CRWG Family Small Focus Group Script

ICR 201006-0704-001

OMB: 0704-0469

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement B
2010-06-14
Supporting Statement A
2010-06-14
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
0704-0469 201006-0704-001
Historical Active
DOD/DODDEP
CRWG Family Small Focus Group Script
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Emergency 06/11/2010
Approved with change 06/15/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 06/09/2010
This collection is cleared for 6 months based on the revised materials provided by the Department.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
12/31/2010 6 Months From Approved
216 0 0
216 0 0
0 0 0

In the January 27, 2010, State of the Union address, the President announced that he would work with Congress this year to repeal 10 U.S.C. § 654, the law commonly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” On February 2, 2010, Secretary Robert Gates, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), announced that he had “appointed a high-level working group within the Department that will immediately begin a review of the issues associated with properly implementing a repeal of the ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ policy.” This high-level working group, the DoD Comprehensive Review Working Group (CRWG), has contracted with Westat to systematically engage the armed forces, including spouses to assess and consider any impacts a change in the law would have on military readiness, unit cohesion, morale and family readiness. This OMB submission relates to data collection from armed forces, active duty and reserve, spouses.
This emergency submission is necessary because the collection analysis of information related to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is needed prior to the submission of CRWG’s report to the Secretary of Defense on December 1, 2010. To inform the report to the Secretary, the initial report on the impact of the repeal of the law on spousal family readiness and perceived unit stability and cohesion is needed by mid-September 2010. As data collection procedures needed to ensure high response rates require a 2 month field period, and analysis and summary of data requires a month time period, it is necessary to begin data collection procedures no later than June 10, 2010. If the focus groups are not approved under an emergency process, it will impede the Department’s ability to collect information from the families of service members and the CRWG’s ability to fulfill its tasking by the Secretary of Defense to study the impact of repeal on military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, recruiting, retention, and family readiness.

None
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  75 FR 32749 06/09/2010
75 FR 32749 06/09/2010
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
CRWG Family Small Focus Group Script

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 216 0 0 216 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 216 0 0 216 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
New collection.

$1,957,900
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Patricia Toppings 703 696-5284 PLToppings@whs.mil

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
06/09/2010


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