# Federal Register #DOD-2026-OS-2179

DoD Seeks Public Comment on ESGR’s USERRA Inquiry Information Collection

**Buyer:** Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
**Posted:** October 07, 2026
**Respond By:** December 08, 2026
**Identifier:** DOD-2026-OS-2179

The Department of Defense is inviting public comment on ESGR’s collection of information about USERRA inquiries.
- **Government buyer:** Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; the collection is administered by Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).
- **Collection:** Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Inquiry, using DD Form 3021 under OMB Control Number 0704-0678.
- **Purpose and information collected:** Contact details, awareness of ESGR, and respondents’ USERRA questions are collected to answer public inquiries, support ESGR Ombudsman services, and provide aggregate program statistics.
- **Estimated burden:** 977 respondents and 977 annual responses; approximately five minutes per response and 81.41 total annual burden hours.
- **Procurement scope:** No products, services, quantities, OEMs, vendors, or contract value are identified; this is an information-collection notice, not a product or service solicitation.

### Description

The Department of Defense’s Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) announces a proposed public information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and invites public comment. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Inquiry uses DD Form 3021 to collect contact information, awareness of ESGR, and respondents’ USERRA questions. The collection supports answering public inquiries about USERRA, ESGR Ombudsman services, and aggregate reporting. Comments are due December 7, 2026.

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