[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 127 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40727-40728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16589]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing 
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13. Today, the Office of Thrift Supervision within 
the Department of the Treasury solicits comments on the OTS Notice of 
Hiring or Indemnifying Senior Executive Officers.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before August 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Manager, Dissemination Branch, Information

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Management and Services Division, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, Attention 1550-0047. Hand deliver 
comments to the Guard's Desk, East Lobby Entrance, 1700 G Street, NW., 
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on business days. Send facsimile transmissions to 
FAX Number (202) 906-7755; or (202) 906-6956 (if comments are over 25 
pages). Send e-mails to ``public.info@ots.treas.gov">public.info@ots.treas.gov'', and include your 
name and telephone number. Interested persons may inspect comments at 
the Public Reference Room, 1700 G St. N.W., from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. 
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadine Washington, Supervision, Office 
of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, (202) 
906-6706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Notice of Hiring or Indemnifying Senior Executive Officers.
    OMB Number: 1550-0047.
    Form Number: OTS 1624, 1623, 1606.
    Abstract: Congress requires the OTS to ensure that individuals and/
or companies proposing to acquire, either directly or indirectly, 
control of, or to exercise influence over the operations of, OTS 
regulated savings institutions, will operate such institutions in a 
safe and sound manner. OTS is revising Form 1606, Applicant 
Certification, attached to OTS Regulatory Bulletin Number RB 20, 
regarding criminal and other background information of interest to the 
OTS in the evaluation process.
    Current Actions: OTS proposes to renew this information collection 
with revision.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Affected Public: Business or For Profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,798.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5.8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,438 hours.

Request for Comments

    The OTS will summarize comments submitted in response to this 
notice or will include these comments in its request for OMB approval. 
All comments will become a matter of public record. The OTS invites 
comment on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality; (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or starting costs and costs of 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide 
information.

    Dated: June 26, 2000.
John E. Werner,
Director, Information & Management Services Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16589 Filed 6-29-00; 8:45 am]
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