[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41398-41399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19467]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness).

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 (Personnel 
and Readiness) announces the following 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 
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 
September 28, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personal and Readiness) (Force Management Policy/
Military Personnel Policy/Armed Forces Chaplains Board), ATTN: CAPT 
Russell Gunter, CHC, UNS, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Room 1B652, 
Washington, DC 20301-4000.

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 at (703) 697-9015.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Appointment of Chaplains 
for the Military Services; DD Form 2088 and DD Form 2741; OMB Control 
Number 0704-0190.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is 
necessary to ensure that religious organizations seeking to endorse 
chaplains are eligible and that applicants qualified for the military 
chaplain services are endorsed by those religious organizations. Two 
forms are associated with this program to collect the necessary 
information. The DD Form 2741, ``Ecclesiastical

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Endorsing Organization Verification/Reverification Information,'' 
requests basic demographic information about the religious 
denominations seeking to supply chaplains. It requests the name of an 
official authorized to represent the organization to the Military 
Services, and it requires the organization to certify that it is 
authorized by its membership to act as the sole agency for the purpose 
of certifying and endorsing clergy to serve as military chaplains. The 
DD Form 2088, ``Ecclesiastical Endorsing Agent Certification,'' is used 
by religious denominations to certify that a member of their clergy is 
professionally qualified to become a chaplain. It requests information 
about name, address, professional experience, and previous military 
experience to be used in determining grade, date or rank, and 
eligibility for promotion for appointees to the chaplain services.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,187.
    Number or Respondents: 724.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion/annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The DD Form 2741, ``Ecclesiastical Endorsing Organization 
Verification/Reverification Information,'' requests basic demographic 
information about the religious denominations seeking to supply 
chaplains. It requests the name of an official authorized to represent 
the organization to the Military Services, and it requires the 
organization to certify that it is authorized by its membership to act 
as the sole agency for the purpose of certifying and endorsing clergy 
to serve as military chaplains. The DD Form 2088, ``Ecclesiastical 
Endorsing Agent Certification,'' is used by religious denominations to 
certify that a member of their clergy is professionally qualified to 
become a chaplain. It requests information about name, address, 
professional experience, and previous military experience to be used in 
determining grade, date of rank, and eligibility for promoting for 
appointees to the chaplain services.

    Dated: July 26, 1999.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-19467 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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