Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY:

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION:

Information collection notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 September 13, 2021.

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: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket listed above.

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 Ms. Angela Duncan at the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, ATTN: Executive Services Directorate, Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 03F09-09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100 or call 571-372-7574.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Family Advocacy Program (FAP): Child Abuse and Domestic Abuse Incident Reporting System; OMB Control Number 0704-0536.

Needs and Uses: This information collection provides the child abuse and domestic abuse incident data from the FAP Central Registry, as required by section 574 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2017 (Pub. L. 114-328). In addition to meeting the Congressional requirement, this report provides critical aggregate information on the circumstances of child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse incidents, which further informs ongoing prevention and response efforts. The aggregate FAP Central Registry data derived from this information collection and submitted from each Military Service (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force) offers a DoD-wide description of the child abuse and neglect and domestic abuse incidents that are reported to FAP. Respondents to the collection are military members and associated family members who have been referred to the installation FAP after a reported incident of family maltreatment, either domestic abuse or child maltreatment. The purpose of the collection is to determine eligibility for FAP services and to initiate a clinical record.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Annual Burden Hours: 16,716 hours.

Number of Respondents: 22,288.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 22,288.

Average Burden per Response: 45 minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.