[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 72400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30166]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID USA-2011-0026]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces the 
following proposed 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 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 January 
23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-
3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number, and title for this Federal Register notice. 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 instructions, please write to the Project Manager 
(PM) Department of Defense (DoD) Biometrics, 200 Stovall St., 
Alexandria, VA 22332.
    Title and OMB Control Number: Forward Deployed Biometrics 
Collection; OMB Control Number 0702-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is needed 
for DoD in forward deployments to verify or identify individuals 
encountered in DoD areas of responsibility (AOR) and determine, based 
on information maintained by DoD, whether that individual, poses a 
threat to DoD's logical or physical assets, or is a threat to national 
security. As such, DoD has developed biometric information systems 
capable of collecting and storing biometric images, associated 
biographic and contextual information; matching biometrics against 
local and external biometric galleries; displaying the results of the 
biometric searches; and as appropriate issuing credentials that 
contains the individual's identity.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 23,295.
    Number of Respondents: 301,580.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 4.6 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    This collection supports DoD by verifying or identifying 
individuals such as terrorists, combatants, makers of explosive 
devices, detainees, criminals, locally employed non-U.S. person and 
other persons of interest. Such identification helps military 
operations including detainee management and questioning, base access, 
counterintelligence screening, border control, displaced persons 
management and a host of other missions.

    Dated: November 17, 2011.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2011-30166 Filed 11-22-11; 8:45 am]
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