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OMB Control No: 0704-0503	ICR Reference No: 202608-0704-009
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202406-0704-002
Agency/Subagency: DOW/DODDEP	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 08/31/2026
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/28/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/26/2026
Terms of Clearance: This collection is approved for 6 months based on the revised materials provided by the Department.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2027	6 Months From Approved	10/31/2027
Responses	1,200,000	0	1,200,000
Time Burden (Hours)	300,000	0	300,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,444,000	0	9,444,000

Abstract: The Federal government neither collects nor retains any personal information associated with these forms. The burden for collecting this information resides with the States. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee (Secretary of Defense) to prescribe an official post card form, containing both an absentee voter registration application and an absentee ballot application, for use by the States who have the authority to collect personal information as part of the absentee voting process.

Emergency Justfication: The Department of War (DoW) requests emergency processing to revise the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA, SF 76, OMB 0704-0503) and Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB, SF 186, OMB 0704-0502). These immediate revisions are essential to the mission of the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) to eliminate voter confusion and ensure the forms strictly comply with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. Specifically, the revisions clarify voter identification requirements and remove an inaccurate eligibility checkbox for citizens who have never lived in the U.S. DoW cannot reasonably comply with standard PRA clearance procedures because the next Federal election is fewer than 90 days away, and UOCAVA requires States to transmit absentee ballots no later than 45 days before the election. Public harm (voter disenfranchisement) is reasonably likely to occur if the standard clearance time periods are followed. Therefore, DoW requests to bypass the standard public comment periods to ensure these legally compliant forms are implemented in time for the upcoming election.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 52 USC 203 Name of Law: Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)	SF 76

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	1,200,000	1,200,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	300,000	300,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,444,000	9,444,000

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $50,000

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. No

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? No

Agency Contact: LaTarsha Yeargins 571 372-2089 latarsha.r.yeargins.ctr@mail.mil

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