[Federal Register: March 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 44)]
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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).
    Title, Form, and OMB Number: Request for Information Regarding 
Deceased Debtor; DD Form 2840; OMB Number 0730-[To Be Determined].
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 833.
    Needs and Uses: Defense Finance and Accounting Service maintains 
updated debt accounts and initiates debt collection action for 
separated military members, out-of-service civilian employees, and 
other individuals not on an active federal government payroll system. 
When notice is received that an individual debtor is deceased, an 
effort is made to ascertain whether the decedent left an estate by 
contacting clerks of probate courts. If it is determined that an estate 
was established, attempts are made to collect the debt from the estate. 
If no estate appears to have been established, the debt is written off 
as uncollectable. This form is used to obtain information on deceased 
debtors from probate courts.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer. Written comments and 
recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent 
to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer 
for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing. Written requests for 
copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. 
Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, 
VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: February 27, 2001.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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