[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19321-19322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07822]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2014-0007]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency, 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 Forensics and Biometrics Agency 
(DFBA), 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 June 9, 
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.

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     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 viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

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 Defense 
Forensics and Biometrics Agency (DFBA), ATTN: Plans and Policy Division 
Chief, 2800 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-2800, or call (703) 
571-0506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; And Omb Number: Defense Biometric 
Identification Records System; OMB Control Number 0702-XXXX.
    Needs And Uses: The information collection requirement for the 
Defense Biometric Identification Records System (IT System name DoD 
Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS)/Biometric Enabling 
Capability (BEC)) is necessary to support the DoD, FBI, DHS, other 
government agencies, and approved international partners for 
intelligence, force protection, national security, and law enforcement 
purposes.
    Affected Public: Federal Government, Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 208,000 (964,018 since system creation).
    Number of Respondents: 11,568,220 (total records in the system).
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The DoD ABIS matches and stores biometric data collected by global 
U.S. forces during the course of military operations. Data may also be 
collected for use in field identification and recovery of persons, or 
their physical remains, who have been captured, detained, missing, 
prisoners of war (POW), or personnel recovered from hostile control.
    Records in the system pertain to military operations conducted by 
all Combatant Commands (COCOMs) across the globe. Individuals covered 
include members of the U.S. Armed Forces; Department of Defense (DoD) 
civilian and contractor personnel; military reserve, Army and Air 
National Guard personnel; and other individuals requesting access to 
U.S. installations and facilities. DoD has used the information 
collected and processed to the Terrorist Screening Center to place 
individuals on National Watchlists. Without this collection, matching, 
and sharing of biometric and associate contextual information there 
would be grave implications to National Security and security of our 
forces deployed abroad.

    Dated: April 3, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-07822 Filed 4-7-14; 8:45 am]
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