[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39687-39688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16414]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2012-OS-0082]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, 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 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness 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 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 
September 4, 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, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.

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    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 Director, 
Federal Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: John Godley, 4800 Mark Center 
Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Post Card 
Application (FPCA); Standard Form 76 (SF-76); OMB Control Number 0704-
TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA), 46 U.S.C. 1973ff wherein the Secretary of Defense 
is to prescribe an official postcard form, containing an absentee voter 
registration application and an absentee ballot request application for 
use by the States.
    Affected Public: Uniformed Services members, their eligible family 
members, and U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. (UOCAVA citizens) 
who apply for voter registration or request an absentee ballot from 
their State of residency.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000. The burden for this collection 
belongs to the individual States.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are UOCAVA citizens who desire to apply for voter 
registration or request an absentee ballot from their State of 
residency. The information provided by these citizens is used by the 
States to determine if the citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction 
within that State, and therefore eligible to vote within that 
jurisdiction and to provide absentee ballots to these citizens for 
Federal elections held within each calendar year. This form is mandated 
by 42 U.S.C. 1973ff. The Department of Defense does not receive, 
collect nor maintain any data provided on the form by these citizens; 
this data is received, collected and maintained by the individual 
States. The burden for the collection of this data resides with the 
individual States. If the form is not provided, UOCAVA citizens may not 
be able to register to vote in their State of residency nor be able to 
request absentee ballots and thus, may be disenfranchised from their 
right as a U.S. citizen to participate in the electoral process.

    Dated: June 28, 2012.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-16414 Filed 7-3-12; 8:45 am]
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