[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 249 (Friday, December 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28136]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2018-013]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension request.

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SUMMARY: NARA proposes to request an extension from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) of a currently approved information 
collection used when veterans or other authorized individuals request 
information from or copies of documents in military service records. We 
invite you to comment on this proposed information collection.

DATES: We must receive written comments on or before February 27, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Paperwork Reduction Act Comments (MP), Room 
4100, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 
College Park, MD 20740-6001, fax them to 301-837-0319, or email them to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone at 
301-837-1694 or fax at 301-837-0319 with requests for additional 
information or copies of the proposed information collection and 
supporting statement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), NARA invites the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on proposed information collections. The comments 
and suggestions should address one or more of the following points: (a) 
Whether the proposed information collections are necessary for NARA to 
properly perform its functions; (b) NARA's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collections and its accuracy; (c) ways NARA 
could enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information it 
collects; (d) ways NARA could minimize the burden on respondents of 
collecting the information, including through information technology; 
and (e) whether these collections affects small businesses. We will 
summarize any comments you submit and include the summary in our 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this notice, NARA solicits comments concerning the following 
information collection:
    Title: Request Pertaining to Military Records.
    OMB number: 3095-0029.
    Agency form number: SF 180 & NA Form 13176.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state 
and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,028,769.
    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to 
request information from a military personnel record).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 85,731 hours.
    Abstract: The authority for this information collection is 
contained in 36 CFR 1233.18(d). In accordance with rules issued by the 
Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS, 
US Coast Guard), NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) 
administers military service records of veterans after discharge, 
retirement, and death. When veterans and other authorized individuals 
request information from or copies of documents in military service 
records, they must provide in forms or in letters certain information 
about the veteran and the nature of the request. Federal agencies, 
military departments, veterans, veterans' organizations, and the 
general public use Standard Form (SF) 180, Request Pertaining to 
Military Records, in order to obtain information from military service 
records stored at NPRC. Veterans and next-of-kin of deceased veterans 
can also use eVetRecs (http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/) 
to order copies. A new form, NA Form 13176, Status Update to Request 
for Military Service Records, was added to allow the veteran or other 
authorized individuals to follow-up on their request.

Kimberly Keravuori,
NARA Regulatory Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-28136 Filed 12-28-17; 8:45 am]
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