[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3506]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID USA-2008-0006]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the 
Army (OAA-AAHS), 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 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 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 the Surface 
Deployment and Distribution Command, G5, 709 Ward Drive, Building 1990, 
Attn: (Jerome Colton) Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225, or call 
Department of the Army Reports clearance officer at (703) 428-6440.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Industry Partnership 
Survey; OMB Control Number 0702-0122.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected from this survey will be 
used to systematically survey and measure industry contractors to 
better understand how they feel about SDDC's acquisition processes, and 
to improve the way business is conducted. The SDDC provides global 
surface deployment command and control and distribution operations to 
meet National Security objectives in peace and war. They are working to 
be the Warfighter's single surface deployment/distribution provider for 
adaptive and flexible solutions delivering capability and sustainment 
on time. Respondents will be commercial firms who have contracts 
awarded by SDDC for several program areas.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 343.
    Number of Respondents: 1,371.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Other (14-month cycle).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The SDDC will use the survey information to improve the efficiency, 
quality, and timeliness of its processes, as well as to strengthen its 
partnership with industry. The SDDC goal is to promote this survey 
effort as a useful self-assessment, self-improvement, and benchmarking 
tool, while ensuring that data reliability is maintained.

    Dated: January 12, 2012.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-3506 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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