[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13407-13408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6541]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and
Readiness).
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness) announces the following proposed reinstatement 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 May 17,
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), ODUSD(PI)/Defense Human
Resources Activity, ATTN: Ms. Sheila Ford, 4040 Fairfax Boulevard,
Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203.
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 above address or
call at (703) 696-1022.
Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Application for Uniformed
Services Identification Card--DEERS Enrollment, DD Form 1172, OMB
Number 0704-0020.
Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is
necessary to authorize members of the Uniformed Services, their spouses
and dependents, and other authorized individuals certain benefits and
privileges. These privileges include health care, use of commissary,
base exchange, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities. This
information collection is needed to obtain the necessary data to
determine eligibility, to provide eligible individuals with an
authorization card (identification card) for benefits and privileges
administered by the Uniformed Services, and maintain a centralized
database of eligible individuals. This information collection may also
be used by the military departments and the Defense agencies to issue
their non-benefit identification cards.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Annual Burden Hours: 281,092.
Number of Respondents: 1,623,246.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
This information collection identifies those individuals eligible
for the benefits and privileges authorized in Sections 1061-1065, 1072-
1074c, 1076, 1076a, 1077, 1174a, 1175, and 1408 of Title 10 and
issuance of the appropriate Uniformed Services identification cards.
The Uniformed Services identification card is the key to authorized
usage of military health care, commissary, exchange privileges, and
morale, welfare, and recreation facilities. In order to obtain this
identification card, an applicant is required to go to an
identification card issuing site and update a DD Form 1172,
``Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card--DEERS
Enrollment.'' The sponsor, or person authorized to sign the DD Form
1172 in accordance with the criteria established in DoD Instruction
1000.13, provides appropriate dependent information and verification,
i.e., birth certificate, marriage license, etc. The information is
entered into an automated system by the identification card issuing
official and reviewed by the applicant. Once the applicant has reviewed
the information for correctness, the sponsor, or person authorized to
sign the form, will sign the system-printed DD Form 1172. The DD Form
1172 must be signed by both the sponsor (or person authorized to sign
the form) and the verifying official. The person authorized to sign the
form must sign it in the presence of the verifying official. On those
rare occasions where the sponsor (or personnel authorized to sign the
form) is unable to accompany his/her dependent to the identification
card issuing site, the signature must be notarized in accordance with
the criteria set forth in DoD Instruction 1000.13 prior to verification
by the verifying official. This does not happen very often and does not
create a significant increase in burden to the public. Once the DD Form
1172 has been properly signed, the form is taken to the identification
card issuing site for issuance of the ID card. The data are transmitted
to the Defense Manpower Data Center to be entered into the Defense
Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) database. The
application is required to update the information once every four years
or as changes occur, i.e., reservist entering active duty or being
released from active duty.
This information collection may also be used to identify employees
and certain contractors of the military departments and Defense
agencies for the purpose of issuance of a non-benefit identification
card. This group may include civilians and contractors who regularly
require official identification in connection with their official
business.
Individuals eligible for this program include: active duty,
reserve, and retired personnel of the Uniformed Services (Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, US Public Health Service, and
NOAA) and their dependents; surviving dependents of deceased active
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duty and deceased retired personnel; certain Federal employees; certain
contract employees; certain State Department employees employed in a
foreign country and their dependents; any other individuals entitled to
care under the Uniformed Services health care program; individuals
entitled to Uniformed Services benefits and privileges and a Uniformed
Services identification card; any eligible individual who submits a
health care claim; and individuals eligible for certain civilian non-
benefit identification cards.
Dated: March 11, 1999.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-6541 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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