[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8371-8372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4056]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: 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 proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is 
soliciting comments concerning an information collection titled 
``Deposit Broker Status Survey.''

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898-
7453, Office of the Executive Secretary, Room 4058, Attention: 
Comments/OES, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, 
NW, Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to ``Deposit Broker 
Status Survey.'' 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 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. [FAX number (202) 898-3838; 
Internet address: [email protected]].
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara R. Manly, at the address 
identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal to renew the following currently approved collection of 
information:

    Title: Deposit Broker Status Survey.
    OMB Number: New collection.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Affected Public: Deposit brokers who have notified the FDIC of 
their activity.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The Deposit Broker Status Survey 
is targeted to deposit brokers who have notified the FDIC of their 
activity: securities and investment firms, financial institutions, 
financial planners, insurance agents, etc. The survey is designed to 
update FDIC records to ensure that brokers are active in the field, 
purge files of brokers no longer operating, update information on the 
activities of active brokers and correct addresses and contact 
information.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of

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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.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the 
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and 
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be 
summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of 
this collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 12th day of February, 1999.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-4056 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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