[Federal Register: April 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 78)]
[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

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Director of Administration and Management, Office of the 
Secretary of Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Director of Administration and Management, Office of 
the Secretary of Defense announces the following proposed new 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 June 24, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Director of Administration 
and Management, Directorate for Organizational and Management Planning, 
Attn: Mr. Mark Munson, 1950 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
1950; e-mail: mark.munson@osd.mil; telephone (703) 697-1141/1143.

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) 697-1141/1143.
    Title and OMB Control Number: Secretary of Defense Biennial Review 
of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities; OMB Control Number 0704-
0422.
    Needs and Uses: Section 192(c) of Title 10, U.S.C., requires that 
the Secretary of Defense review the services and supplies provided by 
each Defense Agency and DoD Field Activity. The purposes of the 
Biennial Review are to ensure the continuing need for each Agency and 
Field Activity and to ensure that the services and supplies provided by 
each entity is accomplished in a more effective, economical, or 
efficient manner than by the Military Departments. A standard 
organizational customer survey process serves as the principal data-
gathering methodology in the Biennial Review. As such, it provides 
valuable information to senior officials in the Department regarding 
the levels of satisfaction held by the organizational customers of the 
approximately 27 Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities covered by 
the Biennial Review.
    Affected Review: Business or other-for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 625.
    Number of Respondents: 2500.
    Responses Per Respondents: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Biennially.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The Biennial Review employs a survey to assess organizational-
customer satisfaction with the associated business line and addresses 
overall responsiveness to customer requirements, satisfaction with 
specific products and services, and quality of coordination with 
organizational customers. The survey identifies distinct areas of 
business (business lines) for all Defense Agencies and DoD Field 
Activities participating in the Review, creates lists of organizational 
customers specific to each business line, and uses a set of standard 
evaluation questions across all business lines. Respondents covered by 
this announcement are private-sector customers of these business lines, 
such as for the Federal Voting Assistance Program and Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service.


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    Dated: April 18, 2005.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-8146 Filed 4-22-05; 8:45 am]

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