[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6535-6536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02207]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2020-OS-0017]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, DoD.

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency 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 April 6, 
2020.

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 Defense 
Counterintelligence and Security Agency, ATTN: Mr. Corey Beckett, Chief 
Finanical Officer, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: National Industrial 
Security Program Cost Collection Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Control 
Number 0704-0458.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
as a result of Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial Security 
Program,'' which requires the Department of Defense to account each 
year for the costs associated with implementation of the National 
Industrial Security Program and report those costs to the Director of 
the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO).
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 507.
    Number of Respondents: 1,014.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,014.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Collection of this data is required to comply with the reporting 
requirements of Executive Order 12829, ``National Industrial Security 
Program.'' This collection of information requests the assistance of 
the Facility Security Officer to provide estimates of annual security 
labor cost in burdened, current year dollars and the estimated 
percentage of security labor dollars to the total security costs for 
the facility. Security labor is defined as personnel whose positions 
exist to support operations and staff in the implementation of 
government security requirements for the protection of classified 
information. Guards who are

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required as supplemental controls are included in security labor. This 
data will be incorporated into a report produced to ISOO for the 
estimated cost of securing classified information within industry. The 
survey will be distributed electronically via a Web-based commercial 
survey tool.

    Dated: January 31, 2020.
Morgan E. Park,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2020-02207 Filed 2-4-20; 8:45 am]
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