[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 11598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5459]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense Security Service.

ACTION: 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).

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DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by 5/15/
2004.

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, Medical Information Questionnaire, July 2003, OMB No. 0704-
0206
    Needs and Uses: The specific objective of a personnel security 
investigation is to elicit information concerning the loyalty, 
character, and reliability of the individual being investigated 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 (or to continue such access), or to place the 
individual (or retain them) in a sensitive national security position. 
Adjudicative determinations are made in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R, 
``DoD Personnel Security Program,'' which requires the DoD adjudicator 
to consider both potentially disqualifying information and mitigating 
information when there is an indication that the individual has 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. Much of the appropriate information which 
the adjudicator must consider can only be obtained from physicians who 
have treated the individual. Obtaining such 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 whether 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 hours.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    See ``Needs and Uses''.

    Dated: March 4, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-5459 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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