[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14997]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DAPE-ZXI-RM), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces a 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 qualify, 
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 August 
13, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the United States Army Cadet 
Command, Accessions Management and Scholarship Division, Building 56 
Patch Road, ATTN: ATCC-PS, (Mary Lou Stoddard) Fort Monroe, Virginia 
23651-5238. Consideration will be given to all comments received within 
60 days of the date of publication of this notice.

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 Department of the Army 
Reports clearance officer at (703) 614-0454.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Application for the U.S. 
Army ROTC 2-Year and 3-Year Scholarship, ROTC Cadet Command Form 166-R; 
OMB Number 0702-0083.
    Needs and Uses: The application is one of the tools used in the 
selection process for the 2-year and 3-year ROTC scholarships. The Army 
ROTC Program produces approximately 80 percent of the newly 
commissioned officers for the U.S. Army. The ROTC scholarship is an 
incentive to attract men and women to pursue educational degrees in the 
academic disciplines required by the Army
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,935.
    Number of Respondents: 3,870.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The applications are available to 
universities and colleges that host Army ROTC. After the applications 
are completed, they are submitted to HQ Cadet Command for review, 
screening, and selection of scholarship recipients. If the academic, 
educational and extracurricular background were not collected, a more 
burdensome academic examination would be required to screen to 
voluminous applications for quality recipients.

Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register, Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-14997 Filed 6-11-99; 8:45 am]
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