[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 154 (Friday, August 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44719-44720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17331]


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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS


Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request for OGE Form 450 Executive Branch Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Report

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: After publication of this second round notice, the Office of 
Government Ethics (OGE) plans to request that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) renew its approval

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under the Paperwork Reduction Act for an existing information 
collection, entitled the OGE Form 450 Executive Branch Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Report.
    Comments: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Anderson at the U.S. Office of 
Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9318; TTY: 800-877-8339; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
    Agency Form Number: OGE Form 450.
    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) of the Ethics in Government Act, 5 
U.S.C. app. sec. 107(a). OGE maintains the form in three formats on its 
website: A PDF version, a 508 compliant PDF version, and an Excel 
spreadsheet version. OGE seeks renewal of the OGE Form 450 without 
modification.
    A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on this information collection was published on June 2, 2021 
(86 FR 29584). OGE received five responses to that notice, one of which 
did not directly address the information collection.
    The other four comments suggest requiring additional information, 
apparently for the benefit of the government employees tasked with 
reviewing the information. These suggestions would add additional 
reporting burden to filers and could have privacy implications. One of 
the suggestions would also require a regulatory change. Accordingly, 
OGE declined to adopt these suggestions in seeking Paperwork Reduction 
Act renewal for the OGE Form 450.
    OMB Control Number: 3209-0006.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Type of Review Request: Regular.
    Affected public: 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: 30,449.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 91,347 hours.
    Request for Comments: OGE is publishing this second round notice of 
its intent to request paperwork clearance renewal for the OGE Form 450. 
Public comment is 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). The comments will become a matter of 
public record.

    Approved: August 10, 2021.
Emory Rounds,
Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2021-17331 Filed 8-12-21; 8:45 am]
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