Pentagon Wants 25-Minute Finance Quizzes for Staff
Published Date: 12/31/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Defense is asking for approval to keep collecting info from about 1,000 people who need access to their financial systems. This helps new employees and travelers get paid and manage accounts smoothly. You’ve got until January 30, 2026, to share your thoughts, and it only takes about 25 minutes to respond!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
DoD continues TFMS account collection
The Department of Defense will keep collecting personal information on about 993 people to create and control user accounts in the Transportation Financial Management System (TFMS) so new employees and travelers can receive pay or reimbursements and access accounting data.
Time burden to respond (25 minutes)
Responding to the SDDC Form 417 takes about 25 minutes per person; the DoD estimates 993 respondents, 993 annual responses, and 414 total annual burden hours for this information collection.
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