[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6823]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
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: Industrial Capabilities
Questionnaire; DD Form 2737; OMB Number 0704-0377.
Type of Request: Reinstatement.
Number of Respondents: 12,800.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 12,800.
Average Burden per Response: 12 hours.
Annual Burden Hours: 153,600.
Needs and Uses: As part of its responsibilities to facilitate a
diverse, responsive, and competitive industrial base, the Department of
Defense (DoD) requires accurate, pertinent, and up to date information
as to industry's ability to satisfy defense needs. The industrial
Capabilities Questionnaire will be used by all Services and the Defense
Logistics Agency to gather business, industrial capability (employment,
skills, facilities, equipment, processes, and technologies), and
manufactured end item information to conduct required industrial
assessments and to support DoD strategic planning and decisions.
Respondents are industry professionals who provide information to the
requesting DoD agency on the industrial capabilities associated with
the subject facility being reviewed. The DoD agencies are directed to
solicit only those data elements within this form necessary to conduct
the particular planing or assessment task at hand. This approach is
used to minimize the burden for data requests on industry and limit the
retention of in-house data to that essential to supporting defense
decisions and plans. A significant portion of this information will be
collected electronically and, with appropriate measures to protect
sensitive data, will be made available to authorized users in the
Department to support a wide variety of industrial capability analysis.
These analyses are used to support cost effective acquisition of
defense systems and key troop support/consumable items, assess the
implications of changes in defense spending on industry, development of
responsive logistics support efforts, and industrial preparedness
planning and readiness analysis. The lack of accurate, current, and
relevant industry capability information will adversely impact the
integrity of the Department's decision and planning efforts.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
Written comments and recommendations of the proposed information
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss 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 proposal
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.
Dated: March 16, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-6823 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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