[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 109 (Monday, June 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 31814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12724]


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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 7, 
2004.
    Title and OMB Number: Post-Election Survey of Overseas Citizens, 
Post-Election Survey of Local Election Officials; OMB Number 0704-0125.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 2,343.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 2,343.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Average Burden Hours: 391 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to meet a requirement of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 19073ff). UOCAVA requires a 
report to the President and Congress on the effectiveness of assistance 
under the Act, a statistical analysis of voter participation, and a 
description of State-Federal cooperation. UOCAVA requires the states to 
allow Uniformed Services personnel, their family members, and overseas 
citizens to use absentee registration procedures, and to vote by 
absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff elections for 
Federal offices. The Act covers members of the Uniformed Services and 
the merchant marine to include the commissioned corps of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Public Health Service, and 
their eligible dependents, Federal civilian employees overseas, and 
overseas U.S. citizens not affiliated with the Federal government. The 
Federal Voting Assistance Program conducts the post-election survey on 
a statistically random basis to determine participation rates that are 
representative of all citizens covered by the Act, measure State-
Federal cooperation, and evaluate the effectiveness of the overall 
absentee voting program. The information collected is used for overall 
program evaluation, management and improvement, and to compile the 
congressionally mandated report to the President and Congress.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; state, local or tribal 
government.
    Frequency: Quadrennially.
    Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jacqueline 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/ESCD/Information Management Division, 1225 South Clark 
Street, Suite 504, Arlington, VA 22202-4326.

    Dated: May 28, 2004.
L.M. Bynum,
Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-12724 Filed 6-4-04; 8:45 am]
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