[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8822-8823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3513]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2008-OS-0097]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Director of Administration and Management, Office of the 
Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director of Administration and 
Management, Office of the Secretary announces 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

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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 Director of 
Administration and Management, Directorate for Organizational and 
Management Planning, 1950 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1950; 
or telephone (703) 697-1142.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Secretary of Defense 
Biennial Review of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities; OMB 
Control Number 0704-0422.
    Needs and Uses: Section 192(c) of Title 10, U.S.C., requires that 
the Secretary of Defense review the services and supplies provided by 
each Defense Agency and DoD Field Activity. The purposes of the 
Biennial Review are to ensure the continuing need for each Agency and 
Field Activity and to ensure that the services and supplies provided by 
each entity is accomplished in a more effective, economical, or 
efficient manner than by the Military Departments. A standard 
organizational customer survey process serves as the principal data-
gathering methodology in the Biennial Review. As such, it provides 
valuable information to senior officials in the Department regarding 
the levels of satisfaction held by the organizational customers of the 
approximately 30 Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities covered by 
the Biennial Review.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 625.
    Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Biennially.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Biennial Review employs a survey to assess organizational-
customer satisfaction with the associated business line and addresses 
overall responsiveness to customer requirements, satisfaction with 
specific products and services, and quality of coordination with 
organizational customers. The survey identifies distinct areas of 
business (business lines) for all Defense Agencies and DoD Field 
Activities participating in the Review, creates lists of organizational 
customers specific to each business line, and uses a set of standard 
evaluation questions across all business lines. Respondents covered by 
this announcement are private-sector customers of these business lines, 
such as for the Federal Voting Assistance Program and Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service.

    Dated: January 31, 2012.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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