[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 3514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01269]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

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


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (USD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance 
the following proposal for collection of information under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 
23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Officer Retention and 
Promotion Barrier Analysis; OMB Control Number 0704-0609.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 340.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 340.
    Average Burden per Response: 88 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 499 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) National Defense 
Authorization Act (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 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 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.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID 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 https://www.regulations.gov as they are received 
without change, including any personal identifiers or contact 
information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Ms. Duncan at [email protected].

    Dated: January 19, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-01269 Filed 1-21-22; 8:45 am]
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