[Federal Register: December 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 245)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DoD-2007-OS-0107]

 
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 
22, 2008.
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Application for Former Spouse Payments 
from Retired Pay; DD Form 2293; OMB Control Number 0730-0008.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Number of Respondents: 27,090.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 27,090.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 6,772.
    Needs and Uses: Under 10 U.S.C. 1408, State courts may divide 
military retired pay as property or order alimony and child support 
payments from that retired pay. The former spouse may apply to the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for direct payment of 
these monies by using DD Form 2293. This information collection is 
needed to provide DFAS the basic data needed to process the request.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Sharon Mar.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Mar at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 

change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings. Written requests for 
copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. 
Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management Division, 1777 North Kent 
Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 22209-2133.


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    Dated: December 14, 2007.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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