[Federal Register: August 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 169)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2008-OS-0097]

 
Proposed collection; comment request

AGENCY: Director of Administration and Management, Office of the 
Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director of Administration and 
Management, Office of the Secretary announces the proposed extension of 
a 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) 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 October 
28, 2008.

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, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    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.

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 Director of 
Administration and Management, Directorate for Organizational and 
Management Planning, Attn: Mr. Mark Munson, 1950 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-1950; e-mail: mark.munson@osd.mil; telephone (703) 
703-614-4783.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Secretary of Defense 
Biennial Review of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities; OMB 
Control Number 0704-0422.
    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

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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.
    Annual Burden Hours: 625.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Biennially.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    The Biennial Review employs a survey to assess organizational-
customer satisfaction with the associated business line and addresses 
overall responsiveness to customer requirements, satisfaction with 
specific products and services, and quality of coordination with 
organizational customers. The survey identifies distinct areas of 
business (business lines) for all Defense Agencies and DoD Field 
Activities participating in the Review, creates lists of organizational 
customers specific to each business line, and uses a set of standard 
evaluation questions across all business lines. Respondents covered by 
this announcement are private-sector customers of these business lines, 
such as for the Federal Voting Assistance Program and Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service.

    Dated: August 22, 2008
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E8-20035 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]

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