[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 11380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4465]


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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501), this document announces that an Information Collection Request 
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection. This 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: MSPB has submitted an ICR to OMB for review and approval 
according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On November 
27, 2006 (Federal Register, Volume 71, Number 227, pages 68639-68640), 
MSPB sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). MSPB 
received no comments. Additional comments should be submitted on or 
before April 6 to OMB (Brenda Aguilar at baguilar@omb.eop.gov or fax at 
(202) 395-6974).

ADDRESSES: You may also submit comments to MSPB via any of the 
following methods:
    E-mail: Please include ``Employee Surveys'' in the subject line of 
the message and send your message to anne.marrelli@mspb.gov.
    Mail: Dr. Anne Marrelli, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Suite 
500, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419.
    Fax: (202) 653-7211.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Marrelli by phone on 202-653-
6772, ext. 1341, by FAX on 202-653-7211, or by e-mail at 
anne.marrelli@mspb.gov. You may contact Dr. Marrelli via V/TDD at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Proposed Project: ``Merit Principles Survey.''
    As part of its mission, MSPB is responsible for conducting studies 
of the Federal civil service to ensure that all Federal government 
agencies follow merit systems practices and avoid prohibited personnel 
practices. To support this research agenda, MSPB is conducting a survey 
of Federal employees. To obtain insight into employees' current 
perspectives, MSPB requests approval to conduct surveys over the next 
three years.
    The surveys will ask employees to share their perceptions of the 
implementation of the merit system in the workplace including topics 
such as the Merit Systems Principles, Prohibited Personnel Practices, 
job satisfaction, performance management, training and development, and 
leadership.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.50 
hours per respondent.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Participants are selected via 
stratified random sampling to facilitate a representative sample of 
Federal employees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents per Survey: 50,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,000.

    Dated: March 7, 2007.
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr.,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-4465 Filed 3-12-07; 8:45 am]
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