[Federal Register: March 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 39)]
[Notices]               
[Page 9982-9983]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Defense Finance and Accounting 
Service, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
announces the proposed 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 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 April 
30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Denver Center, Defense 
Finance and Accounting Service, DFAS-DE/FYSA, ATTN: Vicki Holifield, 
6760 East Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279-3000.

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 Vicki Holifield, 303-676-4743.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Request for Information 
Regarding Deceased Debtor.
    Needs and Uses: This form is used to obtain information on deceased 
debtors from probate courts. Probate courts review their records to see 
if an estate was established. They provide the name and address of the 
executor or lawyer handling the estate. From the information obtained, 
we submit a claim against the estate for the amount due the United 
States.
    Affected Public: Clerks of Probate Courts.
    Annual Burden Hours: 833 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.

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    Frequency: When we are notified a debtor is deceased.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    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 contracting clerks of probate 
courts. If it's 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 uncollectible.

    Dated: February 24, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-4941 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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