[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 53478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21092]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-USPP-13253; PPWOUSPPS1, PPMPRPP02.Y00000]


Proposed Information Collection; United States Park Police 
Personal History Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described 
below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part 
of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we 
invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on 
January 31, 2014. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, 
we must receive them by October 28, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C 
Street NW. (Mail Stop 2601), Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0245'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Major Scott Fear, United States Park Police, 
1100 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20242 (mail); or at [email protected] (email); or at (202) 610-3529 (telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The United States Park Police (USPP) is a unit of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, with jurisdiction in all National 
Park Service areas and certain other Federal and State lands. The USPP 
are highly trained, professional police officers who prevent and detect 
criminal activity; conduct investigations; apprehend individuals 
suspected of committing offenses against Federal, State, and local 
laws; provide protection to the President of the United States and 
visiting dignitaries; and provide protective services to some of the 
most recognizable monuments and memorials in the world.
    Applicants for USPP officer positions must complete and pass a 
competitive written examination, an oral interview, a medical 
examination and psychological evaluation, and a battery of physical 
fitness and agility tests. As part of this application process, we use 
USPP Form 1 (United States Park Police Personal History Statement) to 
collect detailed personal history information from applicants. 
Investigators verify the information provided, and we use it to 
determine an applicant's suitability for a USPP officer position. The 
information we collect includes, but is not limited to:
     Personal background information, including financial data 
and residence history.
     Selective Service information and military data.
     References.
     Education and employment information.
     Driving record, arrest/conviction data, and criminal 
history information.
     Gambling information.
     Miscellaneous information, such as firearm permits, 
special skills, other languages, hobbies and interests, other 
enforcement agencies where applicant applied, and whether or not 
applicant previously applied for a USPP officer position.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0245.
    Title: United States Park Police Personal History Statement.
    Form Number(s): USPP Form 1.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Candidates for employment as a police 
officer.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 1,000.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,000.
    Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost Burden: $11,100, primarily for costs 
associated printing and notarizing application.

III. Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your 
personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: August 23, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-21092 Filed 8-28-13; 8:45 am]
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