[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14739-14740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05577]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2021-OS-0012]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Department of 
Defense (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 May 17, 
2021.

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: The DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to 
the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the 
docket listed above.
    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, 27130 Telegraph Rd, Quantico, 
VA 22134-2253, ATTN: Mr. Christopher Pirch, or call 571-305-6241.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Personnel Security 
Investigation Projection for Industry Census Survey; OMB Control Number 
0704-0417.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order (E.O.) 12829, ``National Industrial 
Security Program (NISP),'' stipulates that the Secretary of Defense 
shall serve as the Executive Agent for inspecting and monitoring the 
contractors, licensees, and grantees who require or will require access 
to classified information; and for determining the eligibility for 
access to classified information of contractors, licensees, and 
grantees and their respective employees. The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence assigned Defense Counterintelligence and Security 
Agency (DCSA) the responsibility for central operational management of 
NISP personnel security investigation (PSI) workload projections, and 
for monitoring of NISP PSI funding and investigations. The execution of 
the collection instrument is an essential element of DCSA's ability to 
plan, program and budget for the PSI

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needs of NISP personnel security investigations.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal governments.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,333.
    Number of Respondents: 7,999.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 7,999.
    Average Burden per Response: 40 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Contractor entities are responsible for completing contractual 
requirements. Based on guidance contained in their contracts, they must 
identify which personnel will require background investigations for 
clearances in order to complete those contracts. Therefore, in order to 
comply with the terms of the Fiscal Year 2001 Defense Authorization 
Bill as they pertain to quantifying background investigation 
requirements and to ensure sufficient funding for these background 
investigations for clearances, DCSA must solicit input from the 
contractor entities regarding the numbers of each type of investigation 
they require for contract performance requiring access to classified 
information. The survey data are used to project case and cost 
estimates, integral to planning and programming for NISP personnel 
security investigations across the Fiscal Year Defense Plan.

    Dated: March 12, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-05577 Filed 3-17-21; 8:45 am]
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