[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63570-63571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27196]


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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 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: Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) 
Information Technology Study; OMB Number 0704--[To Be Determined].
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,500.
    Needs and Uses: The collection of information is needed to 
characterize the personality characteristics, behaviors, and workplace 
climate needs common among Information Technology specialists. The 
results from the analysis of these data will be used to determine the 
management practices most effective for working with these specialists 
and to develop management curricula based upon these findings. 
Respondents are information technology professionals from approximately 
300 companies within the U.S. The goal of this effort is to use this 
information to form the basis for a new Software Best Management 
Practices, to be encapsulated into the Defense Systems Management 
College curriculum, as

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well as that of the Defense University's Chief of Information Officers 
and civilian programs.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Non-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edwad C. Springer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent jto 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 17, 2000.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 00-27196 Filed 10-23-00; 8:45 am]
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