[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 72714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29613]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0129]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 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 January 
19, 2016.

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 Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Office of the Director for 
Defense Intelligence (Intelligence & Security), Security Policy and 
Oversight Division (SPOD), 5000 Defense Pentagon, Room 3C915, ATTN: 
Valerie Heil, Arlington, VA 20301-5000, or call ODDI(I&S) SPOD at 703-
604-1112.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Department of Defense 
Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254; OMB 
Control Number 0704-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement, authorized 
by the DoD 5220.22-R, ``DoD Industrial Security Regulation,'' and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, is necessary to provide security 
classification guidance to a U.S. contractor and any subcontractors in 
connection with a contract requiring access to classified information 
(hereinafter referred to as a ``classified contract''). The DD Form 
254, with its attachments, supplements, and incorporated references, is 
the principal authorized means for providing security classification 
guidance to a U.S. contractor in connection with a classified contract.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 37,948.67.
    Number of Respondents: 3,211.
    Responses per Respondent: 10.13.
    Annual Responses: 32,527.43.
    Average Burden per Response: 70 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondents will already be a cleared contractor facility in the 
National Industrial Security Program under the security cognizance of 
DSS on behalf of Department of Defense (DoD). Such NISP contractors 
must provide contract security classification specifications with any 
classified subcontracts that they award to comply with the requirements 
of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, DoD 
5220.22-M. For those contractors under DoD security cognizance, that 
means using the DD Form 254, if awarding any contracts that require 
access to classified information for contract performance. If the form 
is not included with the classified contract, DSS, on behalf of DoD and 
those non-DoD agencies with which DoD has agreements for industrial 
security services, is unable to conduct effective oversight to 
determine that classified information is being protected according to 
contract or subcontract requirements.

    Dated: November 16, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-29613 Filed 11-19-15; 8:45 am]
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