[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 93 (Friday, May 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22930-22931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11315]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control NO. 3090-00283]


Office of the Chief Information Officer; Information Collection; 
Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet

AGENCY: Office of Enterprise Solutions (IA), Office of the Chief 
Information Officer (OCIO), General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), the General Services Administration invites the general 
public and Federal agencies to comment on a new information collection 
request for the collection of personal data to authorize and initiate 
investigation requests for GSA temporary contractors. [xx] GSA requires 
OMB approval for this collection to ensure that contractors meet 
eligibility requirements. The approval is critical for GSA to meet the 
anticipated increase in number of temporary contractors as a result of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5). In 
the Federal Register Notice published at 74 FR 7439 on February 17, 
2009, the portion that references the GSA Form 176T will be withdrawn 
in a subsequent Federal Register Notice.]
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions 
and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Erwin, [xx] Program 
Manager, HSPD-12 Program Management Office, GSA, 1800 F Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20405; or telephone (202) 501-0758. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-00XX, Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet. The 
form can be downloaded from the GSA Forms Library at http://www.gsa.gov/forms. Type GSA850 in the form search field.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via http://www.regulations.gov--a 
Federal E-Government Web site that allows the public to find, review, 
and submit comments on documents that agencies have published in the 
Federal Register and that are open for comment. Simply type a key term 
in the information collection title such as ``temporary contractor 
information worksheet'' in quotes in the Comment or Submission search 
box, click Go, and follow the instructions for submitting comments. 
Comments received by the date specified above will be included as part 
of the official record.
    Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden to the Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), General Services 
Administration, Room 4041, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
Please cite Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet in all 
correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The U.S. Government conducts criminal checks to establish that 
applicants or incumbents working for the Government under contract may 
have unescorted access to GSA-controlled facilities. GSA will use the 
Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet and the FBI Form FD-258 
Fingerprint Card to conduct an FBI National Criminal History Check 
(NCHC) for each temporary contractor (working on contract for six (6) 
months or less and require physical access only) to determine 
eligibility to work on GSA contracts including those awarded under the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). GSA 
is anticipating a large influx in temporary contractors due to the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance M-05-24 for 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 authorizes Federal 
departments and agencies to ensure that temporary contractors have 
limited/controlled access to facilities and information systems. GSA 
Directive CIO P 2181.1 Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 
Personal Identity Verification and Credentialing (available at http://www.gsa.gov/hspd12) states that GSA temporary contractors must undergo 
a minimum of an FBI National Criminal History Check (NCHC) to receive 
unescorted physical access. Temporary contractors' Social Security 
Number is needed to keep records accurate, because other people may 
have the same name and birth date. Executive Order 9397 Numbering 
System for Federal Accounts Relating to Individual Persons also allows 
Federal agencies to use this number to help identify individuals in 
agency records. GSA describes how information will be maintained in the 
Privacy Act system of record notice published in the Federal Register 
at 73 FR 35690 on June 24, 2008.
    This is a request to collect new information.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 24,480.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,120.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite 
Temporary Contractor

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Information Worksheet in all correspondence. The form can be downloaded 
from the GSA Forms Library at http://www.gsa.gov/forms. Type GSA850 in 
the form search field.

    Dated: May 7, 2009.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer, U.S. General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-11315 Filed 5-14-09; 8:45 am]
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