[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57177-57178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26469]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0283]


Office of the Chief Information Officer; Submission for OMB 
Review; Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet

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

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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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 the renewal of an information 
collection request for the collection of personal data to authorize and 
initiate investigation requests for GSA temporary contractors. GSA 
requires OMB approval for this collection to make determinations on 
granting unescorted physical access to GSA-controlled facilities. 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). A request for public comments 
was published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 22930 on May 15, 2009.
    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: December 4, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to the GSA Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10236, NEOB, 
Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the Regulatory Secretariat (MVPR), 
General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0283, Temporary 
Contractor Information Worksheet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Erwin, 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. 
3090-0283, Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet.

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 uses the 
Temporary Contractor Information Worksheet and the FBI Form FD-258 
Fingerprint Card to conduct a FBI National Criminal Information Check 
(NCIC) for each temporary contractor (working on contract for six (6) 
months or less and require physical access only) on GSA contracts for 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) efforts 
to determine whether to grant unescorted access to GSA-controlled 
facilities. GSA is anticipating a large influx in temporary contractors 
due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. GSA received 
one public comment during the 60-day comment period. In summary, the 
comment asked whether the information collected from the form could be 
collected using an existing form or was necessary to collect. GSA 
responded directly to the submitter by stating that the form: provides 
notifications and requests an authorizing signature from GSA temporary 
contractors on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) 
that other existing forms do not include; requests only data that is 
required unlike other existing forms; and collects required GSA 
location, point of contact information not collected through other 
existing forms.
    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

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contractors must undergo a minimum of a FBI National Criminal 
Information Check (NCIC) 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.

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 (MVPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0283, Temporary Contractor 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: October 29, 2009.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer, U.S. General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-26469 Filed 11-3-09; 8:45 am]
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