[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6639-6640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2915]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2010-OS-0015]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial 
Policy), 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 Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
(Industrial Policy) 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 April 
12, 2010.

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

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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 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Office of the 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Policy), ATTN: Paul 
Halpern, 241 18th Street South, Suite 501, Arlington, VA 22202 or call 
at 703-607-4058.
    Title and OMB Number: Survey of Foreign Acquired Domestic 
Facilities with Defense Capabilities; OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: As part of its industrial base oversight 
responsibilities, DoD is planning to assess in a preliminary way the 
impact on the U.S. industrial base of the increasing foreign ownership 
of U.S. defense-relevant firms. Specifically, DoD will evaluate the 
extent to which foreign acquired firms (1) expanded domestically vs. 
off-shored production and R&D capabilities; and (2) remained reliable 
suppliers to defense customers. This assessment is limited to a sample 
of firms that were DoD suppliers when they were foreign-acquired 
acquired in 2003 or 2004 and that the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics determined at that time 
possessed defense critical technology under development.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 430 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 86.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 hours.
    Frequency: One-time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Policy) has 
responsibility to assess the performance of the industrial base 
relevant to defense which includes the traditional defense industrial 
base as well as many dual use and commercial firms that supply goods 
and services to the defense sector. Because of the value of the U.S. 
dollar until recently relative to the currencies of many of its trading 
partners and the profitability of the defense sector over the past five 
years, an increasing number of defense-relevant firms have been 
acquired by foreign firms.
    As part of its industrial base oversight responsibilities, DoD is 
planning to assess in a preliminary way the impact on the U.S. 
industrial base of the increasing foreign ownership of U.S. defense-
relevant firms.
    DoD will use the information collected to assess the extent to 
which the foreign-acquired sample of U.S. firms expanded U.S. 
facilities and/or off-shored them and whether they remained reliable 
suppliers to their defense agency customers. For the sample of firms 
surveyed, this assessment will attempt to address:
    (a) Growth or contraction in the firm size (measured in sales, 
capacity utilization, employment and production facility size) since 
being foreign acquired and the extent to which product lines are still 
produced in the U.S.;
    (b) Growth or contraction in R&D since being foreign acquired and 
the extent to which R&D is still performed primarily in the U.S.;
    (c) Growth or contraction in number of defense contracts and 
whether any such contracts were terminated and why;
    (d) Decisions not to participate in any defense-related contract 
competitions since being foreign-acquired and why.

    Dated: February 1, 2010.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2010-2915 Filed 2-9-10; 8:45 am]
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