Supporting Statement For
Air Force Academy Candidate Activities Record
HQ USAFA/RRI
USAF Form 148
OMB 0701-0066
A. JUSTIFICATION
1. Need for the Information Collection
USAFA Form 148 implements the provisions of 10 USC 9346. Information collection is necessary in order to provide verification by a candidate’s high school officer that all athletic and non-athletic extracurricular activities are indeed true. Without this information it would be difficult to accurately determine a candidate’s leadership abilities and physical stamina. Final USAF Academy selections could not be made if reviewing committees are not able to determine whether basic requirements have or have not been met.
2. Use of Information
The information collected on this form is required by USC 10 and used by Air Force Academy officials to select appointees to the Academy. If the information on this form is not collected, the individual cannot be considered for admittance to the Air Force Academy.
3. Use of Technology
This form utilizes the current state of the art scanning equipment to register each candidate’s high school activities, which determines leadership eligibility when these results are combined with candidate’s fitness test results.
4. Non-duplication
An internal study was conducted to review and eliminate redundancy on all candidate screening and selections processes.
5. Burden on Small Business
The collection of this information does not impact small businesses.
6. Less Frequent Collections
This is a one-time collection for each person who has been sent a candidate kit. If the information is not collected, final eligibility cannot be determined, and therefore, the student cannot be considered for an appointment to the Academy.
7. Paperwork Reduction Act Guidelines
There are no special circumstances. The collection of information will be conducted in a manner consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2).
8. Consultation and Public Comments
The 60 day Federal Register notice was published on August 3, 2009 (74 FR 38423). No comments were received. The Directors of Admissions of the three service academies periodically meet to discuss the availability of data and report format for the information collected from high school students. In addition to the meetings, the Air Force Academy surveys the freshman class each year to gather input pertaining to form completion.
9. Gifts or Payments
No payments or gifts will be made to respondents.
10. Confidentiality
The information collected is handled, stored, and disposed of in accordance with existing Department of Defense procedures for safeguarding official information. We also certify that the Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB Circular A-108, “Responsibilities for the Maintenance of Records about Individuals by Federal Agencies” are upheld.
11. Sensitive Questions
No sensitive questions are asked in this collection of information.
12. Respondent Burden and its Costs
The annual hour burden for respondents is 5966 hours. This was derived by taking the number of respondents, 7954, and multiplying this number by the estimated one-half hour required by the candidate to complete a form, and the estimated fifteen minutes for a counselor to complete a form.
The annual costs to respondents is $69,827. This was derived by taking the number of respondents, 7954, and multiplying this figure by the one-half hour completion time at $6.71 per hour, the average hourly rate of a high school age candidate, and fifteen minutes completion time by a high school official, at an average hourly rate of $21.69.
13. Cost of Respondent Burden
There are no capital or start-up costs associated with this information collected.
14. Cost to the Federal Government
The cost to the federal government is $81,864. This estimate was derived by applying a factor of $24.99 per hour times the 1669 hours estimated for processing and analyzing the information collected. The operational costs associated with this form, and incurred by the agency, is $40,156. Included are printing costs of $1,365 and mailing costs of $38,791.
15. Reasons for Change in Burden
This is an extension of a previously approved collection.
16. Collections of Information
Results will not be published for statistical purposes.
17. Expiration Date
The Air Force is not seeking an exception to display the expiration date of this information collection.
18. Certification Statement
No exceptions to the certification statement are being requested.
B. COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS
Statistical methods are not employed for this collection of information.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | SUPPORTING STATEMENT |
| Author | Ben L Dilla |
| Last Modified By | Patricia L Toppings |
| File Modified | 2010-01-31 |
| File Created | 2007-05-15 |