[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42769-42770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17288]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2013-OS-0128]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Finance and Accounting Service, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) 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 22, 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 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 Defense Finance 
and Accounting Services--Indianapolis, DFAS-ZPR. ATTN: La Zaleus D. 
Leach, 8899 E. 56th St., Indianapolis, IN 46249, 
[email protected], 317-212-6032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Request for Information 
Regarding Deceased Debtor, DD Form 2840, OMB Number 0730-0015.
    Needs and Uses: This form is used to obtain information on deceased 
debtors from probate courts. Probate courts review their records to see 
if an estate was established. They provide the name and address of the 
executor or lawyer handling the estate. From the information obtained, 
DFAS submits a claim against the estate for the amount due the United 
States.
    Affected Public: Clerks of Probate Courts.
    Annual Burden Hours: 167 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion when DFAS is notified a debtor is deceased.

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    DFAS maintains updated debt accounts and initiates debt collection 
action for separated military members, out-of-service civilian 
employees, and other individuals not on an active federal government 
payroll system. When notice is received that an individual debtor is 
deceased, an effort is made to ascertain whether the decedent left an 
estate by contacting clerks of probate courts. If it's determined that 
an estate was established, attempts are made to collect the debt from 
the estate. If no estate appears to have been established, the debt is 
written off as uncollectible.

    Dated: July 18, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-17288 Filed 7-22-14; 8:45 am]
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