[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3416]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense will submit to OMB for emergency 
processing, 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: Army Recruiting Market Segmentation Survey; 
OMB Number 0702-[To Be Determined].
    Type of Request: New Collection; Emergency processing requested 
with a shortened public comment period ending February 22, 2000. An 
approval date of February 29, 2000, has been requested.
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 15,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 27 minutes (approximately).
    Annual Burden Hours: 6,667.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is needed to comply 
with Sections 115 and 503 of Title 10, United States Code. To inform 
and guide its redesigned marketing and recruiting campaigns, the Army 
will collect new information on the broad set of factors that affect 
youth attitudes and willingness to enter the Army. These factors 
include youth's aspirations for their education, jobs, and careers; 
their perceptions of the opportunities and benefits offered by joining 
the Army versus pursuing continued education or taking a job in the 
civilian sector; the aspirations for these youth held by their key 
influencers; and these influencers' perceptions of the opportunities to 
realize those aspirations in the Army versus other settings. The 
information will be used to design the right enlistment/career options, 
media campaign, and recruiting strategy. The survey will be 
administered to a national probability sample of youth, 16 to 24 years 
of age. A shorter interview with one of the respondent's parents will 
be completed.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    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, or by fax at (703) 604-6270. 
Requests for the collection proposal should include an e-mail address, 
if possible. Due to the length of the survey instruments, we will 
provide the surveys as attachments to an e-mail, although a paper copy 
will be provided as necessary.

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 00-3416 Filed 2-14-00; 8:45 am]
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