[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59984-59985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23835]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Submission for Review: Information Collection 3206-NEW; Standard 
Form 86 Certification (SF 86C)

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Federal Investigative Services (FIS), U. S. Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal 
agencies the opportunity to comment on an information collection 
request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 3206-
NEW, for Standard Form 86 Certification (SF 86C). As required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35) 
as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), OPM is 
soliciting comments for this collection. The Office of Management and 
Budget is particularly interested in comments that:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of OPM, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of OPM'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 or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until October 30, 
2013. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street 
NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Jasmeet K. Seehra, 
OMB Desk Officer or sent by email to [email protected] or 
faxed to (202) 395-6974; and Federal Investigative Services, U. S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20415, Attention: Donna McLeod or sent by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this ICR, with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting the Federal 
Investigative Services, U. S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Donna McLeod or sent by 
email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that OPM is submitting 
to OMB a request for review and clearance of the revised collection of 
information, Standard Form 86 Certification (SF 86C). The SF 86C is an 
information collection completed by applicants for, or incumbents of, 
Federal Government civilian or military positions, or positions in 
private entities performing work for the Federal Government under 
contract. The collection is used as the basis of information:
     By the Federal Government in conducting background 
investigations, reinvestigations, and continuous evaluations, as 
appropriate, of persons under consideration for or retention in 
national security sensitive positions as defined in Executive Order 
10450 and 5 CFR part 732, and for positions requiring eligibility for 
access to classified information under Executive Order 12968;
     by agencies in determining whether a person performing 
work for or on behalf of the Federal Government under a contract should 
be deemed eligible for logical or physical access when the nature of 
the work is sensitive and could bring about a material adverse effect 
on national security.
    The SF 86C is completed by civilian employees of the Federal 
Government, military personnel, and non-federal employees, including 
Federal contractors and individuals otherwise not directly employed by 
the Federal Government but who perform work for or on behalf of the 
Federal Government. Numerous situations exist that require an 
individual to complete a new SF 86 for the sole purpose of determining 
if any information on the previously executed SF 86 has changed. The SF 
86C is used in lieu of a new SF 86 to permit the individual to indicate 
that no data changes occurred, or to provide new or changed 
information. The SF 86C is a certification document that permits the 
reporting of changes on previously reported SF 86 information. 
Individual agencies maintain the form.
    It is estimated that no non-Federal individuals will complete the 
SF 86C annually for investigations conducted by OPM. The SF 86C is not 
used as the basis for any investigations conducted by OPM. The SF 86C 
takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The estimated annual burden 
for this form when used in OPM investigations is zero hours.
    OPM solicits comments to determine the utility of this collection. 
If the form no longer meets the intended purpose, OPM recommends 
abolishing the form.
    This ICR also requests categorizing this form as a common form. 
Once OMB approves the use of this common form, all Federal agencies 
using the form not in connection with an OPM investigation may request 
use of this common form without additional 60- or 30-day notice and 
comment requirements. At that point, each agency will account for its 
number of respondents and the burden associated with the agency's use.
    The 60-day notice of the proposed information collection was 
published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2013 (Federal Register 
Notices/Volume 78, Number 145, page 45579-45580), as required by 5 CFR 
1320, affording the public an opportunity to comment on the form. No 
comments were received.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Elaine Kaplan,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-23835 Filed 9-27-13; 8:45 am]
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