Billing Code: 6001-FR
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2024-OS-0084]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: 60-day information collection notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the OUSD(P&R)
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 [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS
AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
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 Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, 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 Federal Voting Assistance Program ATTN: Mr. J. Scott
Wiedmann, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 03J25 Alexandria, VA 22350, (571) 372-0740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TITLE; ASSOCIATED FORM; AND OMB NUMBER: Overseas Citizen Population
Survey; OMB Control Number 0704-0539.
NEEDS AND USES: The information collection requirement is necessary for the Federal
Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), an agency of the DoD, to fulfill the mandate of the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA of 1986 [52 U.S.C. 10301]).
UOCAVA requires a statistical analysis report to the President and Congress on the effectiveness
of assistance under the Act, a statistical analysis of voter participation, and a description of
State/Federal cooperation. The data obtained through this study will allow FVAP to refine its
methodology for estimating the number of overseas U.S. civilians who are eligible to vote and
who have registered and participated in the past, and using these estimates to address the
question of whether the registration and voting propensity of the overseas civilian population
differs from that of a comparable domestic or military population. Conducting this research will

help FVAP meet its Federal and congressional mandates in terms of reporting annually on its
activities and on overall voter registration and participation rates after each Presidential election.
The data obtained through this study is also intended to provide insights into existing barriers to
UOCAVA voting and recommendations for addressing these challenges.
AFFECTED PUBLIC: Individuals or households.
ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS: 4,500.
NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 18,000.
RESPONSES PER RESPONDENT: 1.
ANNUAL RESPONSES: 18,000.
AVERAGE BURDEN PER RESPONSE: 15 Minutes.
FREQUENCY: On Occasion.
The UOCAVA requires the States to allow Uniformed Services personnel, their family members,
and overseas citizens to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in
general, special, primary, and runoff elections for Federal offices. The Act covers members of
the Uniformed Services and the merchant marine to include the commissioned corps of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Public Health Service and their eligible
dependents, Federal civilian employees overseas, and overseas U.S. citizens not affiliated with
the Federal Government. After each Presidential election year, FVAP must report voter registration
and participation rates for uniformed service voters and overseas citizens to Congress; while FVAP
collects data for this report through regular surveys of uniformed service voters and other relevant
UOCAVA populations, it does not currently collect data from non-military, non-government
overseas civilians. Previous attempts to collect information on the overseas citizen’s population
to identify and measure its voter registration and participation rates in Federal elections suffered
from significant bias; the Overseas Citizens Population Survey is focused on refining a prototype
method to report voter registration and participation rates from a more well-defined subgroup of
overseas civilians.

Dated: July 18, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2024-16139 Filed: 7/22/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/23/2024]