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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 January 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

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. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

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 Director, Federal 

Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: 

Kathleen McDonnell, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 

22350–5000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Federal Post Card Application 

(FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF–76); 

OMB Control Number 0704–0503. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed 

and Overseas Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA), 46 U.S.C. 1973ff wherein 

the Secretary of Defense is to prescribe 

an official postcard form, containing an 

absentee voter registration application 

and an absentee ballot request 

application for use by the States. The 

Department of Defense, Under Secretary 

of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

Federal Voting Assistance Program, 

revised the SF 76, Federal Post Card 

Application and SF 76A, Federal Post 

Card Application (Electronic) to comply 

with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 300,000 

Number of Respondents: 1,200,000 

Responses per Respondent: 1 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents are UOCAVA citizens 

who desire to apply for voter 

registration and/or request an absentee 

ballot from their State of residency. The 

information provided by these citizens 

is used by the States to determine if the 

citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction 

within that State, and therefore eligible 

to vote within that jurisdiction and to 

provide absentee ballots to these 

citizens for Federal elections held 

within each calendar year. This form is 

mandated by 42 U.S.C. 1973ff. The 

Department of Defense does not receive, 

collect nor maintain any data provided 

on the form by these citizens; this data 

is collected and maintained by the 

individual States. The burden in the 

collection of this data resides in the 

individual States. If the form is not 

provided, UOCAVA citizens may not be 

able to register to vote in their State of 

residency nor be able to request 

absentee ballots and thus, may be 

disenfranchised from their right as a 

U.S. citizen to participate in the 

electoral process. The previous Federal 

Post Card Application is the edition 

dated 08–2013. The form had been 

updated for usability and consistency. 

The most significant changes to the form 

were the addition of the Agency 

Disclosure Statement, Block 1 

classification options, and affirmation. 

Comments are invited on the usability 

of the SF 76, Federal Post Card 

Application. Interested parties should 

locate the PDF form in the docket where 

it is available for download and testing. 

Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27225 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that it is renewing the charter 

for the United States Military Academy 

Board of Visitors (‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being renewed 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355 and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (‘‘the Sunshine 

Act’’), and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a). 

The Board is a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee that shall 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations to the President of the 

United States on matters relating to but 

not limited to morale and discipline, 

curriculum, instruction, physical 

equipment, fiscal affairs, academic 

methods and other matters relating to 

the United States Military Academy 

(‘‘the Academy’’) that the Board decides 

to consider. (10 U.S.C. 4355(e)) 

The Board shall visit the Academy 

annually. With the approval of the 

Secretary of the Army, the Board or its 

members may make other visits to the 

Academy in connection with the duties 

of the Board or to consult with the 

Superintendent of the Academy. The 

Board shall submit a written report to 

the President within 60 days after its 

annual visit to the Academy, to include 

the Board’s views and recommendations 

pertaining to the Academy. Any report 

of a visit, other than the annual visit, 

shall, if approved by a majority of the 

members of the Board, be submitted to 

the President within 60 days after the 

approval. (10 U.S.C. 4355(d) and (f)) 

The Board, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 

4355, shall be constituted annually and 

composed of 15 members. The Board 

membership shall include: 

a. The Chair of the Senate Committee 

on Armed Services, or designee; 

b. Three other members of the Senate 

designated by the Vice President or the 

President pro tempore of the Senate, 

two of whom are members of the Senate 

Committee on Appropriations; 

c. The Chair of the House Committee 

on Armed Services, or designee; 

d. Four other members of the House 

of Representatives designated by the 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

two of whom are members of the House 

Committee on Appropriations; and 


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e. Six persons designated by the 

President. 

Board members designated by the 

President shall serve for three years 

each, except that any member whose 

term of office has expired shall continue 

to serve until a successor is appointed. 

The President shall designate two 

persons each year to succeed the 

members whose terms expire that year. 

If a member of the Board dies or 

resigns, a successor shall be designated 

for the unexpired portion of the term by 

the official who designated the member. 

The Board members shall select the 

Chair from the total membership. 

Board members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal officers or 

employees shall be appointed pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to serve as 

regular government employee (RGE) 

members. Board members, who are not 

full-time or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees, shall be 

appointed as experts or consultants 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as 

special government employee (SGE) 

members. 

With the exception of reimbursement 

of official Board-related travel and per 

diem, Board members shall serve 

without compensation. 

The Board may, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 

4355(g) and upon approval by the 

Secretary of the Army, call in advisers 

for consultation. These advisers shall, 

with the exception of reimbursement for 

official Board-related travel and per 

diem, serve without compensation. 

The DoD, when necessary and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees, task forces, or 

working groups to support the Board. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of 

the Army, as the Board’s sponsor. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the Board and shall 

report all of their recommendations and 

advice solely to the Board for full and 

open deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups have no authority to make 

decisions and recommendations, 

verbally or in writing, on behalf of the 

Board. No subcommittee or its members 

may update or report, verbally or in 

writing, on behalf of the Board, directly 

to the DoD or to any Federal officer or 

employee. 

The Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense will 

appoint subcommittee members to a 

term of service of one-to-four years, with 

annual renewals, even if the member in 

question is already a member of the 

Board. Subcommittee members shall not 

serve more than two consecutive terms 

of service unless authorized by the 

Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees, shall be 

appointed as experts or consultants 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 to serve as 

SGE members. Subcommittee members 

who are full-time or permanent parttime Federal officers or employees will 

serve as RGE members pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.130(a). With the exception of 

reimbursement of official Board-related 

travel and per diem, subcommittee 

members shall serve without 

compensation. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act, 

governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and established DoD 

policies and procedures. 

The estimated number of Board 

meetings is three per year. 

The Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD policy, 

shall be a full-time or permanent parttime DoD employee, and shall be 

appointed in accordance with 

established DoD policies/procedures. In 

addition, the Board’s DFO is required to 

attend all Board and subcommittee 

meetings for the entire duration of each 

and every meeting. However, in the 

absence of the Board’s DFO, a properly 

approved Alternate DFO, duly 

appointed to the Board according to the 

DoD policies/procedures, shall attend 

the entire duration of the Board or 

subcommittee meeting. 

The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall 

call all of the Board’s and 

subcommittee’s meetings; prepare and 

approve all meeting agendas; adjourn 

any meeting when the DFO, or Alternate 

DFO, determines adjournment to be in 

the public interest or required by 

governing regulations or DoD policies/

procedures; and chair meetings when 

directed to do so by the Secretary of the 

Navy. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to United States Military 

Academy Board of Visitors membership 

about the Board’s mission and 

functions. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time or in response to 

the stated agenda of planned meeting of 

the United States Military Academy 

Board of Visitors. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the United 

States Military Academy Board of 

Visitors, and this individual will ensure 

that the written statements are provided 

to the membership for their 

consideration. Contact information for 

the United States Military Academy 

Board of Visitors DFO can be obtained 

from the GSA’s FACA Database—http:// 

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150, will announce planned meetings 

of the United States Military Academy 

Board of Visitors. The DFO, at that time, 

may provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27234 Filed 11–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that it is renewing the charter 

for the United States Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors (‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being renewed 

pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b) (‘‘the Sunshine 

Act’’), and 41 CFR 102–3.50(d). 

The Board is a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee that shall 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations to the President of the 

United States on matters relating to but 

not limited to morale and discipline, 

curriculum, instruction, physical 

equipment, fiscal affairs, academic 

methods and other matters relating to 

the United States Naval Academy that 

the Board decides to consider. 

The Board shall visit the Naval 

Academy annually, and any other 

official visits by the Board or its 

members to the Academy, other than the 

annual visit, shall be made in 

compliance with the requirements set 

forth in 10 U.S.C. 6968(d). The Board 


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