[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 190 (Monday, October 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49384-49385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21275]


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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Proposed Collection; Comment Request for a Modified OGE Form 
450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

ACTION: Notice of request for agency and public comments.

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SUMMARY: After publication of this second round notice, the Office of 
Government Ethics (OGE) plans to submit a modified OGE Form 450 
Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments by the public and the agencies on this proposed 
modification are invited and must be received by October 31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this paperwork notice to the 
Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for OGE, via fax at 
202-395-6974 or email at [email protected]. (Include 
reference to ``OGE Form 450 paperwork comment'' in the subject line of 
the message.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Nekou at the U.S. Office of 
Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9229; TTY: 800-877-8339; FAX: 
202-482-9237; Email: [email protected]. An electronic copy of the OGE Form 
450 is available in the Forms Library section of OGE's website at 
http://www.oge.gov. A paper copy may also be obtained, without charge, 
by contacting Ms. Nekou.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
    Agency Form Number: OGE Form 450.
    OMB Control Number: 3209-0006.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Type of Review Request: Regular.
    Respondents: Prospective Government employees, including special 
Government employees, whose positions are designated for confidential 
disclosure filing and whose agencies require that they file new entrant 
confidential disclosure reports prior to assuming Government 
responsibilities.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 24,640.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 73,920 hours.
    Abstract: The OGE Form 450 collects information from covered 
department and agency employees as required under OGE's executive 
branch wide regulatory provisions in subpart I of 5 CFR part 2634. The 
basis for the OGE reporting regulation is section 201(d) of Executive 
Order 12674 of April 12, 1989 (as modified by Executive Order 12731 of 
October 17, 1990) and section 107(a)

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of the Ethics in Government Act, 5 U.S.C. app. sec. 107(a). OGE 
proposes several modifications to the form.
    On October 5, 2016, OGE published a proposed rule for amending 5 
CFR part 2634. See 81 FR 69204 (October 5, 2016). The final rule was 
published on July 18, 2018, and is effective on January 1, 2019. See 83 
FR 33980 (July 18, 2018). The proposed modifications to the OGE Form 
450 revise the instructions to reflect the changes to the financial 
disclosure regulation. Specifically, OGE proposes to change the 
reporting periods for each part completed by new entrants, change the 
income disclosure threshold to $1,000 of received income, eliminate the 
disclosure of diversified funds held within an employee benefit plan, 
clarify that the disclosure requirement for agreements and arrangements 
includes those with a current employer, eliminate the disclosure of 
continued participation in a defined contribution plan to which an 
employer is no longer making contributions, and combine gifts and 
travel reimbursement into a single category for purposes of applying 
the disclosure thresholds.
    OGE is also proposing to update the Privacy Act statement in 
accordance with changes to the applicable system of records, update the 
examples provided on the last page of the form, and make other minor 
technical changes.
    OGE published a first round notice of its intent to request 
paperwork clearance for a modified OGE Form 450 Executive Branch 
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. See 83 FR 32123 (July 11, 
2018). OGE received one response to that notice from a private citizen. 
The private citizen's response was unrelated to the notice and did not 
address the information collection.
    Request for Comments: Agency and public comment is again invited 
specifically on the need for and practical utility of this information 
collection, the accuracy of OGE's burden estimate, the enhancement of 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected, and the 
minimization of burden (including the use of information technology). 
Comments received in response to this notice may be included with the 
OGE request for approval of the modified information collection. The 
comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Approved: September 26, 2018.
Diana Veilleux,
Chief, Legal, External Affairs and Performance Branch, Office of 
Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2018-21275 Filed 9-28-18; 8:45 am]
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