[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 34423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16833]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Control Number: Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS); 
OMB Number 0704-0069.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 13,050.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 13,050.
    Average Burden per Response: 26 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,618 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected by YATS is utilized by 
the Department of Defense to ascertain changes in youth attitudes that 
affect recruiting budgets, and to support analyses of recruiting 
incentives and diagnoses of recruiting difficulties.
    Approximately 10,000 young men and women between the ages of 16 and 
24 are interviewed by telephone each Fall to determine attitudes and 
opinions affecting military recruiting. On occasion, additional 
interviews of approximately 3,000 youth are conducted in the Spring or 
Summer, but not in the same year, when an information requirement 
precludes waiting for the normally scheduled Fall interviews. YATS 
provides an independent measure of youth awareness of military service 
recruitment advertising, and an efficient measure of potential 
incentives such as increased educational benefits. The collected 
information is also used to optimize the allocation of resources and to 
evaluate the effect of policy changes, as well as in the preparation of 
Congressional testimony regarding the state of recruiting.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William Pearce.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: June 26, 1996.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 96-16833 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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