[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72030-72031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28145]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Defense Security Service (DSS) announces an upcoming 
public information collection and seeks public comments on the 
provision thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection 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 hours 
of the information to be collected; and (c)

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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.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include agency name, 
docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The general 
policy of comments and other submissions from members of the public is 
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.govas they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contract information.

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 Defense Security 
Service, ATTN: Ms. Helmut Hawkins, Industrial Security Program Policy, 
Clearance Oversight Office, 1340 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Industry Cost Collection 
Report Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial 
Security Program'' requires the Department of Defense to account each 
year for the costs associated with implementation of the National 
Industrial Security Program and report those costs to the Director of 
the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). In furtherance of 
this requirement, and pursuant with 32 CFR, Subpart F, section 
2001.61(b); Classified National Security Information; Final Rule, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting as executive agent for the NISP, is 
obligated to collect cost estimates for classification-related 
activities of contractors, licensees, certificate holders, and grantees 
and report them to ISOO annually. The cost collection methodology 
employed since 1996 was validated with the ISOO in December 2007. 
Participation in the survey is strictly voluntary. Input is integrated 
into a total cost figure for the President and is never associated with 
a specific facility.
    Affected Public: A statistical sample of active and cleared 
businesses, or other profit and non-profit organizations under 
Department of Defense Security Cognizance, approved for storage of 
classified materials.
    Annual Burden Hours: 125.
    Number of Respondents: 749.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Collection of this data is required to comply with the reporting 
requirements of Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial Security 
Program.'' This collection of information requests the assistance of 
the Facility Security Officer to provide estimates of annual security 
labor cost in burdened, current year dollars and the estimated 
percentage of security labor dollars to the total security costs for 
the facility. Security labor is defined as personnel whose positions 
exist to support operations and staff in the implementation of 
government security requirements for the protection of classified 
information. Guards who are required as supplemental controls are 
included in security labor. This data will be incorporated into a 
report produced to ISOO for the estimated cost of securing classified 
information within industry. The survey will be distributed 
electronically via a Web-based commercial survey tool.

    Dated: November 19, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
 [FR Doc. E8-28145 Filed 11-25-08; 8:45 am]
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