[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27063]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission of OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Number: Survey of Home School Associations; OMB 
Number 0704-(To Be Determined).
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 200.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 50.
    Needs and Uses: The Conference Report of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, Section 571, created a 5-year 
pilot program requiring the Military to give home school graduates the 
same priority as graduates from traditional high schools for military 
enlistment purposes. The Act included a requirement that the government 
evaluate the program's effectiveness. The Survey of Home School 
Associations will support this requirement. The respondents for this 
information collection will be presidents of home school associations 
nationwide. The survey will gather information on how military 
recruiters can effectively reach out to home schoolers. This 
information will be used by recruiters when targeting their efforts to 
the home schooling recruiting market. The survey will also gather 
information on how military recruiters can identify genuine home school 
graduates. Recruiting commands will use this information to shape their 
guidelines for evaluating home school graduation credentials. 
Individual responses to the survey will be kept confidential. 
Individual responses to the survey will be kept confidential. Only 
group statistics will be reported. All information will be used for 
program evaluation and management only.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: October 8, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-27063 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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