[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16770-16771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8423]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised 
Information Collection: OPM 1386B

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public 
Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit a request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review of a revised information 
collection. OPM 1386B, Applicant Race and National Origin 
Questionnaire, is used to gather 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).
    New standards for collecting race and ethnicity are defined in the 
Federal Register Notice, Revisions to the Standards for the 
Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, 62 FR 58782 
(1997). The standards change the classification of Federal data on race 
and ethnicity contained in OMB Directive 15, Race and Ethnic Standards 
for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting. This 
classification provides a minimum standard for maintaining, collecting, 
and presenting data on race and ethnicity. The standards have five 
categories for race and two for ethnicity. They also allow individuals 
to select more than one race, based on self-identification.
    Approximately 100,000 OPM 1386B forms are completed annually. Each 
form takes approximately eight minutes to complete. The annual 
estimated burden is 13,333 hours.
    Comments are particularly invited on: whether this information is 
necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, and whether 
it will have practical utility; whether our estimate performance of 
functions of OPM, and whether it will have practical utility; whether 
our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is 
accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; and ways in 
which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey at 
(202) 606-

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8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or email to [email protected]. Please include 
your mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar 
days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: Suzy M. Barker, Director, 
Examining and Qualifications Policy Division, Employment Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Room 6500, 
Washington, DC 20415.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kay Coles James,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-8423 Filed 4-5-02; 8:45 am]
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