[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24824]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 
Technology and Logistics)/Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial 
Policy)/Industrial Capabilities and Assessments.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology 
and Logistics)/Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Policy)/
Industrial Base Capabilities and Readiness announces the proposed 
extension 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 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 other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 
2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)/Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense (Industrial Policy)/Industrial Base Capabilities and Readiness, 
ATTN: Mr. John Bissell, Room 3E1060, 3330 Defense Pentagon, Washington, 
DC 20301-3330.

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 Industrial Base Capabilities and Readiness, at (703) 602-4290.
    Title, Associated Form; and OMB Number: Industrial Capabilities 
Questionnaire; DD Form 2737; OMB Number 0704-0377.
    Needs and Uses: As part of its responsibilities to facilitate a 
diverse, responsive, and competitive industrial base, the Department of 
Defense (DoD) requires accurate, pertinent, and up to date information 
as to industry's ability to satisfy defense needs. The Industrial 
Capabilities Questionnaire will be used by all Services and the Defense 
Logistics Agency to gather business, industrial capability (employment, 
skills, facilities, equipment, processes, and technologies), and 
manufactured end item information to conduct required industrial 
assessments and to support DoD strategic planning and decisions. Such 
data is essential to the Department of Defense for peacetime and 
wartime industrial base planning. All DD Form 2737 data submitted to 
the Department of Defense, Military Services or Defense Agencies are 
treated as Proprietary Company Confidential information and protected 
from release to other parties.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 12,800.
    Number of Respondents: 153,600.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 12 Hours.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are industry professionals who provide information to 
the requesting DoD agency on the industrial capabilities associated 
with the subject facility being reviewed. The DoD agencies were 
directed to solicit only those data elements within this form necessary 
to conduct the particular planning or assessment task at hand. This 
approach is used to minimize the burden for data requests on industry 
and limit the retention of in-house data to that essential to 
supporting defense decisions and plans. A significant portion of this 
information will be collected electronically and, with appropriate 
measures to protect sensitive data, will be made available to 
authorized users in the Department to support a wide variety of 
industrial capability analyses. These analyses are used to support cost 
effective acquisition of defense systems and key troop support/
consumable items, assess the implications of changes in defense 
spending on industry, development of responsive logistics support 
efforts, and industrial preparedness planning and readiness analyses. 
The lack of accurate, current and relevant industry capability 
information will adversely impact the integrity of the Department's 
decisions and planning efforts.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 02-24824 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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