[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59723-59724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16139]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2024-OS-0084]


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 
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 
September 23, 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, 
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.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing.

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Follow the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting 
comments. Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket 
number, form number, and title.

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 the Federal Voting 
Assistance Program ATTN: Mr. J. Scott Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Suite 03J25 Alexandria, VA 22350, (571) 372-0740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Overseas Citizen Population 
Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-0539.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
for the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), an agency of the DoD, 
to fulfill the mandate of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA of 1986 [52 U.S.C. 10301]). UOCAVA requires a 
statistical analysis report to the President and Congress on the 
effectiveness of assistance under the Act, a statistical analysis of 
voter participation, and a description of State/Federal cooperation. 
The data obtained through this study will allow FVAP to refine its 
methodology for estimating the number of overseas U.S. civilians who 
are eligible to vote and who have registered and participated in the 
past, and using these estimates to address the question of whether the 
registration and voting propensity of the overseas civilian population 
differs from that of a comparable domestic or military population. 
Conducting this research will help FVAP meet its Federal and 
congressional mandates in terms of reporting annually on its activities 
and on overall voter registration and participation rates after each 
Presidential election. The data obtained through this study is also 
intended to provide insights into existing barriers to UOCAVA voting 
and recommendations for addressing these challenges.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 4,500.
    Number of Respondents: 18,000.
    Responses per Responent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 18,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 Minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    The UOCAVA requires the States to allow Uniformed Services 
personnel, their family members, and overseas citizens to use absentee 
registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in general, 
special, primary, and runoff elections for Federal offices. The Act 
covers members of the Uniformed Services and the merchant marine to 
include the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and Public Health Service and their eligible dependents, 
Federal civilian employees overseas, and overseas U.S. citizens not 
affiliated with the Federal Government. After each Presidential 
election year, FVAP must report voter registration and participation 
rates for uniformed service voters and overseas citizens to Congress; 
while FVAP collects data for this report through regular surveys of 
uniformed service voters and other relevant UOCAVA populations, it does 
not currently collect data from non-military, non-government overseas 
civilians. Previous attempts to collect information on the overseas 
citizen's population to identify and measure its voter registration and 
participation rates in Federal elections suffered from significant 
bias; the Overseas Citizens Population Survey is focused on refining a 
prototype method to report voter registration and participation rates 
from a more well-defined subgroup of overseas civilians.

    Dated: July 18, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-16139 Filed 7-22-24; 8:45 am]
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