[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14218-14219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5803]


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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) is requesting 
the reinstatement of an approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to collect information over a three year period via periodic 
voluntary customer surveys. The original approval for this information 
collection was provided by OMB on February 28, 1994, as a three year 
generic clearance request for voluntary customer surveys under 
Executive Order 12862, ``Setting Customer Service Standards,'' and in 
accord with section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 
Surveys under this approval are assigned OMB Control Number 3124-0012. 
That approval expired on February 28, 1997. A limited term approval 
from OMB reinstated that authority through April 30, 2001.
    As part of the process for requesting reinstatement of the OMB 
approval, MSPB is soliciting comments regarding the public reporting 
burden of the proposed customer surveys. The reporting burden for the 
collection of information on this form is estimated to vary from 10 
minutes to 30 minutes per response, with an average of 15 minutes, 
including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data 
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 
reviewing the collection of information.

                                                            Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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                                                                                                                           Hours per
                           5 CFR section                              Annual  number   Frequency per     Total annual       response       Total hours
                                                                     of  respondents      response        responses        (average)
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1201 and 1209......................................................           2,000                1            1,500              .25              375
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    In addition, the MSPB invites comments on (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
MSPB's functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of MSPB's estimate of burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the

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use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate and other 
forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the paperwork burden should be address 
to Mr. John Crum, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20419 or by calling (202) 653-8900.

Robert E. Taylor,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-5803 Filed 3-8-01; 8:45 am]
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