[Federal Register: November 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 229)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DoD-2008-OS-0097]

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 December 
26, 2008.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Secretary of Defense Biennial Review 
of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities; OMB Control Number 0704-
0422.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 2,500.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 625 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Section 192(c) of Title 10, U.S.C., requires that 
the Secretary of Defense review the services and supplies provided by 
each Defense Agency and DoD Field Activity. The purposes of the 
Biennial Review are to ensure the continuing need for each Agency and 
Field Activity and to ensure that the services and supplies provided by 
each entity is accomplished in a more effective, economical, or 
efficient manner than by the Military Departments. A standard 
organizational customer survey process serves as the principal data-
gathering methodology in the Biennial Review. As such, it provides 
valuable information to senior officials in the Department regarding 
the levels of satisfaction held by the organizational customers of the 
approximately 30 Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities covered by 
the Biennial Review.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    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.
    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: November 18, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-28144 Filed 11-25-08; 8:45 am]

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