98-12. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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, Associated Form, and OMB Number: National Security Education 
Program (Service Agreement Report for Scholarship and Fellowship 
Awards); DD Forms 2752 and 2753; OMB Number 0704-0368.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Responses Per Respondent: 2.
    Annual Responses: 600.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 100.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection is necessary to obtain 
verification that applicable scholarship and fellowship recipients are 
fulfilling the service obligation mandated by the National Security 
Education Act of 1991, Title VIII of P.L. 102-183, as amended. 
Respondents are recipients of undergraduate scholarship and graduate 
fellowship assistance from the National Security Education Program 
(NSEP), established by the National Security Education Act of 1991. DD 
Form 2752 is the Service Agreement that award recipients sign in order 
to acknowledge their understanding of their service obligation, and 
agree to the obligation. DD Form 2753 is the Service Agreement Report 
Form on which the student provides an account of his or her work toward 
fulfilling the service obligation, or justifies a request for 
deferment. The forms supporting this information collection requirement 
represent the sole means of establishing a written agreement of the 
service obligation and progress reports toward fulfilling this 
obligation between students who receive NSEP undergraduate scholarship 
and graduate fellowship awards, the program office, and the Department.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: Semi-Annually.
    Respondents's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposals 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: December 24, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-12 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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