[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55858-55859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22256]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0092]
Agency Information Collection Activities: E-Verify Program;
Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: OMB-18,
E-Verify Program.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following
information collection request for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection
notice is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be
accepted for sixty days until November 13, 2012.
Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and
associated response time, should be directed to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Laura
Dawkins, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529. Comments may be submitted to DHS via
email at [email protected] and must include OMB Control Number
1615-0092 in the subject box. Comments may also be submitted via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket
ID number USCIS-2007-0023.
If submitting comment on one of the six E-Verify Memoranda of
Understanding (MOU), please identify the MOU that concerns your
business process, and, if possible, the article, section and paragraph
number within the MOU that is associated with the comment.
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary
submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information provided in
comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy
of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please
read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the
footer of http://www.regulations.gov.
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Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: E-Verify Program.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Agency
Form Number; File OMB-18. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for profit. E-
Verify allows employers to electronically verify the employment
eligibility status of newly hired employees.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
65,000 respondents averaging 2.26 hours (2 hours 16
minutes) per response (enrollment time includes review and signing of
the MOU, registration, new user training, and review of the user
guides); plus
425,000, the number of already-enrolled respondents
receiving training on new features and system updates averaging 1 hour
per response; plus
425,000, the number of respondents submitting E-Verify
cases averaging .129 hours (approximately 8 minutes) per case.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 3,587,275 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov. We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Office
of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529, Telephone number 202-
272-1470.
Dated: September 5, 2012.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-22256 Filed 9-10-12; 8:45 am]
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