[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68666-68667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27225]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2014-OS-0152]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness OUSD(P&R), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
announces a 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 the burden of the proposed information collection; 
(c)

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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:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> 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]
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