[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51389-51390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17971]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2022-OS-0104]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: 60-Day 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 October 
21, 2022.

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 Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, 
Regulatory Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: 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 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: Defense Organizational 
Climate Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-DOCS.
    Needs and Uses: The Defense Organizational Climate Survey (DEOCS) 
is fielded in response to Section 572 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. A May 2019 memo from the Acting 
Secretary of Defense directed that the goals of the DEOCS include 
developing and providing leaders with assessment tools ``that help them 
with developing an appropriate course of action from a suite of 
interventions and provide them with feedback on their impact of their 
efforts.'' The information gathered from the DEOCS will be used by 
commanders, prevention workforce personnel, equal opportunity officers, 
survey administrators, and other leaders to assess the unit's command 
climate and measure the risk and protective factors associated with the 
six strategic target outcomes (sexual assault, sexual harassment, 
racial/ethnic discrimination, suicide, readiness, and retention). Based 
on the DEOCS results, commanders, leaders, and their survey 
administrators will develop an action plan to positively impact their 
organization's leadership climate. The survey results are provided to 
the commander/leader and their survey

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administrator. Survey responses could also be used in future analyses. 
The statutory and policy requirements for the DEOCS can be found in the 
following:

 FY13 NDAA, Section 572
 FY14 NDAA, Section 1721
 Memo from the Acting Secretary of Defense, May 2019

    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 794,549.
    Number of Respondents: 1,589,098.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,589,098.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

    Dated: August 16, 2022.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-17971 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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