Military Spouses' Job Portal Forms: DoD's Quick Comment Call
Published Date: 5/13/2026
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Summary
The Department of Defense wants your thoughts on a new form for the Military Spouse Employment Partnership career portal. They’re checking if the info they collect is useful and easy to provide, aiming to keep it simple and quick. If you have ideas or concerns, send them in by July 13, 2026—this helps make sure the process works well without wasting anyone’s time or money.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
MSEP Portal Is Sole Hiring Platform
The Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) Career Portal is the sole web platform used to connect military spouses with companies seeking to hire military-spouse employees. Participating companies (called MSEP Partners) are vetted and approved and the portal is used to link spouses to those employers.
Military Spouses: Time to Complete Form
Military spouses are estimated to be 22,000 respondents who would spend an average of 45 minutes per response, totaling 16,500 annual burden hours for the MSEP Career Portal information collection.
MSEP Partners: Reporting Time Burden
MSEP Partners are estimated at 300 respondents with an average burden of 25 minutes per response and a total of 125 annual burden hours for the proposed information collection.
Businesses/Companies: Form Time Estimate
Other businesses/companies are estimated at 150 respondents who would spend an average of 15 minutes per response, totaling 38 annual burden hours for the MSEP Career Portal collection.
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