[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14522-14523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05442]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0080]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD(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

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information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by April 
14, 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: Status of the Forces Survey 
of Active Duty Members; OMB Control Number 0704-0624.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 16,500.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 16,500.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,500 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of the Status of the Forces Survey 
(SOFS) of Active Duty Members is to assess the attitudes and opinions 
of active duty members and to provide key metrics to the OUSD(P&R). 
Results of this and subsequent surveys are used to provide direct 
feedback on key strategic indicators such as satisfaction and 
retention. These indicators provide primary data on personnel career 
plans, retention decisions, morale, commitment, and quality of life and 
historically provide the ability to evaluate the impact of policies and 
programs with regard to readiness and retention. The surveys are 
benchmarks by which senior DoD officials can track trends over time. 
Data from the surveys will be presented to the OUSD(P&R), Military 
Departments, Congress, and DoD policy and program offices. Analysis 
will include the Office of People Analytics' (OPA) standard products: A 
tabulation volume (a set of relative frequency distributions of each 
question, and cross-tabulations of survey questions by key stratifying 
variables), briefing slides and reports highlighting key findings, and 
a statistical methodology report. Ad hoc analyses requested by the 
policy office sponsors and other approved organizations may be 
conducted as needed and based on available staff. These projects take 
approximately one year to complete, including assessment design and 
development, fielding and administration, and data analysis and 
reporting. In addition, as mandated by the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, Title VI, Subtitle F, Subpart 
661, the Defense Manpower Data Center, now OPA, fields a financial 
literacy and preparedness survey within the SOFS annually. Results will 
be used by the Service Secretaries to evaluate and update financial 
literacy training and will be submitted in a report to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    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: http://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 http://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: March 8, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-05442 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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