[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15333-15334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06124]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2017-OS-0013]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, 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 (Personnel and Readiness) 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and 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 May 30, 
2017.

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 for Oversight and Compliance, 
Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    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: Overseas Citizen Population 
Survey; 0704-0539.
    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 participation, and a description 
of State/Federal cooperation. The data obtained through this study will 
allow FVAP to refine its methodology for estimating the number of 
overseas U.S. civilians who are eligible to vote and who have 
registered and participated in the past, and using these estimates to 
address the question of whether the registration and voting propensity 
of the overseas civilian population differs from that of a comparable 
domestic or military populations. Conducting this research will help 
FVAP meet its federal and congressional mandates in terms of reporting 
annually on its activities and on overall voter registration and 
participation rates after each Presidential election. The data obtained 
through this study is also intended to provide insights into existing 
barriers to UOCAVA voting and recommendations for addressing these 
challenges.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 3,000.
    Number of Respondents: 18,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 18,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 Minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    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-

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government overseas civilians. Previous attempts to collect information 
on the overseas citizen's population to identify and measure its voter 
registration and participation rates in Federal elections suffered from 
significant bias; the Overseas Citizens Population Survey is focused on 
refining a prototype method to report voter registration and 
participation rates from a more well-defined subgroup of overseas 
civilians.

    Dated: March 23, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-06124 Filed 3-27-17; 8:45 am]
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