# Proposed Collection; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
Defense Manpower Data Center, DoD.
**ACTION:**
60-Day information collection notice.
**SUMMARY:**
In compliance with the *Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,* the Defense Manpower Data Center announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 6, 2018.
**ADDRESSES:**
You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods:
• *Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.* Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
• *Mail:* Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, Regulatory and Advisory Committee Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09B, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
*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.
Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the instructions at *http://www.regulations.gov* for submitting comments. Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, form number, and title.
**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 Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), DoD Center Monterey Bay, DBIDS, ATTN: David Schwab, Seaside, CA 93955, or call DMDC, DBIDS, at 831-583-2500.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number:* Defense Biometrics Identification System; DBIDS Registration Application; OMB Control Number 0704-0455.
*Needs and Uses:* The information collection requirement is necessary to obtain and record the biographic & biometric data connected with positively identifying identity, eligibility for access, and fitness within DBIDS and shared with IMESA/IOLS. The form data is used in the determination of access at DBIDS sites and affiliated systems through use of IMESA/IolS.
*Affected Public:* The primary public entity are individuals with secondary entities being: The Federal Government, Business or other for profits, Not-For-Profit Institutions, and State, Local or Tribal Government seeking access to Controlled Federal Government locations.
*Annual Burden Hours:* 291,667.
*Number of Respondents:* 2,500,000.
*Responses per Respondent:* 1.
*Annual Responses:* 2,500,000.
*Average Burden per Response:* 7 minutes.
*Frequency:* On occasion.
Respondents are those persons requiring access to DOD Installations who do not meet requirements to possess a DOD identification card. Their data is collected pursuant to DoD force protection measures and base security policy. Persons possessing a valid DOD identification card have their data automatically provided through system to system interfaces and are not considered burdened.
Dated: January 31, 2018.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.