[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8838-8839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3498]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

[Docket No. USAF-2008-0006]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: HQ USAFA/RR, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, HQ USAFA/RR announces the a 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 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 
26, 2012.

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, 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 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: HQ USAFA/RR, 2304 
Cadet Drive, Suite 2400, USAF Academy, CO 80840 or call (719) 333-8850.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Nomination For Appointment 
To The United States Military Academy, Naval Academy or Air Force 
Academy; DD FORM 1870; OMB Control Number 0701-0026.
    Needs and Uses: DD FM 1870 is used to implement the provisions of 
Title X, U.S.C. 4342, 6953 and 32 CFR part 901. Members of Congress, 
the Vice President and Delegates to Congress and Resident Commissioner 
of Puerto Rico use this form to nominate constituents to the three DoD 
Academies, West Point, Annapolis and Air Force. Data required is 
supplied by the prospective nominees to Members of Congress. 
Eligibility requirements are outlined in AFI 36-2019, Appointment to 
the United States Air Force Academy.
    Affected Public: Applicants to DoD Military Academies.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,600.
    Number of Respondents: 5,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Department of Defense Form 1870, Nomination for Appointment to 
the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force 
Academy, is used solely by legal nominating authorities who by Federal 
law are entitled to make appointments to the three service military 
academies. The nomination form allows for nominating authorities to 
select by checking one box as to which academy is being provided with 
the name of a nomination to be processed. Eligibility information 
concerning the nominees is information that is also included on the 
form. The nominating authority identifies himself/herself and must date 
and sign the form to make it a legally acceptable form. The form 
includes the three addresses of the service academies in order that the 
form may be submitted to the proper academy. The form is currently 
used, full time, by only the United States Military Academy. The United 
States Air Force Academy uses the form only in rare cases totally no 
more that 100 forms each year. The United States Naval Academy does not 
use the form. The reason for this is the United States Naval Academy 
and the United States Air Force Academy now employ an on-line 
nomination submissions program in lieu of the DD

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Form 1870. We expect the United States Military Academy will employ the 
on-line nomination submissions program beginning in the Fall of CY 
2008.

    Dated: January 31, 2012.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-3498 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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