[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74118-74119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29451]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2013-OS-0227]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Security Service (DSS) announces a
proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) 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 February
10, 2014.
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: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
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
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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: Defense Security
Service, ATTN: Mr. Helmut Hawkins, Industrial Policy and Programs--A&E
Division, 27130 Telegraph Road, Quantico, VA 22134.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Personnel Security
Investigation Projection for Industry Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Number
0704-0417.
Needs and Uses: Executive order (EO) 12829, ``National Industrial
Security Program (NISP),'' stipulates that the Secretary of Defense
shall serve as the Executive Agent for inspecting and monitoring the
contractors, licensees, and grantees who require or will require access
to classified information; and for determining the eligibility for
access to classified information of contractors, licensees, and
grantees and their respective employees. The Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence assigned Defense Security Service (DSS) the
responsibility for central operational management of DoD personnel
security investigation (PSI) workload projections, and for monitoring
of PSI funding and investigation quality issues for DoD components.
This responsibility includes managing workload projections, along with
funding and quality oversight matters related to PSIs conducted for
employees and consultants of contractors cleared under the NISP. Prior
to 2001, DSS compared historical PSI data for budget formulation. Since
2001, DSS conducted an annual survey of cleared contractors to more
accurately assess personnel security and trustworthiness investigation
requirements. In this annual collection of information, DSS asks the
Facility Security Officers of cleared contractor entities to provide
for each of three fiscal years (e.g., 2015, 2016, 2017): Projections of
the numbers and types of personnel security investigations (PSIs)
required; a description of methodology used for the projections; and
estimates of the numbers and types of cleared contractor's PSI
projections that are separately attributable to DoD contracts and the
contracts of non-DoD agencies. The data will be incorporated into DSS's
budget submissions and will be used to track against cleared
contractors' actual PSI submissions.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has responsibility for
conducting PSIs and the subsequent periodic reinvestigations (PRs) in
accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 5, Part 736.
Cleared contractors, representatives of various industry
associations, the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory
Committee (NISPPAC), various components of the Department of Defense
(including the Military Departments) and other Federal Government
agencies are familiar with the annual survey.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit
institutions under Department of Defense Security Cognizance.
Annual Burden Hours: 17,801.
Number of Respondents: 13,351.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 80 minutes.
Frequency: Annually.
The execution of the DSS Form 232 is an essential element of DSS'
ability to project the PSI needs of cleared contractor entities. This
collection of information requests the assistance of the Facility
Security Officer to provide projections of the numbers and types of
PSIs. The data will be incorporated into DSS's budget submissions and
used to track against actual PSI submissions. The form will be
distributed electronically via a web-based commercial survey tool. The
form will display OMB approval number 0704-0417.
Dated: December 5, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-29451 Filed 12-9-13; 8:45 am]
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