[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65608-65609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17869]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

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


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), 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 
September 11, 2024.

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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: Reginald Lucas, (571) 372-7574, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Write-In Absentee 
Ballot (FWAB); SF 186; OMB Control Number 0704-0502.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (UOCAVA), 52 United States Code section 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 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.
    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: Mr. Reginald Lucas.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Lucas at [email protected].

    Dated: August 6, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-17869 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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