[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40578-40579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19060]


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DEPARTMMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Officer of the Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 
and Readiness) announced the following proposed renewal of a 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 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 
September 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Force Management 
Policy/Military Personnel Policy/Compensation), ATTN: Lt Col Joseph L. 
Brown, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this

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proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the above address or 
call (703) 693-1068.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Validation of 
Public or Community Service Employment Performed by retired Personnel 
Retired Under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) for 
Increased Retirement Compensation, DD Form 2676, 0704-0357.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is 
necessary to validate and credit increased retirement compensation for 
qualifying public or community service employment performed by retired 
personnel of the Armed Forces who retired under the early retirement 
program.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; State, local or Tribal Government.
    Annual Budget Hours: 333.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: Upon employment, annually, and at the end of employment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Retired personnel employed by a public or community service 
employer, listed on the Registry of Public and Community Service 
Organizations, receive military service credit for all qualifying 
periods of employment during the enhanced retirement qualification 
period. This is the period beginning on the date of retirement and 
ending on the date the retired person would have attained 20 years of 
creditable service for retired pay purposes. Employers certify full-
time, paid employment (full-time employment is defined by the 
organization concerned, but is typically at least 33 hours per week or 
143 hours per month, including paid holidays and paid periods of leave 
or vacation). Retired personnel then mail the validation form to the 
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) for review and processing in a data 
base designed for this purpose. For each qualifying period of 
employment, the amount of military service credit shall be computed by 
subtracting the date of the first day of employment or the first day of 
the enhanced retirement qualification period, whichever is later, from 
the date of the last day of employment or the last day of the enhanced 
retirement qualification period, whichever is earlier, and adding 1 day 
to account for inclusive dates. DMDC will then send retired personnel 
blank forms for future certification.

    Dated: July 21, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-19060 Filed 7-26-99; 8:45 am]
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