[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21369]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 3506(c) (2) (A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Air Force Academy, Office of 
the USAF Academy Admissions Liaison, announces the proposed 
reinstatement 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 November 
22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to Karen E. Parker, Director, 
Admissions Liaison, U.S. Air Force Academy Liaison Office, USAFA/CCL, 
Room 4C174, 1040 Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 20330-1040.

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.
    Title, Form Number, and OMB Number: DD Form 1870, ``Nomination for 
Appointment to the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy and 
Air Force Academy'', OMB Number 0701-0026.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
in order to receive nominations from all Members of Congress, Vice 
President, Delegates to Congress, and the Governor and Resident 
Commissioner of Puerto Rico annually to each of the three service 
academies as legal nominating authorities. This information collection 
which results in appointments made to the academies is in compliance 
with 10 U.S.C. 4342, 6954, 9342 and 32 CFR part 901.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Annual Burden: 8100.
    Number of Respondents: 16200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: One time annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    The Department of Defense Form 1870, Nomination for Appointment to 
the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force 
Academy, is used solely by legal nominating authorities who by Federal 
law are entitled to make appointments to the three service military 
academies. The form is used by all three service academies. The 
nomination form allows for nominating authorities to select by checking 
one box as to which academy is being provided with the name of a 
nominee. The completed form provides the required information for a 
nomination to be processed. Eligibility information concerning the 
nominees is information that is also included on the form. The 
nominating authority identifies himself/herself and must date and sign 
the form to make it a legally acceptable form. The form includes the 
three addresses of the service academies in order that the form may be 
returned to the proper academy.

Pamela Fitzgerald,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-21369 Filed 9-22-04; 8:45 am]
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