[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3767]



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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Notice of Request to OMB for Approval for Continuation of Form 
OPM-1386B

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

ACTION: Proposed information collection submitted for public comment 
and recommendations.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3506-3507), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget a request to extend 
its approval of form OPM--1386B, Applicant Race and National Origin 
Questionnaire, which gathers information concerning the race and 
national origin of applicants for employment under the Outstanding 
Scholar provision of the Luevano Consent Decree, 93 F.R.D. 68 (1981).
    This proposed extension was also reported on October 27, 1995 at 60 
FR 55070. At that time, the public was invited to comment on the need 
for this information, its practical utility, the accuracy of OPM's 
burden estimate, and on ways to minimize that reporting burden. During 
the sixty-day comment period OPM received only one substantive comment, 
which was that OPM should specify that the current version of form 
2386, for which an approval extension is sought, is Form OPM-1386B. 
That fact is made explicit in the current announcement and all persons 
who requested copies of the form were sent Form OPM-1386B.
    For copies of the proposal, contact James M. Farron at (202) 418-
3208 or by e-mail to [email protected].

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before March 
22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver any comments to BOTH of the following 
addresses: Patricia Paige, Director, Staffing Reinvention Office, 
Employment Service, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, 
NW, Washington, DC 20415; and Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, NW, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information, contact Mike Carmichael or Christina Gonzales, 
(202) 606-0830, FAX (202) 606-2329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Form OPM-1386B

    A Federal court decree, issued in 1981 and still binding, requires 
recordkeeping on Federal employment selection procedures, including 
race and national origin (RNO) data, to determine the ``relative impact 
of the procedure upon blacks and upon Hispanics as compared with non-
Hispanic whites.'' OPM and other agencies use form OPM-1386B to collect 
the RNO data from applicants being considered for selection under the 
Outstanding Scholar provision of the decree. Using the standardized 
form makes it easier to collect and consolidate the required data for 
use by the Federal Government and by the plaintiffs. OPM and agencies 
do not need to use form OPM-1386B to collect data on applicants being 
considered through traditional examining processes; court-required data 
on those applicants is collected as part of an application process that 
is not required for Outstanding Scholars.
    The form OPM-1386B is not considered in the selection process, but 
is used to collect statistical data.

Annual Reporting Burden

    Approximately 100,000 forms will be processed annually. The average 
estimated response time is 5 minutes for a total public burden of 8,333 
hours.

Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 96-3767 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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