[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2367-2368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-886]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to 
request use of two new information collections. The first information 
collection consists of two forms, NA 14123 and NA 14124, used to 
register records management conference and training class attendees and 
to collect and process credit card payments. The second information 
collection is another form, NA Form 14115, Professional Researcher 
Listing Application Form, used by professional researchers who are 
available to perform research in NARA's holdings for the public. The 
public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection 
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 17, 2003 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Paperwork Reduction Act Comments 
(NHP), Room 4400, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 
Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001; or faxed to 301-837-3213; or 
electronically mailed to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information collection and supporting statement 
should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm at telephone number 301-837-1694, 
or fax number 301-837-3213.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Public Law 104-13), NARA invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed information collections. The 
comments and suggestions should address one or more of the following 
points: (a) Whether the proposed information collections are necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of NARA; (b) the accuracy 
of NARA's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collections; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways, including the use of 
information technology, to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents. The comments that are submitted will be 
summarized and included in the NARA request for Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this notice, NARA is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collections:
    1. Title: Records Management Conference Electronic Registration 
Form and Records Management Training Class Registration Form.
    OMB number: 3095-NEW.
    Agency form number: NA Forms 14123 and 14124.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Business or for-profit, nonprofit organizations 
and institutions, and federal, state and local government agencies.
    Estimated number of respondents: 400.

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    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 33 hours.
    Abstract: Each year NARA conducts a records management conference 
and a variety of records management training classes. Federal 
Government employees and interested state and local government and 
private sector individuals such as contractors and vendors also attend 
the records management conference and training classes. Attendees are 
required to pre-register for both the records management conference and 
for the records management training classes and these forms provide for 
standardized collection of necessary registration and payment 
information.
    2. Title: Professional Researcher Listing Application Form.
    OMB number: 3095-NEW.
    Agency form number: NA Form 14115.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Business or for-profit, nonprofit organizations 
and institutions, federal, state and local government agencies, and 
individuals or households.
    Estimated number of respondents: 100.
    Estimated time per response: 9 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 15 hours.
    Abstract: NARA is not authorized or funded to undertake, at our 
customer's requests, in-depth research into the records within our 
holdings. Some customers, however, are not able to undertake such 
research themselves, due to a variety of reasons, including geographic 
distance from our facilities, lack of time, and financial constraints. 
In the past, NARA has provided these individuals, on request, 
information about professional researchers who had advised us, on their 
own initiative, that they were interested in performing freelance 
research for hire at our facilities. Following a recent review of this 
process, however, NARA concluded that the information was neither 
collected, maintained, nor disseminated in the most efficient and 
effective manner. To better serve all customers, NARA created NA Form 
14115, Professional Researcher Listing Application Form. The new form 
should help NARA to improve (1) program efficiency and effectiveness, 
as mandated by the Government Performance and Results Act, and (2) 
service to our customers.

    Dated: January 7, 2003.
L. Reynolds Cahoon,
Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and Information Services.
[FR Doc. 03-886 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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