[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 18 (Thursday, January 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5148-5149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1906]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2009-OS-0011]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and 
Information Integration)/DoD Chief Information Officer. DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks 
and Information Integration)/DoD Chief Information Officer announces a 
proposed new 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 March 
30, 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 the agency 
name, docket

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number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy 
for 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.gov as they are received, without change, and 
including any personal identifiers or contact 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 Office of DoD Chief 
Information Officer, ATTN: Ms. Sandra Smith, 1225 South Clark St., 
Suite 910, Arlington, VA, 22202.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Information Assurance 
Scholarship Program (IASP); OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The National Security Agency (NSA) is the Executive 
Administrator of the Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP), 
serving on behalf of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
(Networks and Information Integration)/DoD Chief Information Officer. 
Those who wish to participate in the IASP Recruitment program must 
complete and submit an application package through their college or 
university to NSA. Centers of Academic Excellence in Information 
Assurance Education (CAE/IAEs) interested in applying for capacity-
building grants must complete and submit a written proposal, and all 
colleges and universities subsequently receiving grants must provide 
documentation on how the grant funding was utilized. In addition, IASP 
participants and their faculty advisors (Principal Investigators) are 
required to complete annual program assessment documents. Without this 
written documentation, the DoD has no means of judging the quality of 
applicants to the program or collecting information regarding program 
performance.
    Affected Public: ``Individuals or households,'' specifically 
college students at institutions designated as CAE/IAEs who are 
interested in, and qualified to, apply for a scholarship; ``Not-for-
profit institutions,'' specifically CAE/IAEs interested in submitting 
proposals for capacity-building grants, and faculty advisors (Principal 
Investigators).
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,755.
    Number of Respondents: 422.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 4.16 hours.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The IASP, authorized by Section 2200 of title 10 of the United 
States Code, is designed to: increase the number of new entrants to DoD 
who possess key Information Assurance (IA) and IT skill sets, and serve 
as a tool to develop and retain well-educated military and civilian 
personnel who support the Department's critical IT management and 
infrastructure protection functions. The IASP recruitment track is for 
college students who, on completion of the program, come to work for 
the DoD. The retention track is for current DoD employees who are 
excused from duty to attend college courses through the IASP. Pending 
availability of funds, the IASP may also award capacity-building grants 
to colleges and universities designated as CAE/IAEs for such purposes 
as developing IA curricula and faculty, and building IA laboratories. 
The recruitment, retention and grant programs all require a competitive 
application process. Additionally, there is an assessment process which 
examines how grant funds were spent, as well as an assessment process 
requiring status reports from students in the program, and university 
faculty representatives (Principal Investigators) for the purpose of 
program evaluation.
    In order to apply for any aspect of the program, paperwork is 
required so that the DoD may judge the merits of a given application 
and determine how best to allocate IASP funds.
    The Recruitment, Capacity-Building, and Assessment aspects of the 
IASP apply to non-DoD employee members of the general public who choose 
to become involved in the program and thus become subject to 
information collection requirements. The Retention aspect of the IASP 
applies only to current DoD personnel, and thus its information 
collection requirements are not addressed in this request.

    Dated: January 22, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-1906 Filed 1-28-09; 8:45 am]
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