[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 35817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09554]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2024-OS-0045]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & 
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 
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 July 1, 
2024.

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, 
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 Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, Department of Defense, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Suite 05E22, Alexandria, VA 22350-5000, Brianna Paul, (571) 545-3996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Write-In Absentee 
Ballot; Standard Form 186; OMB Control Number 0704-0502.
    Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee 
(Secretary of Defense) to prescribe an official backup ballot for use 
by the States to permit absent uniformed services voters and overseas 
voters to participate in general, special, primary and runoff elections 
for Federal office. The authority for the States to collect personal 
information comes from UOCAVA. The burden for collecting this 
information resides in the States. The Federal government neither 
collects nor retains any personal information associated with these 
forms.
    The collected information will be used by State and local election 
officials to process uniformed service members, spouses and overseas 
citizens who submit their information to register to vote or receive an 
absentee ballot. The collected information will be retained by election 
officials to provide election materials, including absentee ballots, to 
the uniformed services, their eligible family members and overseas 
voters during the form's eligibility period provided by State law. No 
information from the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) is 
collected or retained by the Federal government. The FWAB is completed 
in hardcopy or via the Federal Voting Assistance Program's (FVAP) 
online assistant (fvap.gov), and then submitted by the voter to an 
Election Official through mail, email, or fax (depending on State 
instructions). Per the law, FVAP regularly reaches out to UOCAVA 
citizens to raise awareness of its voting assistance services, 
primarily via its website, FVAP.gov.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other 
for-profit; Not-for-profit Institutions; Farms, Federal Governments; 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.

    Dated: April 29, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-09554 Filed 5-1-24; 8:45 am]
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