[Federal Register: May 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 87)]
[Notices]               
[Page 24575-24576]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

[Docket ID: USA-2008-0006]

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the 
Army (OAA-AAHS), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of the Army announces a proposed 
extension of a 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 the 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 July 7, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    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.

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 Surface 
Deployment and Distribution Command, G5, 709 Ward Drive, Building 1990, 
ATTN: (Jerome Colton) Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225, or call 
Department of the Army Reports clearance officer at (703) 428-6440.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Industry Partnership 
Survey; OMB Control Number 0702-0122.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected from this survey will be 
used to systematically survey and measure industry contractors to 
better understand how they feel about SDDC's acquisition processes, and 
to improve the way business is conducted. The SDDC provides global 
surface deployment command and control and distribution operations to 
meet National Security objectives in peace and war. They are working to 
be the Warfighter's single surface deployment/distribution provider for 
adaptive and flexible solutions delivering capability and sustainment 
on time. Respondents will be commercial firms who have contracts 
awarded by SDDC for several program areas.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Annual Burden Hours: 343.
    Number of Respondents: 1,371.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: Other (14-month cycle).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SDDC will use the survey information to 
improve the efficiency, quality, and timeliness of its processes, as 
well as to strengthen its partnership with industry. The SDDC goal is 
to promote this survey effort as a useful self-assessment, self-
improvement, and benchmarking tool, while ensuring that data 
reliability is maintained.


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    Dated: April 28, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
 [FR Doc. E8-9802 Filed 5-2-08; 8:45 am]

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