[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 210 (Monday, October 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27757]


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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), DOD.

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 December 
29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), ODUSD(PI)/Defense Human 
Resources Activity, ATTN: Ms. Sheila Ford, 4040 Fairfax Boulevard, 
Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203.

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) 696-0404.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Application for 
Department of Defense Common Access Card--DEERS Enrollment, DD Form 
1172-2, OMB Number 0704-0415.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is needed to obtain the 
necessary data to establish eligibility for the DoD Common Access Card 
for those individuals not pre-enrolled in the DEERS, and to maintain a 
centralized database of eligible individuals. This information is used 
to establish eligibility for the DoD Common Access Card for individuals 
either employed by or associated with the Department of Defense; is 
used to control access to DoD facilities and systems; and it provides a 
source of data for demographic reports and mobilization dependent 
support.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Annual Burden Hours: 100,000.
    Number of Respondents: 300,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The DD Form 1172-2, Application for Department of Defense Common 
Access Card--DEERS Enrollment, the form associated with this 
information collection, issued to collect relevant data (e.g. name, 
identifying information, employment status, citizenship) from the 
respondent. The data collected established eligibility for the 
appropriate DoD Common Access Card for those individuals not pre-
enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System 
(DEERS), and enables their enrollment in the centralized database of 
eligible individuals.
    The Department is in the process of taking all requisite measures 
to enhance physical and information security and apply prudent 
countermeasures for all potential vulnerabilities focusing security 
actions to address the changes in today's threat environment. The 
Deputy Secretary of Defense August 12, 2000 memorandum, Subject: 
Department of Defense (DoD) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), directs 
use of and common, integrated, interoperable DoD PKI to enable security 
services at multiple levels of assurance. PKI is a key and certificate 
management infrastructure designed to support confidentiality, 
integrity, availability, authorization, and access control in computer 
networks. This data collection is a step in that direction by 
prohibiting access to the Department's systems to those not authorized. 
Public Law 106-65, Section 373 directs the Department to develop and 
implement a Smart Card program for the Department of Defense. The 
Deputy Secretary of Defense November 10, 1999 memorandum, Subject: 
Smart Card Adoption and Implementation, directs the Department to 
implement smart card technology as a Department-wide Common Access Card 
(CAC) that shall be the standard ID card for active duty military 
personnel (to include the Selected Reserve), DoD civilian employees and 
eligible contractor personnel, be the principal card used to enable 
physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and will be sued to 
gain access to the Department's computer networks and systems. The 
Deputy Secretary directs the CAC shall be issued and maintained using 
the infrastructure provided by the Defense Enrollment Eligibility 
Reporting System and the Realtime Automated Personnel Identification 
System and that the initial implementation of the CAC is to be at 
multiple locations no later than December 30, 2000.
    Individuals included in this information collection are: eligible 
contractor employees (e.g., contractor employees who need access to DoD 
systems, or facilities on a daily or regular basis as determined by the 
local command) and eligible foreign nationals (e.g., foreign nationals 
who need access to DoD systems or facilities on a regular basis as 
determined by the local command), as well as other eligible individuals 
outside DoD.

    Dated: October 24, 2000.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 00-27757 Filed 10-27-00; 8:45 am]
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