Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Number, and OMB Number: Validation of Public or

Community Service Employment Performed by Retired Personnel Retired

Under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority for Increased Retirement

Compensation; DD form 2676; OMB Number 0704-0357.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 1,775.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 1,775.

Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 296.

Needs and Uses: Public Law 102-484, section 4464, required the

Department of Defense to develop policy and procedures to validate and

credit increased compensation for qualifying public and community

service employment performed by retired personnel of the Armed Forces

under the ``Temporary Early Retirement Authority Program.'' Public Law

103-337, section 542, extended this program to the Coast Guard. This

information, which uses DD Form 2676, will allow DoD and Coast Guard to

collect necessary information to recompute retired pay when the

participating member qualifies under this program. Respondents to this

program will be registered public or community service employers. The

data are submitted by the Defense Manpower Data Center to either the

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) or the Coast Guard

Finance Center for update of final pay information files. When a member

reaches age 62, the Finance Centers will recompute retirement pay,

adding whatever public or community service employment was validated

during the enhanced retirement qualification period.

Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit

Institutions; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.

Frequency: On occasion; Annually.

Respondents Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.

[[Page 59743]]

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: October 28, 1999.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 99-28667 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5001-10-M