[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44641-44642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18293]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2019-035]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is proposing to request that the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) renew approval of an information collection our Office of 
Government Information Services (OGIS) uses to obtain customer intake 
information and consent as part of its mediation services program. OGIS 
collects customer name, contact information, case number, information 
on the customer's concern areas/resolution goals, and documents 
relating to the underlying Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act 
request or appeal as part of its intake process in order to provide 
mediation services. In some cases, customers also complete a privacy 
consent form, NA Form 10003, authorizing OGIS to make inquiries on the 
customer's behalf and authorizing agencies to release to OGIS 
information and records related to their FOIA/Privacy Act requests and 
appeals. We invite you to comment on this proposed information 
collection.

DATES: We must receive written comments on or before October 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Paperwork Reduction Act Comments

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(MP), Room 4100; National Archives and Records Administration; 8601 
Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001, fax them to 301-837-7409, or 
email them to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone at 
301-837-1694 or fax at 301-837-7409 with requests for additional 
information or copies of the proposed information collection and 
supporting statement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we invite the public and other Federal agencies 
to comment on proposed information collections. The comments and 
suggestions should address one or more of the following points: (a) 
Whether we need the proposed information collection to properly perform 
our agency functions; (b) our estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection and its accuracy; (c) ways we could enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information we collect; (d) ways 
we could minimize the burden on respondents of collecting the 
information, including through 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, we solicit comments concerning the following information 
collection:
    Title: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request for Assistance and 
Consent.
    OMB number: 3095-0068.
    Agency form number: NA Form 10003.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions, and Federal Government.
    Estimated number of respondents: 3,646.
    Estimated time per response: Ten minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 608 hours (3,646 responses x 
10 minutes/by 60).
    Abstract: In order to fulfill its Government-wide statutory mission 
to mediate FOIA disputes between requesters and agencies, OGIS must 
communicate with Government departments and agencies regarding the 
customer's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/Privacy Act of 1974 
request or appeal. As a result, OGIS collects intake information from 
customers who request OGIS's mediation services. This information 
includes the customer's name, contact information, FOIA case number, 
information on the customer's concern areas/resolution goals, and 
documents relating to the underlying Freedom of Information Act/Privacy 
Act request or appeal. Customers provide this information by phone, 
fax, email, or mail.
    OGIS and other agencies must handle FOIA and Privacy Act-protected 
case information in conformity with the requirements of the FOIA and 
Privacy Act, including 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), which prohibits agencies from 
releasing Privacy-Act protected information without an already-
established routine use or consent of the person to whom the 
information pertains. In accord with this requirement, a subset of 
customers also must fill out a privacy consent form, NA Form 10003, if 
dealing with an agency that has not published a system of records 
notice with a routine use for release of information to OGIS.
    OGIS uses the information customers provide in this information 
collection to contact customers, request information on the customer's 
case from other Federal agencies, and provide the requested assistance. 
Without the information submitted in the intake process and the consent 
form, OGIS would be unable to get the information from other agencies 
or fulfill its mediation mission.

Swarnali Haldar,
Executive for Information Services/CIO.
[FR Doc. 2019-18293 Filed 8-23-19; 8:45 am]
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