# 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).
**DATES:**
Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 3, 2010.
*Title, Form, and OMB Number:* Leading Edge Supply Chain Survey; OMB Number 0701-TBD.
*Type of Request:* New.
*Number of Respondents:* 818.
*Responses per Respondent:* 1.
*Annual Responses:* 818.
*Average Burden per Response:* 45 minutes.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 614 hours.
*Needs and Uses:* This study seeks to uncover the emerging trends in supply chain management (SCM) practices, processes and metrics that could be beneficial to the Department of Defense, with particular emphasis on the U.S. Air Force.
*Affected Public:* Business or other for-profit.
*Frequency:* On occasion.
*Respondent's Obligation:* Voluntary.
*OMB Desk Officer:* Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method:
• *Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
*Instructions:* All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this *Federal Register* document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at *http://www.regulations.gov* as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
*DoD Clearance Officer:* Ms. Patricia Toppings.
Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/Information Management Division, 1777 North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, Arlington, VA 22209-2133.
Dated: October 22, 2010.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.