse background of those customers. 

By including employees of all 

backgrounds, all NGA employees gain a 

measure of knowledge, background, and 

experience that are beneficial in serving 

the agency’s customers. 

In order to determine if there are 

barriers in our recruitment and selection 

processes, we must rank the 

demographic groups that apply for our 

jobs. There is no other statistically valid 

method to make these determinations, 

and no source of this information other 

than directly from applicants. The data 

collected is not provided to selecting 

officials and plays no part in the merit 

staffing or the selection processes. The 

data collected will be used in summary 

form to determine trends covering the 

demographic make-up of applicant 

pools and job selections within a given 

occupation or organizational group. The 

records of those applicants not selected 

are destroyed in accordance with the 

agency’s records management process. 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program, Scientific 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is published in 

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). The topic of the meeting on 

October 18–20, 2005 is to review new 

start research and development projects 

requesting Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program 

funds in excess of $1 million. This 

meeting is open to the public. Any 

interested person may attend, appear 

before, or file statements with the 

Scientific Advisory Board at the time 

and in the manner permitted by the 

Board. 

DATES: October 18, 2005 from 8 a.m. to 

5:05 p.m., October 19, 2005 from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:20 p.m. and October 20, 2005 

from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: SERDP Program Office, 901 

North Stuart Street, Suite 804, 

Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Misa Jensen, SERDP Program Office, 901 

North Stuart Street, Suite 303, 

Arlington, VA or by telephone at (703) 

696–2126. 

Dated: September 30, 2005. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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