[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66127-66128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31917]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve 
Affairs.

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 Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Reserve Affairs announces the 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) 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 March 1, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Room 2D521, 1500 Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-1500, ATTN: Mr. John Paul Galles, Special 
Assistant for Employer Support Metrics, Washington, DC or e-mail at 
[email protected].

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 above address, or call Mr. John Paul Galles at 703/
695-1677, x137.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Employer Support of the 
Guard and Reserve Training and Service, A Survey of Employer 
Characteristics, Opinions, Attitudes and Behaviors; OMB Number: 0704-
[to be determined].
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to learn about employer tolerance for leaves of absence caused by the 
departure of National Guard and Reserve members from their workplaces 
to attend military training or to provide military service. 
Increasingly, National Guard and Reserve members are being called upon 
to provide frequent and protracted service for national defense. As a 
result, they are increasingly absent from the workplaces of their full-
time employers. In order to sustain and not to diminish employer 
support, it is important to learn about employer tolerance of absences 
due to Guard/Reserve obligations, and how such absences can be least 
disruptive to the employer when Guard and Reserve

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members are called to training or service.
    Affected Public: Employers, Managers, and Supervisors with 
employment oversight in businesses, both public and private.
    Annual Burden Hours: 3600.
    Number of Respondents: 7200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are employers, managers and supervisors with hiring/
firing authority within a diverse set of employers. They vary by size, 
type and location. Results gathered from this survey will provide 
military leadership with new and important information to help them 
plan and manage more effectively, with a better understanding of the 
limits to removing National Guard and Reserve members from their 
workplaces for military training and service. Without this survey, 
military leaders will continue to utilize Guard and Reserve members 
without knowing the impact of their demands on the employer population. 
Having a regular and consistent survey to learn about employer 
characteristics, opinions, attitudes and behavior will initially 
establish a baseline and, over time, indicate trends regarding employer 
tolerance of National Guard and Reserve member training and service.

    Dated: November 24, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-31917 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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