Supporting Statement

SUPPORTING STATEMENTS

A.

JUSTIFICATION

1. All persons interested in entering the U.S. Navy/Navy
reserve in a commissioned status must provide various personal
data in order for a Selection Board to determine their
qualifications for naval service and for specific fields of
endeavor which the applicant intends to pursue.
Title 10, USC
591 establishes the qualifications to become an officer of a
reserve component.
Title 10, USC 600 provides information on
enlisted reserves to be selected for training as officer
candidates. Title 10, USC 2107 establishes the qualifications
for financial assistance for ' specially selected members.
Title
10, USC 6019 establishes that officers of vessels must be U.S.
citizens.
2.
Information is provided by the applicant and used by a
Selection Board to determine applicant's qualifications for a
commission.
3. The burden involved in this collection of information
consists of the time required for the prospective applicant to
complete a four page application.
The time for the prospective
applicant to respond should be 30 minutes .
Information can be
provided by the applicant only. Accordingly, improved
information technology would not reduce the burden for the
applicants.
4.
A complete review of forms used for processing of officer
applicants was conducted in conjunction with this report and the
following was discovered:
a.
The majority of the information requested by the
Application for Commissi on in the U.S . Navy/U.S. Navy Reserve,
NAVCRUIT 1131/2, OMB Report Symbol 0703-0029 is already provided
on the Questionnaire for National Security Positions, SF 86, OMB
Report Symbol 3206 -0005.
b. We have cancelled the NAVCRUIT 1131/2 and are replacing
it with the Application Processing and Summary Record, NAVCRUIT
1131/238. This form contains the few additional items that are
lacking on the SF86.
5.
The collection of information does not impact small business
or other small entities.

6. The collection of information is based on an individual's
desire to apply for a commission and the need to adequately
staff the o.s. Navy and o.s. Navy Reserve.
Without this
information there would be no basis by which to evaluate the
applicant for commission.
Information is collected on an "on
occasion" basis; therefore, it is not possible to reduce the
frequency of collection.
7.
No Paperwork Reduction Act imposed guidelines must be
exceeded.
Collection is consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR
1320.5(d).
8. A copy of notice published in the Federal Register, Vol. 75,
No. 82, Thursday, April 29, 2010, Notices is attached.
No
public comments were received.
The Navy Recruiting Command's
Application Processing and Summary Record has been designed and
developed by persons knowledgeable with the Navy's requirements
to determine the qualifications of applicants.
The Selection
Board and Navy recruiters hold periodic discussions with
applicants to obtain their input regarding the data requested,
and there have been no complaints about the application.
9.

No payment or gift will be provided to respondents.

10.
Information is collected on a continual basis and is not
reported or published. Applicants are informed in writing
(through the Privacy Act statements on the form) that the
request for information is covered under the Privacy Act, and
that the information will be used only in evaluating their
suitability for a commission in the o.s. Navy or O.S. Navy
Reserve.
If the applicant is commissioned, the information is
retained in the applicant's service record.
If the individual
is rejected and not commissioned in the Navy, the information is
destroyed
11. No information of a sensitive nature is required in the
reference application.
12.

Estimate of information collection burden:
Number of respondents:
Number of responses per respondent:
Annual burden hours:
Response burden:
Response frequency:
Total burden:

2

Approx. 14,000
1

7,000
30 minutes
On occasion
7,000 hours

The estimated annual cost to each respondent is $18.00, allowing
for 30 minutes (average wage rate/hr $24.00 for First Class
Petty Officers) .
13.

There will be no additional cost burden to respondents.

14.
Estimates of annualized costs to the Federal Government
follow:
Personnel:
Operating costs
Equipment:
Overhead:
Electronic:

$19,800
None
None
None
$19,800

Total:

Personnel time (15 minutes each at $24.00 per hour) = Government
personnel costs.
There are no overhead costs.
Printing costs
are actual costs.
15. This is a revision, of a previously approved collection for
which approval has expired.
16. The results of this information collection will not be
published.
17. Approval is not sought for avoiding display of the
expiration date for OMS approval.
18. There will be no exceptions to the certification statement
identified in Item 19, "Certification for Paperwork Reduction
Act Submissions", of OMS Form 83-1.
B.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS:
The collection of this information does not employ statistical
methods.

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