# Federal Register #USN-2026-HQ-0496

Navy Family Ombudsman Program Information Collection: Public Comment Notice

**Buyer:** Department of the Navy, Department of Defense (DoD)
**Posted:** October 15, 2026
**Respond By:** December 15, 2026
**Identifier:** USN-2026-HQ-0496

The Department of the Navy is seeking public comments on information collected through its Navy Family Ombudsman Program.
- **Government buyer:** Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, through Commander, Navy Installation Command.
- **Notice purpose:** Public comment on an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act; this is not a procurement for products or services.
- **Information collected:** Aggregate reporting on volunteer hours, family-contact categories and volume, training, and other program activities using the Ombudsman Monthly/Quarterly Worksheet.
- **Reporting cadence:** Active-duty command Ombudsmen report monthly; Reserve command Ombudsmen report quarterly.
- **Estimated collection burden:** 3,800 respondents, 39,200 annual responses, and 3,267 annual burden hours; each response is estimated to take five minutes.
- **Notable requirement:** Individual family case narratives are not required. Collected data supports program oversight, identification of family-readiness issues and trends, training, resource planning, funding considerations, and assessment of volunteer contributions and cost avoidance.
- **OEMs, vendors, products, and services:** None identified or requested.

### Description

The Commander, Navy Installation Command is seeking public comment on a proposed information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Navy Family Ombudsman Program collects standardized activity information from appointed Ombudsmen using the Ombudsman Monthly/Quarterly Worksheet, including aggregate data on volunteer hours, family-contact categories and volume, training, and other program activities. The information supports program documentation, identification of family-readiness issues and trends, command awareness, reporting oversight, training, resource planning, and assessment of volunteer contributions; detailed narratives of individual family cases are not required. Comments are due December 14, 2026.

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