[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10468-10469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3684]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

[OMB Number 1110-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Applicant 
Questionnaire: Race, National Origin, Gender, and Disability 
Demographics.

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    The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Human 
Resources Division will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with established review procedures 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). The 
proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from 
the public and other government agencies. The proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 72, 
Number 241, page 71436, on December 17, 2007, allowing for a 60 day 
comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until March 28, 2008. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. All comments and suggestions, or 
questions regarding additional information should be directed to Angela 
Graham, Human Resources Specialist, Human Resources Management Section 
(HRMS), Human Resources Division (HRD), Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room GP-702B, Washington, DC 
20636. Comments must be submitted on or before March 22, 2008. To view 
the proposed collection instrument with instructions on online, please 
visit the following link: (To view the proposed collection instrument 
with instructions on online, please visit the following link: http://www.fbi.gov/fbijobs_proposedcollection.htm. Written comments and 
suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the 
proposed collection of information are encouraged. Submit your comments 
to [email protected].
    Comments should address one or more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have a practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques of 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of information collection: Approval of new collection.
    (2) The title of the form/collection: Applicant Questionnaire: 
Race, National Origin, Gender, and Disability Demographics
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the department sponsoring the collection: Form FD-3-873 (Demographic 
Information) Human Resources Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Any person applying registering and/or 
applying for a position at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    Abstract: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Management 
Directive 715 (MD 715), requires agencies to maintain a system that: 
(1) Collects and maintains accurate information on race, national 
origin, gender and disability of an agency in accordance with 29 CFR 
paragraph 1614.601; (2) tracks applicant flow data, which identifies 
applicants by race, national origin, gender, and disability status and 
disposition of applications;

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and, (3) tracks recruitment activities to permit analyses of these 
efforts in any examination of potential barriers to equality of 
opportunity. Agencies must also ``conduct an internal review and 
analysis of the effects of all current and proposed policies, 
practices, and conditions that directly or indirectly,'' related to the 
employment of individuals with disabilities based on their race, 
national origin, gender and disabilities. However, an Agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to, a collection of 
information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
In order to comply with MD 715, the FBI is requesting clearance from 
OMB in accordance with established review procedures of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. Once cleared for use, the form will be used to 
collect race, national origin, gender, and disability demographic 
information from applicants registering in the FBI's automated hiring 
system. All job applicants, whether internal or external, would be 
asked to complete, on a voluntary basis, an ``Applicant Questionnaire: 
Race, National Origin, Gender, and Disability Demographics.'' The FBI 
must collect and evaluate information and data necessary to make an 
informed assessment the extent to which the Agency is meeting its 
responsibility to provide employment opportunities for qualified 
applicants and employees with disabilities, especially those with 
target disabilities.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Total number of 
respondents: 609,246 Frequency of response: One time completion of 
questionnaire per respondent. Estimated time for average respondent to 
respond: 5 minutes.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with this collection: There are approximately 50,505 annual burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    (7) An estimate of the total annual cost: None.
    If additional information is required contact: Ms. Lynn Bryant, 
Department Clearance Officer, Justice Management Division, United 
States Department of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: February 21, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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