[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29277-29278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13512]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DOD-2017-OS-0030]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) 
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 August 
28, 2017.

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 Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 
Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, 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. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting

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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 Defense Manpower 
Data Center (DMDC), ATTN: Ms. Kristin Williams, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 
Suite 04E25, Alexandria, VA 22350, or call (571) 372-1033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: The 2014 Post-Election 
Voting Survey of Local Election Officials, OMB 0704-0125.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to fulfill the mandate of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 1973ff]). 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.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 900.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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. Local Election Officials (LEO) 
process voter registration and absentee ballot applications, send 
absentee ballots to voters, and receive and process the voted ballots 
in counties, cities, parishes, townships and other jurisdictions within 
the U.S. LEOs, independently and in relation to their respective State 
election officials, are often one of the most important pieces in the 
absentee voting process for UOCAVA citizens. The Federal Voting 
Assistance Program (FVAP) conducts the post-election survey of Local 
Election Officials to evaluate the effectiveness of the overall 
absentee voting program. The information collected will be qualitative 
and will be used for overall program evaluation, management and 
improvement, and to compile the congressionally-mandated report to the 
President and Congress.

    Dated: June 23, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2017-13512 Filed 6-27-17; 8:45 am]
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