[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32938-32939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15403]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Director, Administration and Management, Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 35006(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Director, Administration and Management 
announces 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 any Defense Agency or DoD

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Field Activity, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of DoD's estimate of the 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 forms 
of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 
20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to Director, Administration and 
Management, Directorate for Organizational and Management Planning, 
ATTN: Mark Munson, 1950 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1950; e-
mail: [email protected]; telephone: (703) 697-1141/1143.

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 contact the Directorate for 
Organizational and Management Planning at (703) 697-1142/1143.
    Title and OMB Number: Secretary of Defense Biennial Review of 
Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities; 0704-[To Be Determined].
    Needs and Uses: Section 192(c) of Title 10, U.S.C., requires that 
the Secretary of Defense review the services and supplies provided by 
each Defense Agency and Department of Defense (DoD) Field Activity. The 
purposes of the Biennial Review are to ensure the continuing need for 
each Agency and Field Activity and to ensure that the services and 
supplies provided by each entity is accomplished in a more effective, 
economical, or efficient manner than by the Military Departments. A 
standard organizational-customer survey process serves as the principal 
data-gathering methodology in the Biennial Review. As such, it provides 
valuable information to senior officials in the Department regarding 
the levels of satisfaction held by the organizational customers of the 
approximately 20 Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities covered by 
the Biennial Review.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 500.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Biennially.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Biennial Review employs a survey to assess organizational-
customer satisfaction with the associated business line and addresses 
overall responsiveness to customer requirements, satisfaction with 
specific products and services, and quality of coordination with 
organizational customers. The survey identifies distinct areas of 
business (business lines) for all Defense Agencies and DoD Field 
Activities participating in the Review, creates lists of organizational 
customers specific to each business line, and uses a set of standard 
evaluation questions across all business lines. Respondents covered by 
this announcement are private-sector customers of these business lines, 
such as for the Federal Voting Assistance Program and Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service.

    Dated: June 12, 2001.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 01-15403 Filed 6-18-01; 8:45 am]
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