[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72972-72973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25853]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2022-OS-0129]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering, (OUSD(R&E), 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 Research and Engineering 
(OUSD(R&E)) 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 
27, 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 SMART Program 
Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 17C08, Alexandria, VA, 22350-
3600, ATTN: Dr. Brandon Cochenour, or call 240-526-1123.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: SMART Scholar Survey and 
Sponsoring Facilities (SF) Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-DSSS.
    Needs and Uses: The information gathered through the ``Scholar 
Survey'' and ``Sponsoring Facilities Survey'' will inform the 
Department of Defense (DoD) on the Science, Mathematics and Research 
for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program. The purpose 
of these surveys is to gain a better understanding of scholars' and 
sponsoring facilities' (SF) perspectives on the program and its impact 
on the scholar. Both surveys are part of a third-party evaluation of 
the SMART Program. The purpose of the scholar survey is to gain a deep 
perspective of SMART scholars who are participating or have 
participated in the program, understanding their perspective on how the 
SMART program operates, identifying program processes that are working 
well, suggesting what could be improved in the program, and determining 
the detailed outcomes of the program. The purpose of the SF survey is 
to gain a perspective of DoD facilities who are participating in the 
program, understanding their perspective on how the SMART program 
operates, identifying program processes that are working well, and 
suggesting what could be improved in the program. Both surveys aim to 
help improve the SMART Program.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.

SMART Scholar Survey

    Annual Burden Hours: 900.
    Number of Respondents: 1,800.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,800.
    Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.

Sponsoring Facilities Survey

    Annual Burden Hours: 15.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 60.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.


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    Total Annual Burden Hours: 915.
    Annual Responses: 1,860.
    Frequency: This is expected to be a one-time collection.
    Both surveys will be administered online using a password-protected 
Qualtrics account. Qualtrics is a Federal Risk and Authorization 
Management Program (FedRAMP) certified program. All respondents will 
receive the same survey instrument. Respondents to the scholar survey 
will answer questions about their experiences with the SMART Program, 
to include the application process, degree pursuit, and post-graduation 
employment with DoD. Respondents to the SF survey will answer questions 
about the SF's use of the SMART Program, to include outreach, selection 
of scholars, scholar professional development opportunities, hiring of 
scholars, and retention. Respondents to both surveys retain the ability 
to skip any survey question they do not wish to answer. Respondents may 
also end the survey at any time without penalty. Respondents return the 
collection by clicking a button (indicated by a right arrow) on the 
last page of the survey, which logs their answers in a Qualtrics 
database attached to the survey.

    Dated: November 22, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-25853 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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