[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 241 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87411-87412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27733]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0065]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Chief Information Officer (CIO), 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 
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: DoD Cyber Scholarship 
Program; OMB Control Number 0704-0486.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.

DoD Cyber Scholarship Program Student Applications

    Number of Respondents: 584.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 584.
    Average Burden per Response: 4.47 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,626.

DoD Cyber Scholarship Program Grant Proposals

    Number of Respondents: 89.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.47
    Annual Responses: 131.
    Average Burden per Response: 18.69 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,448.

DoD Cyber Scholarship Annual Reports

    Number of Respondents: 89.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 89.
    Average Burden per Response: 8 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 712.

Total

    Number of Respondents: 673 (584 student applications and 89 
respondents to Proposals and Annual Reports).
    Annual Responses: 804.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,786.
    Needs and Uses: DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (DoD CySP), 
authorized by section 2200 of title 10 of the United States Code, is 
designed to: increase the number of new entrants to DoD who possess key 
Cyber and Information Technology (IT) skill sets; and serve as a tool 
to develop and retain well-educated military and civilian personnel who 
support the Department's critical IT management and infrastructure 
protection functions. The DoD CySP recruitment track is for college 
students who, upon completion of the program, will work for the DoD. 
The retention track is for current DoD employees attending college 
courses through the DoD CySP while still performing their mission 
duties. Pending availability of funds, the DoD CySP may also award 
capacity-building grants to colleges and universities designated as 
National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, (referred to 
herein as NCAE-Cs) who respond to one of the two scholarship tracks: 
for such purposes as developing cyber curricula and faculty, building 
cyber laboratories, and outreach to minority institutions. The National 
Security Agency (NSA) is the Executive Administrator of the program, 
serving on behalf of the DoD CIO. NCAE-Cs interested in applying for 
grants (scholarship and/or capacity-building) must complete and submit 
a written technical and financial proposal, as well as forms required 
by federal grant policy (forms are identified in the grant solicitation 
and can be downloaded at www.grants.gov). DoD requires this information 
collection (proposals and grant execution accomplishments) to measure 
the performance of the capacity building components of the DoD CySP. 
DoD uses the information collected in the scholarship application 
process to assess the quality of applicants selected for inclusion in 
the DoD CySP. Without this documentation detailing scholarship 
applicants' credentials, grant proposals, and grant execution 
accomplishments, the DoD has no means of judging the quality of 
applicants to the program or collecting information regarding program 
performance.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households (Student Applicants); 
Not-for-profit Institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Businesses or other for-profit (Academic Institutions).

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    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, (571) 344-1358, [email protected].

    Dated: December 13, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-27733 Filed 12-15-23; 8:45 am]
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