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OMB Control No: 0704-0466	ICR Reference No: 201907-0704-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201606-0704-005
Agency/Subagency: DOD/DODDEP	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/14/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/31/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2022	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2019
Responses	10,750	0	5,875
Time Burden (Hours)	129,225	0	30,200
Cost Burden (Dollars)	936,882	0	218,950

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	10,750	5,875	4,875
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	129,225	30,200	99,025
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	936,882	218,950	717,932

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Cutting Redundancy

Short Statement: The number of respondents has decreased from 4,300 to 2,800. At the previous approval, the number of respondents was improperly estimated and did not reflect that respondents may complete some or all the forms.The time and cost burden have increased. The SMART program office has reevaluated the estimated time to complete the forms and estimated wages of respondents. Since the last OMB review in 2016, the estimated burden hours have increased from 30,200 to 129,225. The cost burden has increased from $218,950.00 to $$936,881.25.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,611,721

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Kira Starks 571 372-4529 danikquia.k.starks.ctr@mail.mil