[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15786-15787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8691]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Technology.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Technology announces the proposed reinstatement 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 June 10, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, Continuous 
Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS), ATTN: Roland Henderson, 5203 
Leesburg Pike, Suite 1609, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-3401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to

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obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, 
please write to the above address, or call Mr. Roland Henderson in the 
CALS office at (703) 681-8466.

    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Acquisition Management 
Systems and Data Requirements Control List (AMSDL); Numerous Forms; OMB 
Control Number 0704-0188.
    Needs and Uses: The Acquisition Management Systems and Data 
Requirements Control List (AMSDL) is a list of data requirements used 
in Department of Defense contracts. The information collected will be 
used by DoD personnel and other DoD contractors to support the design, 
test, manufacture, training, operation, and maintenance of procured 
items, including weapons systems critical to the national defense.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 77,220,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300.
    Responses Per Respondent: 540.
    Average Burden Per Response: 110 Hours.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, 
annually, biannually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Acquisition Management Systems and Data Requirements Control 
List (AMSDL) is a list of data requirements used in Department of 
Defense contracts. Information collection requests are contained in DoD 
contract actions for supplies, services, hardware,and software. This 
information is collected and used by DoD and it's component Services 
and Agencies to support the design, test, manufacture, training, 
operation, maintenance, and logistical support of procured items, 
including weapons systems. The collection of such data is essential to 
accomplishing the assigned mission of the Department of Defense. 
Failure to collect this information or to collect this information less 
frequently, would have a detrimental effect on the DoD acquisition 
programs and the National Security.

    Dated: April 3, 1996.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 96-8691 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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