[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 55436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22014]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2014-OS-0135]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (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 November 
17, 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.
    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 Federal Voting 
Assistance Program ATTN: Mr. David Beirne, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Suite 03J25, Alexandria, VA 22350, or call at (571) 372-0740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Survey of Overseas 
Civilians, OMB Control Number 0704-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
for Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), an agency of the 
Department of Defense, to fulfill the mandate of the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 
1973ff]). UOCAVA requires a statistical analysis report to the 
President and Congress on the effectiveness of assistance under the 
Act, a statistical analysis of voter registration and participation, 
and a description of State/Federal cooperation after each federal 
election. The data obtained through this study will allow FVAP to 
assess the feasibility of using survey data to assess registration and 
participation rates for non-military U.S. citizens living overseas.
    Affected Public: Non-military UOCAVA voters.
    Annual Burden Hours: 7,500.
    Number of Respondents: 45,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: One time.
    The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) 
requires the States to allow Uniformed Services personnel, their family 
members, and overseas citizens to use absentee registration procedures 
and to vote by absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff 
elections for Federal offices. The Act covers members of the Uniformed 
Services and the merchant marine to include the commissioned corps of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Public Health 
Service and their eligible dependents, Federal civilian employees 
overseas, and overseas U.S. citizens not affiliated with the Federal 
Government. Subsequent to each Presidential election year, FVAP must 
report voter registration and participation rates for uniformed service 
voters and overseas citizens to Congress; while FVAP collects data for 
this report through regular surveys of uniformed service voters and 
other relevant UOCAVA populations, it does not currently collect data 
from non-military, non-government overseas civilians. The Survey of 
Overseas Civilians research project will serve as a pilot, examining 
the feasibility of collecting data from this population by surveying a 
sample of registered voters living overseas during the 2014 election. 
Collecting information from this population will also support FVAP in 
its purpose of ensuring that Service members, their eligible family 
members and overseas citizens are aware of their right to vote and have 
the tools and resources to successfully do so from anywhere in the 
world. In addition to determining the feasibility of conducting a 
survey of overseas civilians, the information collected will be used 
for overall program evaluation, management and improvement, and to 
compile the congressionally-mandated report to the President and 
Congress after the 2016 General Election should this pilot prove 
successful.

    Dated: September 11, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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