Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 1996 / Notices 2495

Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

(Requirements and Resources), ATTN:

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 3C980,

4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–4000. Consideration will be

given to all comments received within

60 days of the date of publication of this

notice.

TITLE, APPLICABLE FORMS, AND

APPLICABLE OMB NUMBER: Appointment

of Chaplains for the Military Services

(previously entitled Certificate of

Ecclesiastical Endorsement, Nomination

of Chaplains for the Three Military

Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force));

DD Form 2088 and DD Form x291

(Draft); OMB Control Number 0704–

0190.

SUMMARY: This information collection is

used by the Department of Defense to

access chaplains into the Military

Services. The collection, which is used

by all the Military Services, gathers the

necessary data for determining

eligibility for religious organizations

seeking to endorse chaplains and for

clergy persons seeking endorsement as

military chaplains.

NEEDS AND USES: Title 10 United States

Code 532, 591 and DoD Directive

1304.19, requires the Department to

ensure that reglious organizations

seeking to endorse chaplains are eligible

and that applicants qualified for the

military chaplain services are endorsed

by those religious organizations. Two

forms are associated with this program

to collect the necessary information.

The DD Form x291 (Draft),

‘‘Ecclesiastical Endorsing Organization

Verification/Reverification

Information,’’ requests basic

demographic information about the

religious denominations seeking to

supply chaplains. It requests the name

of an official authorized to represent the

organization to the Military Services,

and it requires the organization to

certify that it is authorized by its

membership to act as the sole agency for

the purpose of certifying and endorsing

clergy to serve as military chaplains.

The DD Form 2088, ‘‘Ecclesiastical

Endorsing Agent Certification,’’ is used

by religious denominations to certify

that a member of their clergy is

professionally qualified to become a

chaplain. It requests information about

name, address, professional experience,

and previous military experience to be

used in determining grade, date of rank,

and eligibility for promotion for

appointees to the chaplain services.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Annual Burden Hours (Including

Record keeping): 851 hours.

Number of Respondents: 818.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 1.187.

Frequency: On occasion/annually.

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

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

Reports Clearance Officer at (703) 614–

8989.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–1267 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Proposed Information Collection

Available for Public Comment; Notice

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction act of 1995, the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel

and Readiness) announces the following

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 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.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

(Requirements and Resources) (ATTN:

Reports Clearance Officer), Room

3C980, 4000 Defense Pentagon,

Washington, DC 20301–4000.

Consideration will be given to all

comments received within 60 days of

the date of publication of this notice.

TITLE AND APPLICABLE OMB NUMBER:

Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS)

(previously entitled Communications

and Enlistment Decisions/Youth

Attitude Tracking Study III (CEDS/

YATS III), OMB Control Number 0704–

0069.

SUMMARY: Approximately 10,000 young

men and women are interviewed via

telephone each Fall to ascertain

attitudes and opinions affecting military

recruiting. Occasionally, additional

interviews of 3,000 youth are conducted

in the Spring or Summer (but not both

in the same year), where information

requirements preclude waiting for the

normally scheduled Fall interviews.

Information includes propensity for

military service; reasons for serving in

the military, or for not serving;

awareness of recruiting advertising and

other recruiting efforts; perceptions of

the military and the sources of those

perceptions; and the impact of domestic

and international events on enlistment

propensity. As enlistment propensity

has fallen dramatically since the end of

the Cold War, it enables critical

evaluation of alternative explanations of

declining propensity. It provides

information required by Congress on

year-to-year changes in enlistment

propensity, and reasons for those

changes.

NEEDS AND USES: The information

provided annually to DoD and the

Recruiting Services are required to

ascertain changes in youth attitudes that

affect recruiting budgets, and to support

analysis of recruiting incentives and

diagnoses of recruiting difficulties.

YATS provides an independent measure

of youth awareness of DoD and Service

recruiting advertising, and an efficient

measure of potential incentives, such as

increased educational benefits. The

information is used to optimize

allocation of resources and evaluate the

effect of policy changes. It is used in

preparing testimony for Congress on the

state of recruiting.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Burden Hours (Including

Recordkeeping): 5,618 hours.

Number of Respondents: 13,050.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: .4305

hours.

Frequency: One time.

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

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

Reports Clearance Officer at (703) 614–

8989.

Dated: January 22, 1996.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–1268 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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2496 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 1996 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000–0040]

Clearance Request Entitled Bid Sample

Disposition Instructions

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an

extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000–0040).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve an

extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Bid Sample Disposition

Instructions. A request for public

comments concerning this burden

estimate was published at 60 FR 53916,

October 18, 1995. No public comments

were received.

DATES: Comment Due Date: February 26,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, or

obtaining a copy of the justification,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 18th and F

Streets, NW., Room 4037, Washington,

DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0040, Bid Sample Disposition

Instructions, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ralph De Stefano, Office of Federal

Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501–

1758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Firms submitting bids for Government

contracts are occasionally required to

submit samples of the product offered to

show the characteristics of the item.

When bid samples are required, bidders

are requested to provide instructions for

disposition of the samples after the

Government has had a chance to inspect

them. If no instructions are received, the

samples are returned, collect, to the

bidder.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 10 minutes per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

2,663; responses per respondent, 3; total

annual responses, 7,989; preparation

hours per response, .167; and total

response burden hours, 1,334.

Obtaining Copies of Justifications

Requester may obtain copies of

justifications from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC

20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0040, Bid

Sample Disposition Instructions, in all

correspondence.

Dated: January 19, 1996.

Beverly Fayson,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 96–1138 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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[OMB Control No. 9000–0039]

Clearance Request for Descriptive

Literature

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an

extension to an existing OMB clearance

(9000–0039).

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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

Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve an

extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement

concerning Descriptive Literature. A

request for public comments concerning

this burden estimate was published at

60 FR 53915, October 18, 1995. No

public comments were received.

DATES: Comment Due Date: February 26,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, or

obtaining a copy of the justification,

should be submitted to: FAR Desk

Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,

Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to

the General Services Administration,

FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 18th & F

Streets, NW, Room 4037, Washington,

DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No.

9000–0039, Descriptive Literature, in all

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ralph De Stefano, Office of Federal

Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501–

1758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

Descriptive literature means

information which shows the

characteristics or construction of a

product or explains its operation. It is

furnished by bidders as a part of their

bids to describe the products offered.

Bidders are not required to furnish

descriptive literature unless the

contracting office needs it to determine

before award whether the products

offered meet the specification and to

establish exactly what the bidder

proposes to furnish.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 10 minutes) per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

2,663; responses per respondent, 3; total

annual responses, 7,989; preparation

hours per response, .167; and total

response burden hours, 1,334.

Obtaining Copies of Justifications

Requester may obtain copies of

justifications from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC

20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0039,

Descriptive Literature, in all

correspondence.

Dated: January 19, 1996.

Beverly Fayson,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 96–1137 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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