[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 59368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25438]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2018-OS-0092]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD (P&R)), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD.

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 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 January 
22, 2019.

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 Chief Management 
Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center 
Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, 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.

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: Sarah Gooch, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox 
10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000 or call 703-588-1584.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Post Card 
Application (FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF-76); OMB Control Number 0704-
0503.
    Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee 
(Secretary of Defense) to prescribe official forms, containing an 
absentee voter registration application, an absentee ballot request 
application and a backup ballot for use by the States to permit absent 
uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in 
general, special, primary and runoff elections for Federal office. The 
authority for the States to collect personal information comes from 
UOCAVA. The burden for collecting this information resides in the 
States. The Federal government neither collects nor retains any 
personal information associated with these forms.
    The collected information will be used by election officials to 
process uniformed service members, spouses and overseas citizens who 
submit their information to register to vote, receive an absentee 
ballot or cast a write-in ballot. The collected information will be 
retained by election officials to provide election materials, including 
absentee ballots, to the uniformed services, their eligible family 
members and overseas voters during the form's eligibility period 
provided by State law. No information from the Federal Post Card 
Application (FPCA) is collected or retained by the Federal government.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The applicant is required to update and resubmit the information 
annually, whenever they change their mailing address or as otherwise 
required by State law. If the information is not submitted annually or 
whenever they change their mailing address, the applicant may not 
receive ballots for elections for Federal office in that calendar year.

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-25438 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
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