[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 49857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23446]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2018-002]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension request.

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SUMMARY: NARA proposes to request an extension from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) of approval to collect information from 
individuals requesting a research card. People must have a research 
card to use original archival records in a NARA facility. We invite you 
to comment on certain aspects of this proposed information collection.

DATES: We must receive written comments on or before December 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Paperwork Reduction Act Comments (MP), Room 
4100, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 
College Park, MD 20740-6001, or email them to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone at 
301-837-1694, or by email at [email protected], with requests for 
additional information or copies of the proposed information collection 
and supporting statement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on information collections we propose to renew. We 
submit proposals to renew information collections first through a 
public comment period and then to OMB for review and approval pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
We invite comments and suggestions on one or more of the following 
points: (a) Whether the proposed information collection is necessary 
for NARA to properly perform its functions, including whether the 
proposed information collection will have practical utility; (b) our 
estimate of the information collection's burden on respondents; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information we 
propose to collect; (d) ways to minimize the burden on respondents of 
collecting the information, including through use of information 
technology; and (e) whether this collection affects small businesses. 
We will summarize any comments you submit and include the summary in 
our request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record. In this notice, NARA solicits comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    Title: Researcher Application.
    OMB number: 3095-0016.
    Agency form number: NA Form 14003.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal, State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated number of respondents: 15,967.
    Estimated time per response: 8 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 2,129 hours.
    Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR 
1254.8. The collection is an application for a research card. 
Respondents are individuals who wish to use original archival records 
in a NARA facility and we request their name, address, contact 
information, and information about the research purpose and the records 
they wish to access. NARA uses the information to screen individuals, 
to identify which types of records they should use, and to allow 
further contact.

Swarnali Haldar,
Executive for Information Services/CIO.
[FR Doc. 2017-23446 Filed 10-26-17; 8:45 am]
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