[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51500-51501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18257]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Request for Reinstatement With Change of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Certificate of Medical Examination, OF 178, 3206-0250

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general 
public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on the 
reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection 
information collection request (ICR) 3206-0250, Certificate of Medical 
Examination. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as 
amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act, OPM is soliciting comments for this 
collection.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until October 19, 
2020. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or 
Regulatory Information Number (RIN) and title, by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments;
    All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 
number or RIN for this document. The general policy for comments and 
other submissions from members of the public is to make these 
submissions available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 
as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers 
or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monica Butler at (202) 606-0960; by 
fax at (202) 606-4430, TDD at (202) 418-3134, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Optional Form (OF) 178, Certificate of 
Medical Examination, is used to collect medical information about 
individuals who are incumbents of positions which require physical 
fitness/agility testing and/or medical examinations, or who have been 
selected for such a position contingent upon meeting physical fitness/
agility testing and medical examinations as a condition of employment. 
This information is needed to ensure fair and consistent treatment of 
employees and job applicants, to adjudicate the medically based pass-
over of a preference eligible, and to adjudicate claims of 
discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
    The current approval of the OF 178 Certificate of Medical 
Examination expired in April 2015. This Federal Register notice opens a 
60-day comment period giving the general public and other Federal 
agencies the opportunity to comment on the reinstatement of this 
previously approved information collection form. There were four minor 
changes to the form. The date of the form was updated to December 2014. 
The reference to Recruitment and Hiring in line 4 of the Public Burden 
Statement on page 1 was updated to Talent Acquisition and Workforce 
Shaping. A fillable text box was inserted under ``Specific hearing 
requirements (specify)'' on page 3. The data fields for ``Name'', 
``Last 4 digits of Social Security Number'' and ``Date'' located at the 
bottom of pages 2-7 were updated to ``Applicant/Employee'' and added to 
pages 2-7.
    The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in 
comments that:

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    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

Analysis

    Agency: Talent Acquisition and Workforce Shaping, Employee 
Services, Office of Personnel Management.
    Title: Certificate of Medical Examination.
    OMB Number: 3206-0250.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 45,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 135,000 hours.

Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-18257 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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