[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 38012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16123]


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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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 28, 
2003.
    Title and OMB Number: Contractor Manpower Reporting Pilot Study; 
OMB Number 0702--(To Be Determined)
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 31,870.
    Responses Per Respondent: 30 (average).
    Annual Responses: 969,216.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes (average).
    Annual Burden Hours: 80,445.
    Needs and Uses: Section 345 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Pub. L. 107-194) requires that the Secretary 
of the Army to submit to Congress a report describing the use, during 
the previous fiscal year, of non-Federal entities providing services to 
the Department of the Army. The pilot program will greatly enhance the 
ability of the Army to identify and track its contractor workforce. 
Modern systems do not have contractor manpower data that is collected 
by the Contractor Manpower Reporting System, ie., estimated direct 
labor hours, estimated direct labor dollars, and organization 
supported. Existing financial and procurement systems have obligation 
amounts of an unknown mix, and the Department of the Army is not able 
to trace the funding of the organization supported. The pilot study 
will use a streamlined, user-friendly, and secure website to obtain 
contractor work force information.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jackie Zeiher.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Zeiher 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: June 18, 2003.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 03-16123 Filed 6-25-03; 8:45 am]
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