[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59421-59422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23965]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2020-002]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are providing notice that we have requested Office of 
Management and Budget renewal of an information collection, Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) Request for Assistance and Consent. Our Office 
of Government Information Services collects this information and 
consent from people who request mediation services related to their 
FOIA requests or appeals. We need the information in order to meet 
Privacy Act requirements for agencies to release information to us as 
part of our mediation efforts. We invite comments on the proposed 
information collection.

DATES: Submit comments in writing to OMB at the address below on or 
before December 4, 2019 to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nicholas Fraser, NARA Desk Officer, by mail 
to Office of Management and Budget; New Executive Office Building; 
Washington, DC 20503, by fax to 202.395.5167, or by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional 
information or copies of the proposed information collection and 
supporting statement to Tamee Fechhelm at phone number 301.837.1694 or 
fax number 301.837.7409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), NARA invites the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on proposed information collections. We published a 
notice of proposed collection for this information collection on August 
26, 2019 (84 FR 44641). We received no comments. We have therefore 
submitted the described information collection to OMB for approval.
    In response to this notice, comments and suggestions should address 
one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the proposed 
information collection is necessary for the our to properly perform our 
functions; (b) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information being collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, 
including the use of information technology; and (e) whether small 
businesses are affected by this collection. In this notice, we solicit 
comments on 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.
    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

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customer's 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. 2019-23965 Filed 11-1-19; 8:45 am]
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