[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 241 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87415-87416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27731]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

[Docket ID: USN-2023-HQ-0016]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(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 January 
17, 2024.

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

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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) 344-1358, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Navy Health of the Force 
Survey Program; OMB Control Number 0703-HOFG.
    Type of Request: New Generic Information Collection Request.
    Number of Respondents: 150,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 150,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 50,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Navy Health of the Force Survey program is a 
strategic level engagement survey initiative designed to assess climate 
and culture across the entire Department of the Navy (DoN) enterprise. 
When deployed, the Health of the Force (HoF) Survey is tailored to the 
unique population (Active Duty Navy, Reserve Navy, Active Duty Marine 
Corps, and Navy civilians) being surveyed, but also includes a core set 
of questions and metrics that support comparisons across the Navy and 
provide a means for evaluating changes in culture and climate over 
time.
    The DoN has already received OMB approval to conduct the mainline 
Navy HoF Survey under OMB Control Number 0703-0079. The Department has 
also submitted an information collection request for a Reserves-
specific HoF survey. With this Generic Information Collection Request, 
the Department seeks to bring all current and future HoF surveys under 
one OMB Control Number. The streamlined Generic approval process will 
grant the Navy Survey Office additional flexibility to (1) quickly 
implement changes that may be made to the HoF surveys from year to year 
and (2) add new HoF surveys that ask similar questions and utilize 
similar methods but target unique personnel populations.
    Every HoF survey will include validated metrics for inclusion, 
connectedness, trust, organizational commitment, and cohesion. Other 
metrics that will be collected annually or biennially include job/
career satisfaction, burnout, workplace incivility, and work/life 
balance. The survey results provide answers to important questions for 
Navy leadership about a range of topics including:
     Retention plans and influences to stay or leave
     Readiness and ability to perform core missions
     Importance/utilization of mentoring and professional 
development opportunities
     Access to key resources like childcare, healthcare, 
financial and personal support services
     Views on unique navy programs (i.e., Get Real, Get Better; 
Quality of Service, etc.)
     Personal well-being (mental, physical, and emotional)
     Interpersonal relationships in the workplace
     Levels of stress and key stressors
    Finally, the survey provides Navy personnel with an opportunity to 
tell Navy leaders, in their own words, what they are concerned about 
and what they need to make the Navy a stronger, more effective 
organization.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households (DoN civilians, active 
and reserve service members).
    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: 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: December 13, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-27731 Filed 12-15-23; 8:45 am]
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