[Federal Register: December 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January
26, 2005.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Personnel Security Investigation
Projection for Industry Survey; DSS Form 232; OMB Control Number 0704-
0417.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 12,117.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 12,117.

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    Average Burden Per Response: 75 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 15,146.
    Needs and Uses: Executive Order (EO) 12829, ``National Industrial
Security Program (NISP),'' stipulates that the Secretary of Defense
shall serve as the Executive Agent for inspecting and monitoring the
contractors, licensees, and grantees who require or will require access
to classified information; and for determining the eligibility for
access to classified information of contractors, licensees, and
grantees and their respective employees. EO 12829 also authorizes the
Executive Agent to issue, after consultation with affected agencies,
standard forms that will promote the implementation of the NISP.
    Under the NISP, the Defense Security Service is responsible for
conducting personnel security investigation of employees of those
cleared contractor entities under its security cognizance. In the past,
DSS has relied on historical data for agency budget projections
regarding the numbers of personnel security investigations required by
cleared contractor entities; however, historical data did not provide a
particularly accurate or credible estimate of such workload. In this
collection of information, DSS requests the voluntary assistance of the
Facility Security Officers of cleared contractor entities to provide
projections of the numbers and types of personnel security
investigation required. The data will be incorporated into DDS' budget
submissions.
    The Assistant Secretary of Defense assigned DSS responsibility for
the following types of investigation within industry:
    a. A Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).
    b. National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check
(NACLC).
    c. SSBI Periodic Reinvestigation (SSBI-PR or TS-PR).
    In accordance with 5200.2-R, DSS is also responsible for conducting
TS-PRs every 5 years, SECRET-PRs every 10 years and CONFIDENTIAL-PRs
every 15 years. In addition, under specified circumstances, DSS is
required to conduct SSBIs, NACLCs and National Agency Checks (NACs) for
sensitive positions that do not require personnel security clearances.
    Representative of various industry associations, the National
Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC), the
Military Services, various elements of the Department of Defense and
other Federal Government Agencies are aware of the annual survey.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Lewis Oleinick.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information
collection should be sent to Mr. Oleinick at the Office of Management
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal
should be sent to Ms. Toppings, WHS/ESCD/Information Management
Division, 1225 South Clark Street, Suite 504, Arlington, VA 22202-4326.

    Dated: December 15, 2004.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 04-28124 Filed 12-23-04; 8:45 am]

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