[Federal Register: March 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 54)]
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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, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Industrial Capabilities 
Questionnaire; DD Form 2737; OMB Number 0704-0377.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.
    Number of Respondents: 12,800.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 12,800.
    Average Burden per Response: 12 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 153,600.
    Needs and Uses: As part of its responsibilities to facilitate a 
diverse, responsive, and competitive industrial base, the Department of 
Defense (DoD) requires accurate, pertinent, and up to date information 
as to industry's ability to satisfy defense needs. The industrial 
Capabilities Questionnaire will be used by all Services and the Defense 
Logistics Agency to gather business, industrial capability (employment, 
skills, facilities, equipment, processes, and technologies), and 
manufactured end item information to conduct required industrial 
assessments and to support DoD strategic planning and decisions. 
Respondents are industry professionals who provide information to the 
requesting DoD agency on the industrial capabilities associated with 
the subject facility being reviewed. The DoD agencies are directed to 
solicit only those data elements within this form necessary to conduct 
the particular planing or assessment task at hand. This approach is 
used to minimize the burden for data requests on industry and limit the 
retention of in-house data to that essential to supporting defense 
decisions and plans. A significant portion of this information will be 
collected electronically and, with appropriate measures to protect 
sensitive data, will be made available to authorized users in the 
Department to support a wide variety of industrial capability analysis. 
These analyses are used to support cost effective acquisition of 
defense systems and key troop support/consumable items, assess the 
implications of changes in defense spending on industry, development of 
responsive logistics support efforts, and industrial preparedness 
planning and readiness analysis. The lack of accurate, current, and 
relevant industry capability information will adversely impact the 
integrity of the Department's decision and planning efforts.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations of the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss 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: March 16, 1999.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-6823 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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