[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30059-30060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12621]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0055]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) 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 July 27, 
2015.

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: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate of Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory 
and Audit Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
9010.
    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 
Logistics Agency, Program Executive Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive--
Suite 09E04, Alexandria, VA 22350, ATTN: Mr. Sheldon Soltis, 571-372-
3325.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form(S); and OMB Number: Defense Information 
Security System (DISS) Family of Systems (FoS); OMB Number 0704-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: DISS requires personal data collection to 
facilitate the initiation, investigation and adjudication of 
information relevant to DoD security clearances and employment 
suitability determinations for active duty military, civilian employees 
and contractors requiring such credentials. As a Personnel Security 
System it is the authoritative source for clearance information 
resulting in accesses determinations to sensitive/classified 
information and

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facilities. Specific uses include: Facilitation for DoD Adjudicators 
and Security Managers to obtain accurate up-to-date eligibility and 
access information on all personnel (military, civilian and contractor 
personnel) adjudicated by the DoD. The DoD Adjudicators and Security 
Managers are also able to update eligibility and access levels of 
military, civilian and contractor personnel nominated for access to 
sensitive DoD information.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Federal Government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 666,666.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 100.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    To comply with the Intelligence Report and Terrorism Prevention Act 
(IRTPA) of 2004, the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) 
program was established to design and implement an IT system to support 
Security and Suitability processes across the Department of Defense 
(DoD). Through an incremental approach, DISS will, in the future, 
replace legacy security clearance systems by phasing in new or enhanced 
systems as part of the DISS Family of Systems (FoS). The records within 
these applications are used for personnel security, suitability, 
fitness, access management, continuous evaluation of the subject, and 
National Security by providing a common, comprehensive medium to 
record, document, and store investigation and adjudicative 
documentation and adjudicative actions within the Department, federal 
agencies, non-DOD, and DOD contractors. These applications will provide 
an evaluation status, outcome, and updates of investigative and 
adjudicative actions and decisions from trusted information providers, 
requestors; provides the ability for visit requests; subjects to self-
report required information; and/or provides the ability for the 
subjects to be continuously evaluated for the subject's security 
clearance. It will also be used to compile statistical data used for 
analyses and studies. Decentralized access is authorized at the 
adjudication facilities, personnel security interfaces, services, DOD 
Component, approved Non-DoD agencies, and Industry security offices 
with a DD254 and Industry who is directly supporting continuous 
evaluation.
    The DISS has also been designated as the repository for 
adjudicative results for Suitability and HSPD-12 determinations by the 
13 July 2011 USD(I) memo ``Storage of Adjudicative Results in the 
Defense Information System for Security.'' The DISS (CATS) has been 
designated as the DoD non-Intelligence Community IT system for case 
management and adjudications by the 10 April 2009 USD(I) memo 
``Designation of the DoD Case Management and Adjudication Systems.'' 
Currently, CATS processes over 500,000 cases annually; electronically 
producing favorable adjudicative decisions for approximately 24% of 
Secret level cases. Further, the 3 May 2012 Deputy Secretary of Defense 
Memo ``DoD Central Adjudication Facilities (CAF) Consolidation'' 
consolidated all DoD Central Adjudication Facilities (CAF) into one 
consolidated DoD CAF responsible for personnel security adjudicative 
functions as well as favorable Suitability and HSPD-12 adjudications. 
The DISS (CATS) is the DOD CAF's designated IT case management system.
    Respondents are Facility Security Managers or DoD Adjudicators who 
update eligibility and access levels of military, civilian and 
contractor personnel nominated for access to sensitive DoD information. 
DISS will be the authoritative source for clearance information 
resulting in accesses determinations to sensitive/classified 
information and facilities. Collection and maintenance of personal data 
in DISS is required to facilitate the initiation, investigation and 
adjudication of information relevant to DoD security clearances and 
employment suitability determinations for active duty military, 
civilian employees and contractors requiring such credentials.

    Dated: May 20, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-12621 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am]
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