[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 212 (Friday, November 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62276-62277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21533]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

New Collection: Title: Individual Investor Plain English Survey 
Project. SEC File No. 270-570 , OMB Control No. 3235-XXXX.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(the ``SEC'' or the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the 
collections of information summarized below. The Commission plans to 
submit this collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget (``OMB'') for approval.
    The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy seeks to 
commence a collection of information. The title of this collection is 
the Individual Investor Plain English Survey Project. This project will 
conduct focus groups and telephone surveys of individual investors in 
SEC registered securities, plus similar surveys of non-investors. The 
project will seek to gauge the level of individual investor 
satisfaction with current and potential future SEC-mandated 
disclosures, to learn whether investors and non-investors believe such 
disclosures are written in plain English and are reader-friendly, and 
to ask individual investors how such disclosures might be improved. The 
Commission will use this information in order to gain a comprehensive 
understanding of a range of views. The SEC intends to hire a 
professional survey firm to conduct the focus groups and telephone 
surveys. The total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden of this 
collection of information is estimated to be less than 1,000 burden 
hours.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
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, utility, and clarity of the information 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. Consideration will 
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O 
Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312 
or send an e-mail to: [email protected].


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    Dated: October 29, 2007.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-21533 Filed 11-1-07; 8:45 am]
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