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OMB Control No: 0704-0460	ICR Reference No: 201611-0704-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201306-0704-005
Agency/Subagency: DOD/DODDEP	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) System
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/16/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/14/2016
Terms of Clearance: This collection should be part of DOD's report in the Information Collection Budget.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2019	36 Months From Approved
Responses	93,520	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	46,760	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,683,360	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	93,520	-206,480	300,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	46,760	-103,240	150,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,683,360	-3,716,640	5,400,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This is a reinstatement of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. There was a significant decrease in the number of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan based on the announced conclusion of combat operations at the end of 2014. There was a commensurate reduction in the number of contracts and contractors supporting those U.S. Forces and Government operations. This drove a three-fold decrease in the annual burden hours. While the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) burden was decreasing, during this same timeframe the use of SPOT as the centralized database grew in the other geographic Combatant Commands (COCOMs). This drove an overall increase to the number of respondents while the responses per respondent decreased by 75 per cent.