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BILLING CODE 5001–06–C 

Transmittal No. 17–16 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government 

of Kuwait 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * .. $27 million 

Other ...................................... $ 2 million 

Total ................................... $29 million 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Two hundred eighteen (218) M1A1 

Abrams Tank Hulls with 120mm 

cannons 

Two hundred eighteen (218) AGT–1500 

(M1 Tank Series) Engines 

Non-MDE: 

Also includes transportation and 

other logistics support. 

(iv) Military Department: Army (UXA) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: KU–B– 

JAT, KU–B–UKO, KU–B–UKN, KU–B– 

ULB, KU–B–ULX, KU–B–UMK 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Attached Annex 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: October 16, 2017 

*As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Kuwait—M1A1 Abrams Tanks 

The Government of Kuwait has 

requested a possible sale of two 

hundred eighteen (218) M1A1 Abrams 

tank hulls with 120mm cannons and 

two hundred eighteen (218) AGT–1500 

(M1 Tank Series) engines in support of 

its M1A2 tank recapitalization. Also 

included are transportation and other 

logistics support. The estimated cost is 

$29 million. 

This proposed sale will contribute to 

the foreign policy and national security 

of the United States by helping to 

improve the security of a friendly 

country. Kuwait plays a large role in 

U.S. efforts to advance stability in the 

Middle East, providing basing, access, 

and transit for U.S. forces in the region. 

This potential sale is associated with 

Congressional Notification 16–66 which 

was notified to Congress on December 

12, 2016, regarding recapitalization of 

218 Kuwait M1A2 tanks. Subsequent to 

the notification, Kuwait requested 218 

M1A1 tank hulls from U.S. inventory be 

provided and upgraded vice using 

Kuwait’s current fleet of tanks due to its 

interest in maintaining operational 

readiness. Kuwait will have no 

difficulty absorbing this equipment into 

its armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The M1A1 tank hulls will come from 

U.S. inventory. There are no known 

offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. Government or 

contractor representatives to Kuwait. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 17–16 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. 120mm Gun. The gun is composed 

of a 120mm smoothbore gun (cannon) 

manufactured at Watervliet Arsenal; 

‘‘long rod’’ Armor-piercing fin-stabilized 

discarding-sabot (APFSDS) warheads; 

and combustible cartridge case 

ammunition. There may be a need to 

procure/produce new gun cannon tubes 

from Watervliet Arsenal. New cannons 

inducted at Anniston Army Depot 

would be inspected according to 

established criteria and shipped to Lima 

Army Tank Plant for the tank upgrade 

process. The highest level of 

information that could be disclosed 

through the sale of this end-item is 

UNCLASSIFIED. 

2. AGT–1500 Gas Turbine Propulsion 

System. The use of a gas turbine 

propulsion system in the M1A2 is a 

unique application of armored vehicle 

power pack technology. The hardware is 

composed of the AGT–1500 engine and 

transmission and is not classified. 

Manufacturing processes associated 

with the production of turbine blades, 

recuperator, bearings and shafts, and 

hydrostatic pump and motor are 

proprietary and therefore commercially 

competition sensitive. The highest level 

of information that could be disclosed 

through the sale of this end-item is 

UNCLASSIFIED. 

3. All defense articles and services 

listed on this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of Kuwait. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2017–OS–0041] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Washington Headquarters 

Service (WHS), Facilities Services 

Directorate (FSD), Enterprise 

Performance and IT Management 

Directorate (EPITMD), DoD. 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 27, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be 

emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD 

Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Number: Fast Track Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery— 

the Interactive Customer Evaluation 

(ICE) System; 0704–0420. 

Current Actions: Processing Revision 

as Generic. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 152,622. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 16,970. 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activitiy: 9. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 152,622. 

Average Burden per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7,631. 

Needs and Uses: The proposed 

information collection activity provides 

a means to garner qualitative customer 


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and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID 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 

ID 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. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD 

Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center 

Drive, East Tower, Suite 03F09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Dated: October 24, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0132] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; DC 

School Choice Incentive Program 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Innovation and Improvement 

(OII). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 26, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2017–ICCD–0132. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Justis Tuia, 

202–453–6654. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 


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