[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63792-63793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30296]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for 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, Form Number, and OMB Number: Appointment of Chaplains for 
the Military Services; DD Forms 2088 and 2741; OMB Number 0704-0190.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 797.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 797.
    Average Burden Per Response: 46 minutes (average).
    Annual Burden Hours: 614.
    Needs And Uses: The Department is required 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. This information collection will provide 
basis information about the religious organization seeking to supply 
chaplains and ensure that those organizations are authorized by their 
membership to act as the sole agency for the purpose of certifying and 
endorsing clergy to serve as military chaplains. Two forms are 
associated with this program to collect the necessary information. The 
DD From 2741, ``Ecclesiastical Endorsing Organization Verification/
Reverification Information,'' requests basic demographic information 
about the religious denominations seeking to supply chaplains. It 
request 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, ``Certificate of Ecclesiastical 
Endorsement,'' is used by religious denominations to certify that a 
member of their clergy is professionally qualified to become a 
chaplain. It request information about name, address, professional 
experience, and previous military experience to be used in determining 
grade, date of rank, and eligibility for promotion for appointees to 
the chaplain services.
    Affected Public: Not-for-Profit Institutions.

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    Frequency: On occasion; Annually.
    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 Office for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written request 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: November 16, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Altenate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-30296 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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