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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

          - [Docket No. DoD-2009-OS-0156]

# 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).

# DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 8, 2010.

*Title and OMB Number:*                         Post-Government Employment Advice Opinion Request; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.                    

*Type of Request:*                         New.                    

*Number of Respondents:*                         200.                    

*Responses per Respondent:*                         1.                    

*Annual Responses:*                         200.                    

*Average Burden per Response:*                         1.5 hours.                    

*Annual Burden Hours:*                         300 hours.                    

*Needs and Uses:*                         The information collection requirement is necessary to obtain minimal information on which to base an opinion about post-Government employment of select former and departing Department of Defense (DoD) employees seeking to work for Defense Contractors within two years after leaving DoD. The departing or former DoD employee uses the form to organize and provide employment-related information to an ethics official who will use the information to render an advisory opinion to the employee requesting the opinion. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, Public Law 110-181, section 847,                         *http://www.dod.mil/​dodgc/​olc/​docs/​pl110-181.pdf*, requires that select DoD officials and former DoD officials who, within two years after leaving DoD, expect to receive compensation from a DoD contractor, shall, before accepting such compensation, request a written opinion regarding the applicability of post-employment restrictions to activities that the official or former official may undertake on behalf of a contractor.                    

*Affected Public:*                         Individuals or households; business or other-for-profit; Federal Government.                    

*Frequency:*                         On occasion.                    

*Respondent's Obligation:*                         Voluntary.                    

*OMB Desk Officer:*                         Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.                    

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method:
      -  Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting comments.                    

*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.                              ( print page 5995)    

*DOD Clearance Officer:*                         Ms. Patricia Toppings.                    

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 22209-2133.

Dated: January 26, 2010.

Patricia L. Toppings,

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2010-2456 Filed 2-4-10; 8:45 am]

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