[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74118-74119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29451]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2013-OS-0227]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Security Service (DSS) 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 February 
10, 2014.

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.
    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

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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: Defense Security 
Service, ATTN: Mr. Helmut Hawkins, Industrial Policy and Programs--A&E 
Division, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Personnel Security 
Investigation Projection for Industry Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Number 
0704-0417.
    Needs and Uses: Executive order (EO) 12829, ``National Industrial 
Security Program (NISP),'' stipulates that the Secretary of Defense 
shall serve as the Executive Agent for inspecting and monitoring the 
contractors, licensees, and grantees who require or will require access 
to classified information; and for determining the eligibility for 
access to classified information of contractors, licensees, and 
grantees and their respective employees. The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence assigned Defense Security Service (DSS) the 
responsibility for central operational management of DoD personnel 
security investigation (PSI) workload projections, and for monitoring 
of PSI funding and investigation quality issues for DoD components. 
This responsibility includes managing workload projections, along with 
funding and quality oversight matters related to PSIs conducted for 
employees and consultants of contractors cleared under the NISP. Prior 
to 2001, DSS compared historical PSI data for budget formulation. Since 
2001, DSS conducted an annual survey of cleared contractors to more 
accurately assess personnel security and trustworthiness investigation 
requirements. In this annual collection of information, DSS asks the 
Facility Security Officers of cleared contractor entities to provide 
for each of three fiscal years (e.g., 2015, 2016, 2017): Projections of 
the numbers and types of personnel security investigations (PSIs) 
required; a description of methodology used for the projections; and 
estimates of the numbers and types of cleared contractor's PSI 
projections that are separately attributable to DoD contracts and the 
contracts of non-DoD agencies. The data will be incorporated into DSS's 
budget submissions and will be used to track against cleared 
contractors' actual PSI submissions.
    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has responsibility for 
conducting PSIs and the subsequent periodic reinvestigations (PRs) in 
accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 5, Part 736.
    Cleared contractors, representatives of various industry 
associations, the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory 
Committee (NISPPAC), various components of the Department of Defense 
(including the Military Departments) and other Federal Government 
agencies are familiar with the annual survey.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions under Department of Defense Security Cognizance.
    Annual Burden Hours: 17,801.
    Number of Respondents: 13,351.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 80 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.
    The execution of the DSS Form 232 is an essential element of DSS' 
ability to project the PSI needs of cleared contractor entities. This 
collection of information requests the assistance of the Facility 
Security Officer to provide projections of the numbers and types of 
PSIs. The data will be incorporated into DSS's budget submissions and 
used to track against actual PSI submissions. The form will be 
distributed electronically via a web-based commercial survey tool. The 
form will display OMB approval number 0704-0417.

    Dated: December 5, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-29451 Filed 12-9-13; 8:45 am]
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