[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4357-4358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01455]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-USPP-14579; PPWOUSPPS1, PPMPRPP02.Y00000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; 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, NPS) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize 
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the 
estimated burden and cost. This information collection 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. However, under OMB 
regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information 
collection while it is pending at OMB.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before February 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW. 
(2601), Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or [email protected] 
(email). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024-0245 in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, 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). You may review 
the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to 
review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB.

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.
     Illegal drug usage.
     Alcohol usage.
     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.
    Service Form Number(s): USPP Form 1.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Candidates for employment as a park 
police officer.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 2,500.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,000.
    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $227,500, primarily for costs 
(1) associated with printing and notarizing the application and (2) 
incurred to provide supporting documentation.

III. Comments

    On August 29, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 
53478) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval for 
this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 
60 days, ending on October 28, 2013. We did not receive any comments in 
response to that notice.
    We again 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. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: January 17, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-01455 Filed 1-24-14; 8:45 am]
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