98-14698. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-14698]


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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 and OMB Number: Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) Review 
Project; OMB Number 0704-[to be determined].
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 140.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 140.
    Average Burden per Response: 2 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 280.
    Needs and Uses: The Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) is no 
longer receiving Federal funding, but new initiatives have begun to 
broaden and normalize the application of dual-use technologies and 
products. As part of its support of these initiatives, the Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring this review 
project to quantitatively express the status and performance of the TRP 
projects and to document lessons learned. This review will also provide 
an opportunity to present TRP products and technologies to the Services 
for adoption. The information collected will be used by DARPA's Joint 
Dual Use Program Office (JDUPO) and the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense (OSD) to define and document the status of each TRP project and 
to derive performance metrics suitable for the Government Performance 
and Results Act (GPRA). TRP project successes and failures and lessons 
learned from the TRP will be compiled from the information gathered as 
well as materials for education and training. Because the TRP projects 
are nearing completion, this data must be collected now or it will 
become nearly impossible to access. If that happens, the opportunity 
will be lost to assess the benefits of the TRP and to learn lessons 
that will help to expand dual-use and embed it into the Military 
Services. Respondents will be the TRP consortia: for-profit businesses, 
defense contractors, and universities.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations on 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: May 28, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-14698 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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