[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1184-1185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00387]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board)
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the
Applications for Employment with the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (FR 28; OMB No. 7100-0181).
DATES: The revisions are effective February 11, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, [email protected], (202)
452-3884.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal
Reserve Board, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign
OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or
sponsored by the Board. Board-approved collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved
collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the
PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed
information about the information collections and burden estimates than
this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents
are also available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/review or may be
requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above.
On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the supporting
information by referencing the collection identifier, FR 28.
Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three
Years, With Revision, of the Following Information Collections
Collection title: Applications for Employment with the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Collection identifier: FR 28.
OMB control number: 7100-0181.
General description of collection: The forms that comprise the FR
28 are used to manage the Board's hiring process by collecting needed
information on candidates. The FR 28a (Application for Employment), is
used to examine, rate,
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or assess the applicant's qualifications, and to contact the applicant
to arrange an interview. The FR 28a can be completed either online in
two parts (the Initial Application portion and, if selected for an
interview, the Interview Selection portion) or in its entirety as a
PDF. The FR 28s (Applicant's Voluntary Self-Identification) is used for
equal employment opportunity recordkeeping, reporting, and self-
evaluation of hiring practices. The FR 28i (Research Assistant
Application) is a supplement to the FR 28a and is used to collect
contact information for an application for employment as a Research
Assistant (RA), including to help match an RA candidate's interests
with the different research areas at the Board and determine the
applicants' data analysis and programming experience. The FR 28c (Pre-
Hire Conflict of Interest Screening Form) is used to ensure advance
knowledge of a prospective employee's potential conflicts of interest.
Frequency: Event-generated.
Respondents: Individuals seeking employment with the Board.
Total estimated number of respondents: FR 28a (Initial
Application), 32,600; FR 28a (Interview Selection), 1,769; FR 28a
(PDF), 238; FR 28s, 32,838; FR 28i, 330; FR 28c, 2007; FR 28r, 650.
Estimated average hours per response: FR 28a (Initial Application),
0.48; FR 28a (Interview Selection), 1.51; FR 28a (PDF), 1.69; FR 28s,
0.02; FR 28i, 0.91; FR 28c, 0.62; FR 28r, 0.34.
Total estimated change in burden: -62.
Total estimated annual burden hours: 21,143.
Current actions: On July 16, 2025, the Board published a notice in
the Federal Register (90 FR 32009) requesting public comment for 60
days on the extension, with revision, of the FR 28. The Board proposed
to revise the FR 28a by removing one data field. The Board proposed to
revise the FR 28s by changing one data field. The Board proposed to
revise the FR 28i by adding eight new data fields and removing one data
field, and to revise the FR 28c by adding a new section to the form and
updating the language of several of the questions for readability and
to include questions about financial assets not previously contemplated
due to technological changes that have occurred. Lastly, the Board
proposed to revise the FR 28 clearance to include a new Reference Check
Form (FR 28r). The comment period for this notice expired on September
15, 2025. The Board did not receive any comments. The revisions will be
implemented as proposed.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 8,
2026.
Erin M. Cayce,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2026-00387 Filed 1-9-26; 8:45 am]
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