[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-252]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense Security Service.

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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 
20, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Defense Security Service.

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 the Defense Security Service at (703) 325-6182.
    Title, Associated Forms, and OMB Number: Defense Security Service 
FL 14-a, November 1991, OMB No. 0704-0206.
    Needs and Uses: The specific objective of a personnel security 
investigation is to elicit information concerning the loyalty, 
character, reliability of the individual being investigated to 
ascertain his or her suitability for a position of trust so that the 
DoD adjudicator may determine if it is clearly consistent with the 
interests of national security to grant the individual access to 
classified information. Adjudicative determinations are made in 
accordance with DoD 5200.2-R, ``DoD Personnel Security Program.'' This 
regulation specifies medical information is to be obtained from records 
and physicians when there is an indication of a history of mental or 
nervous disorder, use or abuse of prescribed or illegal drugs, such as 
marijuana, narcotics or barbiturates; or abuse or excessive use of 
alcohol. Obtaining such medical information provides the adjudicator 
with a complex picture of the individual without it, the adjudicator 
may not be able to make a determination as to where or not the 
individual should be granted access to classified information.
    Affected Public: Individuals, business, or households.
    Annual Burden Respondents: 11,700.
    Number of Burden Hours: 7,020.
    Number of Respondents: 11,700.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 0.6 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    See ``Needs and Uses''.

    Dated: December 31, 2002.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 03-252 Filed 1-6-03; 8:45 am]
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