[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60789-60790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17130]


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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment

AGENCY: Office of Special Counsel.

ACTION: Second Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), and implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, 
the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), plans to request approval 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use of four 
previously approved information collections consisting of complaint 
forms. These collections are listed below in the paragraph called 
``Title of Collections.''
    The current OMB approval for Form OSC-11 expires 11/06. We are 
submitting the other three forms for approval even though their 
expiration

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dates may or may not coincide with Form OSC-11. Current and former 
Federal employees, employee representatives, other Federal agencies, 
state and local government employees, and the general public are 
invited to comment on this information collection for a second time. 
The first notification, sent out on February 15\th\, 2006, received no 
replies. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of OSC 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of OSC's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collections of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments should be received by November 4, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Roderick Anderson, Director of Management and Budget, U.S. 
Office of Special Counsel, 1730 M Street, NW., Suite 218, Washington, 
DC 20036-4505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roderick Anderson, Director of 
Management and Budget at the address shown above; by facsimile at (202) 
254-3715. The complaint forms for the collection of information are 
available for review on OSC's Web site, at http://www.osc.gov/forms.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSC is an independent agency responsible 
for, among other things, (1) investigation of allegations of prohibited 
personnel practices defined by law at 5 U.S.C. 2302(b), protection of 
whistleblowers, and certain other illegal employment practices under 
titles 5 and 38 of the U.S. Code, affecting current or former Federal 
employees or applicants for employment, and covered state and local 
government employees; and (2) the interpretation and enforcement of 
Hatch Act provisions on political activity in chapters 15 and 73 of 
title 5 of the U.S. Code.
    Title of Collections: (1) Form OSC-11, (Complaint of Possible 
Prohibited Personnel Practice of Other Prohibited Activity; (2) Form 
OSC-12 (Information about filing a Whistleblower Disclosure with the 
Office of Special Counsel); (3) Form OSC-13 (Complaint of Possible 
Prohibited Political Activity (Violation of the Hatch Act)); (4) Form 
OSC-14 Complaint of Possible Violation of the Uniformed Services 
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
    Type of Information Collection Request: Approval of a previously 
approved collection of information, of which OSC-11 expires on 11/06 
and form OSC-12 expires on 11/06.
    Affected public: Current and former Federal employees, applicants 
for Federal employment, state and local government employees, and their 
representatives, and the general public.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 2,700.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Estimated Average Amount of Time for a Person to Respond: 64 
minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,899 hours.
    Abstract: This form is used by current and former Federal employees 
and applicants for Federal employment to submit allegations of possible 
prohibited personnel practices or other prohibited activity for 
investigation and possible prosecution by OSC.

    Dated: October 3, 2006.
Scott J. Bloch,
Special Counsel.
[FR Doc. E6-17130 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am]
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