[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 718-719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00365]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board)
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without
revision, the Application Form for Membership on the Community Advisory
Council (Application) (FR 1401; OMB 7100-0371).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 1401, by any of
the following methods:
Agency website: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments at http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
Email: [email protected]. Include OMB
number in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's website at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as submitted,
unless modified for technical reasons. Accordingly, your comments will
not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information. Public
comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper form in Room
3515, 1801 K Street NW (between 18th and 19th Streets NW), Washington,
DC 20006 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For security
reasons, the Board requires that visitors make an appointment to
inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon
arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued
photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to
inspect and photocopy comments. Additionally, commenters may send a
copy of their comments to the OMB Desk Officer--Shagufta Ahmed--Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the PRA OMB submission,
including the proposed reporting form and instructions, supporting
statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's public
docket files, if approved. These documents will also be made available
on the Board's public website at http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested from the agency clearance
officer, whose name appears below.
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 452-3829. Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202) 263-4869, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC, 20551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to
collection of information requests and requirements conducted or
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
Request for comment on information collection proposal
The Board invites public comment on the following information
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board
should modify the proposal.
Proposal under OMB delegated authority to extend for three years,
without revision, the following information collection:
Report title: Application Form for Membership on the Community
Advisory Council.
Agency form number: FR 1401.
OMB control number: 7100-037.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Applicants who seek to be considered for Community
Advisory Council membership.
Estimated number of respondents: 314.
Estimated average hours per response: 1.
Estimated annual burden hours: 314.
General description of report: The Application Form for Membership
on the Community Advisory Council (Application) is used to obtain
information about the experience and qualification of persons seeking
to be considered for membership on the Board's Community Advisory
Council (CAC).
Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Application is
authorized pursuant to the Board's general authority to establish the
CAC, which is derived from sections 2A and 10 of the Federal Reserve
Act (FRA). Section 2A of the FRA requires the Board and the Federal
Open Market Committee to ``maintain long run growth of the monetary and
credit aggregates commensurate with the economy's long run potential to
increase production, so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum
employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates'' (12
U.S.C. 225a). Section 10 of the FRA authorizes the Board to ``determine
and prescribe the manner in which its obligations shall be incurred and
its disbursements and expenses allowed and paid'' (12 U.S.C. 244).
Applicants are required to provide information collected as part of the
Application to be considered for CAC membership.
Information provided on the Application will be kept confidential
under exemption 6 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the
extent that the disclosure of information ``would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy'' (see 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6)).
For example, the release of information such as an applicant's address,
home telephone number, and personal email address would likely
constitute a clearly
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unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, be kept
confidential under exemption 6 of the FOIA. However, the release of
information such as the educational and professional qualifications of
successful applicants would not likely constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy and may be disclosed under the FOIA. In
addition, once a person becomes a member of the CAC, their name, and
the name and location of the organization where they are employed,
would generally be listed on the Board's public website.
Determinations regarding disclosure to third parties of any
confidential portions of the information collection that are considered
exempt under the FOIA would be made in accordance with the Privacy Act
(see 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)). A hyperlink directing the applicant to the
relevant Privacy Act statement is provided in the Federal Register
notice and also when the applicant fills out the Application form on
the Board's website. The Board may make disclosures in accordance with
the Privacy Act's routine use disclosure provision, (see 5 U.S.C.
552a(a)(7) and (b)(3)), which permits the disclosure of a record for a
purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which the record was
collected. Such routine uses are listed in the Board's System of
Records Notice that applies to this information collection, which can
be found in BGFRS-39, FRB-General File of the Community Advisory
Council, located here: https://www.federalreserve.gov/files/BGFRS-39-general-file-of-the-community-advisory-council.pdf.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 18,
2019.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-00365 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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