2023-07484. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY:

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION:

30-Day information collection notice.

SUMMARY:

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES:

Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 11, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for DEERS Enrollment/ID Card Issuance; DD Form 1172–2; OMB Control Number 0704–0415.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 2,288,877.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 2,288,877.

Average Burden per Response: 3 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 114,444.

Needs and Uses: The information collected is used to determine an individual's eligibility for benefits and privileges, to provide a proper identification card reflecting those benefits and privileges, and to maintain a centralized database of the eligible population. This information shall be used to establish an individual's affiliation with DoD, in support of DoD ID card issuance and benefits access. Once this information has been collected and proofed to the standard requisite in Federal Information Processing Standards 201–3, “Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors” (for CAC applicants), and according to the DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1000.13, “Identification (ID) Cards for Members of the Uniformed Services, Their Dependents, and Other Eligible Individuals” (for all other DoD ID card applicants), a record will be established in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) that will allow for the issuance of the appropriate ID card.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.

You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan.

Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at [e-mail].

Dated: April 5, 2023.

Aaron T. Siegel,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.