[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8513-8514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4014]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2009-0008]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the 
Army, (OAA-RPA), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces a proposed extension 
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 April 
27, 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 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, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this

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proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to Department of the 
Army, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, 661 
Sheppard Place, Ft. Eustis, VA 23604, ATTN: (Richard Cody), or call 
Department of the Army Reports clearance officer at (703) 428-6440.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Department of Defense 
Standard Tender of Freight Services, SDDC Form 364-R, OMB Control 
Number 0702-0261.
    Needs and Uses: The information derived from the DoD tenders on 
file with the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command 
(SDDC) is used by SDDC subordinate commands and DoD shippers to select 
the best value carriers to transport surface freight shipments. Freight 
carriers furnish information in a uniform format so that the Government 
can determine the cost of transportation, accessorial, and security 
services, and select the best value carriers for 1.1 million Bill of 
Lading shipments annually. The DoD tender is the source document for 
the General Services Administration post-shipment audit of carrier 
freight bills.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,391.
    Number of Respondents: 434.
    Responses per Respondent: 50.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The DoD tender format was developed to take advantage of improved 
information collection technology and to connect with ongoing 
initiatives to implement automated systems to file tenders, select 
carriers, quote rates, and audits. The disciplined data fields of the 
tenders will facilitate the Electronic Data Interchange of tender data 
between carriers and SDDC, also between SDDC subordinate commands and 
DoD shippers. This initiative ultimately will permit electronic filing 
of the tender and eliminate mailing paper documents, which are manually 
processed.

    Dated: February 19, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-4014 Filed 2-24-09; 8:45 am]
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