[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68473-68474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24778]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2022-OS-0124]


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

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OUSD(P&R) 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 January 
17, 2023.

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, 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, Office of People Analytics, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Suite 06E22, Alexandria, VA 22350-4000, Ashlea Klahr, 703-819-5356.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the direction of President Biden, the 
Secretary of Defense ordered a 90-Day Independent Review Commission 
(IRC) on Sexual Assault in the Military. The IRC recommended the DoD 
establish ``pulse survey'' tool that would enable unit-level commanders 
to collect real-time climate data from Service members in their units 
between required administrations of the Defense Organizational Climate 
Survey (DEOCS), the command climate assessment tool used by the DoD. A 
subsequent September 2021 memo from the Secretary of Defense directed 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) 
to develop the survey tool to augment the DEOCS command climate 
assessment program required under Section 572 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. USD(P&R) developed 
the Defense Organizational Climate Pulse (DOCP) to meet this directive.
    A DOCP provides DoD leaders in active duty and Reserve component 
DoD units and DoD civilian personnel organizations an annual 
opportunity to a means to assess concerns identified in the DEOCS. Also 
included in the DOCP population are active duty and Reserve component 
members of the Coast Guard and foreign national employees working for 
the DoD. The survey is web-based and is a census of the commander's 
unit. The survey includes core demographic questions and a pool of 
survey items that include topics related to (1) unit experiences, (2) 
ratings of leadership, and (3) personal experiences and/or behaviors.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense Organizational 
Climate Pulse (DOCP)--Version 1.0; OMB Control Number 0704-DOCP.
    Needs and Uses: The DOCP is fielded in response to a September 2021 
memo from Secretary of Defense directing the USD(P&R) to develop the 
survey pulse tool. The information gathered from the DOCP will be used 
by commanders, prevention workforce personnel, equal opportunity 
officers (EOAs), survey administrators, and other leaders to assess 
changes in the unit's command climate, gather additional information 
related to risk and protective factors measured on the DOECS and/or 
other outcomes of interest (e.g., sexual assault, sexual harassment, 
racial/ethnic discrimination, suicide, readiness, retention, 
retaliation, and various forms of abuse). The DOCP requirements will be 
further codified in a forthcoming DoD Instruction, which specifies that 
unit commanders may field only one DOCP annually. Based on the DOCP 
results, commanders, leaders, and their survey administrators will 
refine the action plans developed after the administration of a DEOCS 
to positively impact their organization's leadership climate. The 
survey results are provided to the commander/leader and their survey 
administrator. Survey responses could also be used in future analyses.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Annual Burden Hours: 18,539.5.
    Number of Respondents: 158,910.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 158,910.
    Average Burden per Response: 7 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Unit commanders and organizational leaders may choose to administer 
a DOCP, 90 days after their most recent DEOCS. The DEOCS is a required 
administration for unit commanders. In contrast, the DOCP is a 
voluntary data collection unit commanders may request. Based on 
historical administrative records on the frequency of unit commander 
requests for a second DEOCS in a 12 month period, we anticipate a small 
fraction of unit commanders requesting a DOCP. The DCOP will be a 
confidential data collection.

    Dated: November 8, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-24778 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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