[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 51533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20409]


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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 
3501) the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has forwarded an 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a new information 
collection activity. This ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: On June 4, 2008 (Federal Register, Volume 73, Number 108, pages 
31890-31891), MSPB sought public comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 
1320.8(d). MSPB received no comments. MSPB is submitting an ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedure prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. Additional comments on this ICR should be submitted on or 
before October 3, 2008 to Brenda Aguilar at [email protected], or 
fax at (202)-395-6974.

ADDRESSES: You may also submit comments to Dr. Dee Ann Batten by mail: 
Office of Policy and Evaluation, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 
1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419 or by e-mail: 
[email protected] (please put ``Employee Survey'' in the subject 
line of the message).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dee Ann Batten by phone at (202) 
653-6772, ext. 1411, or by e-mail to [email protected] (please put 
``Employee Survey'' in the subject line of the message).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Proposed Project: MSPB Survey on Federal Telework. The MSPB is 
asking for approval to collect information to support its study on 
Federal Telework. Federal employees will be asked to complete a 
survey(s) about their experiences with and perceptions of Telework and 
other related topics about their organizations and careers. This study 
is being conducted under MSPB's statutory authority to ``conduct, from 
time to time, special studies relating to the civil service and to 
other merit systems in the executive branch, and report to the 
President and to the Congress as to whether the public interest in a 
civil service free of prohibited personnel practices is being 
adequately protected.'' (Section 1204 Title 5 U.S.C.) In addition, the 
Code of Federal Regulations also describes the role of MSPB's Office of 
Policy and Evaluation as responsible for carrying out ``the Board's 
statutory responsibility to conduct special reviews and studies of the 
civil service and other merit systems in the Executive Branch, as well 
as oversight reviews of the significant actions of the Office of 
Personnel Management.''

Burden Statement

    Per respondent/participant: The reporting burden for the collection 
of information on this request is estimated to vary from 15 minutes to 
30 minutes, with an average of 20 minutes for each participant, 
including time for reviewing instructions and completing and reviewing 
the collection of information.
    Respondents/participants/affected entities: Participants will be 
selected via stratified random sampling to facilitate representative 
samples of employees (including supervisory employees).
    Estimated number of respondents: We plan to survey up to 24,000 
Federal employees.
    Frequency of response per participant: One response per 
participant.
    Estimated total annual hour burden: We estimate the response rate 
to be 60 percent (14,400 total responses) resulting in an annual 
reporting burden of 4800 hours (.33 hours x 14,400).

    Dated: August 28, 2008.
Timothy Korb,
Acting Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8-20409 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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