[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 203 (Monday, October 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58894-58895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23203]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0104]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, Department of Defense (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 December 
27, 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: 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 Defense Human 
Resources Activity, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 08F05 Alexandria, VA 
22350, LaTarsha Yeargins, 571-372-2089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Officer Retention and 
Promotion Barrier Analysis; OMB Control Number 0704-0609.
    Needs and Uses: The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 (FY21) National Defense 
Authorization Act (NDAA) (Section 551) requires DoD to conduct a 
barrier analysis to review demographic diversity patterns across the 
military life cycle, starting with enlistment or accession into the 
armed forces in order to: (i) Identify barriers to increasing

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diversity; (ii) develop and implement plans and processes to resolve or 
eliminate any barriers to diversity; and (iii) review the progress of 
the armed forces in implementing previous plans and processes to 
resolve or eliminate barriers to diversity. This information collection 
will support the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) and 
DoD to contextualize quantitative data obtained via the DoD Total Force 
Demographics application and collect as part of the FY21 Officer Cohort 
Analysis and respond to Executive Order (E.O.) Advancing Racial Equity 
and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government 
E.O. 13985.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 340.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 340.
    Average Burden per Response: 88 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

    Dated: October 20, 2021.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-23203 Filed 10-22-21; 8:45 am]
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