Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Officer of the Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

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In compliance with section 3506(c)(2) of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel

and Readiness) announced the following proposed renewal 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 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

September 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under

Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (Force Management

Policy/Military Personnel Policy/Compensation), ATTN: Lt Col Joseph L.

Brown, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this

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proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments, please write to the above address or

call (703) 693-1068.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Validation of

Public or Community Service Employment Performed by retired Personnel

Retired Under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) for

Increased Retirement Compensation, DD Form 2676, 0704-0357.

Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement is

necessary to validate and credit increased retirement compensation for

qualifying public or community service employment performed by retired

personnel of the Armed Forces who retired under the early retirement

program.

Affected Public: Individuals and households; not-for-profit

institutions; Federal Government; State, local or Tribal Government.

Annual Budget Hours: 333.

Number of Respondents: 2,000.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.

Frequency: Upon employment, annually, and at the end of employment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

Retired personnel employed by a public or community service

employer, listed on the Registry of Public and Community Service

Organizations, receive military service credit for all qualifying

periods of employment during the enhanced retirement qualification

period. This is the period beginning on the date of retirement and

ending on the date the retired person would have attained 20 years of

creditable service for retired pay purposes. Employers certify full-

time, paid employment (full-time employment is defined by the

organization concerned, but is typically at least 33 hours per week or

143 hours per month, including paid holidays and paid periods of leave

or vacation). Retired personnel then mail the validation form to the

Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) for review and processing in a data

base designed for this purpose. For each qualifying period of

employment, the amount of military service credit shall be computed by

subtracting the date of the first day of employment or the first day of

the enhanced retirement qualification period, whichever is later, from

the date of the last day of employment or the last day of the enhanced

retirement qualification period, whichever is earlier, and adding 1 day

to account for inclusive dates. DMDC will then send retired personnel

blank forms for future certification.

Dated: July 21, 1999.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 99-19060 Filed 7-26-99; 8:45 am]

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