[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58541-58542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23273]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Applicant Background Questionnaire

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA''), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FDIC may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The FDIC, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on the renewal of an existing information collection, as 
required by the PRA. On June 25, 2012 (77 FR 37906), the FDIC solicited 
public comment for a 60-day period on renewal of the following 
information collection: Applicant Background Questionnaire (OMB No. 
3064-0138). No comments were received. Therefore, the FDIC hereby gives 
notice of submission of its request for renewal to OMB for review.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 22, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
the FDIC by any of the following methods:
     http://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/federal/notices.html.
     Email: [email protected] Include the name of the 
collection in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Leneta G. Gregorie (202-898-3719), Counsel, Room 
NYA-5050, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20429.
     Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard 
station at the rear of the 17th Street Building (located on F Street), 
on business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

All comments should refer to the relevant OMB control number. A copy of 
the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk officer for the 
FDIC: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leneta G. Gregorie, at the FDIC 
address above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal To Renew the Following Currently Approved Collection of 
Information

    Title: Applicant Background Questionnaire.
    OMB Number: 3064-0138.
    Form No.: FDIC 2100/14.
    Form Number: FDIC 2100/14.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: FDIC job applicants who are not current FDIC 
employees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,500 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The FDIC Applicant Background 
Questionnaire is completed voluntarily by FDIC job applicants who are 
not current FDIC employees. Responses to questions on the survey 
provide information on gender, age, disability, race/national origin, 
and to the applicant's source of vacancy announcement information. Data 
is used by the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and the Human 
Resources Branch to evaluate the effectiveness of various recruitment 
methods used by the FDIC to ensure that the agency meets workforce 
diversity objectives.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

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All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 17th day of September 2012.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23273 Filed 9-20-12; 8:45 am]
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