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designated agency ethics officials (DO–

05–007) and 70 FR 12111–12112 (March 

11, 2005). Both GSA and OGE 

rulemakings and OGE’s memorandum 

are posted on the OGE Web site. 

Privacy Act Statement 

In addition, OGE has updated the 

OGE/GOVT–1 Privacy Act system of 

records notice (covering SF 278 Public 

Financial Disclosure Reports and other 

name-retrieved ethics program records). 

See 68 FR 3097–3109 (January 22, 

2003), as corrected at 68 FR 24744 (May 

8, 2003). As a result, the Privacy Act 

Statement, which includes summaries 

of the routine uses on page 11 of the 

instructions on the SF 278, is affected. 

As explained in the above-noted OGE 

memorandum DO–03–015 and the SF 

278 notice posted on OGE’s Web site, 

the system notice update added three 

new routine uses applicable to SF 278 

reports. Moreover, OGE will also ask 

agencies to inform filers of an update 

needed to the summary of the sixth 

listed routine use on the form in their 

periodic notifications to filers of 

changes to the SF 278. See revised 

routine use ‘‘h’’ at 68 FR 3100 for the 

OGE/GOVT–1 records system notice. 

OGE has already updated that same 

sixth routine use summary for three of 

its other forms, the OGE Form 201, the 

OGE Form 450, and the OGE Optional 

Form 450-A. These forms are posted in 

the forms section of the OGE Web site. 

A summary of the updates relevant to 

that SF 278 statement will be included 

with the paperwork clearance 

submission to OMB. 

SF 278 Filers 

The SF 278 is completed by 

candidates, nominees, new entrants, 

incumbents and terminees of certain 

high-level positions in the executive 

branch of the Federal Government. 

These reports are routinely reviewed by 

the agencies concerned. The Office of 

Government Ethics, along with the 

agencies concerned, conducts the 

review of the SF 278 reports of 

Presidential nominees subject to Senate 

confirmation and incumbents in and 

terminees from such positions. 

Reporting Burden 

The Office of Government Ethics 

estimates, based on the agency ethics 

program questionnaire responses for 

2003–2005, that an average of some 

23,971 SF 278 report forms are filed 

annually at departments and agencies 

throughout the executive branch. 

(Questionnaire responses for 2006 are 

not yet available.) Most of those 

executive branch filers are current 

Federal employees at the time they file. 

However, OGE estimates that 

approximately 2,475, or just over 10.3 

percent, of the branchwide total of SF 

278 filers over each of the next three 

years (2007–2009) will be members of 

the public. This annual estimate 

includes: (a) Private citizen Presidential 

nominees to executive branch positions 

subject to Senate confirmation (and 

their private representatives—lawyers, 

accountants, brokers and bankers); (b) 

other private citizen prospective new 

entrants to such reportable positions; (c) 

those who file termination reports (or 

combination annual and termination 

reports) from such positions after their 

Government service ends; and (d) 

Presidential and Vice Presidential 

candidates. The OGE estimate includes 

an anticipated total of some 3,900 SF 

278 reports (which yields an annualized 

average of 1,300 per year) that will be 

filed in connection with the fall 2008 

Presidential election and following 

transition. In OGE’s first round SF 278 

paperwork notice (noted below), the 

statistics OGE used to compute the 

reporting burden on the public over the 

next three years mistakenly omitted the 

estimated additional private citizen 

filers expected during the forthcoming 

Presidential election/transition. 

The estimated average amount of time 

to complete the report form, including 

review of the instructions and gathering 

of needed information, remains the 

same as previously reported, at three 

hours. Thus, the overall estimated 

annual public burden for the SF 278 for 

the private citizen/representative 

nominee and terminee report forms 

processed in executive branch agencies, 

and those report forms processed by the 

OGE, including private citizen 

Presidential and Vice Presidential 

candidates report forms, is 7,425 hours 

(rather than the 3,525 hours as 

mistakenly indicated in the first round 

notice). 

The current average yearly paperwork 

hour burden for the SF 278 form, based 

on OGE’s prior 2003 annual estimate for 

the 2003–2005 period, is 1,347 hours. 

This burden estimate was based upon 

an anticipated annual average of 449 SF 

278 report forms (x 3 hours per form) to 

be received at OGE only from private 

citizen/representative nominee and 

terminee filers, plus Presidential and 

Vice Presidential candidates whose 

report forms are also reviewed by OGE. 

OGE’s new annual burden estimate for 

the 2007–2009 period has been adjusted 

to cover private citizen SF 278 filers 

anticipated throughout the executive 

branch, in accordance with updated 

OMB guidance for such a branchwide 

form. 

Consideration of Comments 

On November 3, 2006, OGE published 

a first round notice of its intent to 

request paperwork clearance for the 

proposed unmodified SF 278. See 71 FR 

64708–64710. OGE received only one 

response to that notice, which was 

critical of the Government, and 

provided no specific comment about the 

SF 278 form. One other person 

requested a copy of the form. 

In this second notice, public comment 

is again invited on the SF 278 Public 

Financial Disclosure Report as set forth 

in this notice, including specifically 

views on the need for and practical 

utility of this collection of information, 

the accuracy of OGE’s burden estimate, 

the potential for enhancement of the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collected, and the 

minimization of burden (including the 

use of information technology). The 

Office of Government Ethics, in 

consultation with OMB, will consider 

all comments received, which will 

become a matter of public record. 

Approved: January 23, 2007. 

Robert I. Cusick, 

Director, Office of Government Ethics. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary; Amendment To 

Extend the January 24, 2003, 

Declaration Regarding Administration 

of Smallpox Countermeasures, as 

Amended on January 24, 2004, 

January 24, 2005, and January 24, 2006 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), 

(HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Concern that terrorists may 

have access to the smallpox virus and 

attempt to use it against the American 

public and United States Government 

facilities abroad continues to exist. The 

January 24, 2003, declaration regarding 

administration of smallpox 

countermeasures is revised to 

incorporate statutory definitions from 

the Smallpox Emergency Personnel 

Protection Act of 2003 and extended for 

one year until and including January 23, 

2008. 

DATES: This notice and the attached 

amendment are effective as of January 

24, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rear 

Admiral William C. Vanderwagen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Preparedness and Response and Chief 


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Preparedness Officer, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, Telephone 

(202) 205–2882 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

224(p) of the Public Health Service Act, 

which was established by section 304 of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and 

amended by section 3 of the Smallpox 

Emergency Personnel Act of 2003 

(‘‘SEPPA’’), is intended to alleviate 

certain liability concerns associated 

with administration of smallpox 

countermeasures and, therefore, ensure 

that the countermeasures are available 

and can be administered in the even of 

a smallpox-related actual or potential 

public health emergency such as a 

bioterrorist incident. 

On January 24, 2003, due to concerns 

that terrorists may have access to the 

smallpox virus and attempt to use it 

against the American public and U.S. 

Government facilities abroad, the 

Secretary issued a declaration making 

section 224’s legal protections available. 

The declaration was effective until and 

including January 23, 2004; it included 

in section VI a number of definitions, 

which are no longer appropriate because 

of the statutory amendments in section 

3 of SEPPA. 

On January 24, 2004, the Secretary 

amended the definitions contained in 

the January 24, 2003 declaration in light 

of the statutory amendments in section 

3 of SEPPA because such definitions 

were no longer appropriate, and 

extended the declaration for one year 

until January 23, 2005. On January 24, 

2005, the Secretary extended the 

declaration for another year through 

January 23, 2006. On January 24, 2006, 

the Secretary extended the declaration 

for another year through January 23, 

2007. Pursuant to section 224(p)(2)(A), 

the Secretary issues the amendment 

below to extend for one year, up to and 

including January 23, 2008, the January 

24, 2003 declaration, as amended. 

Amendment To Extend January 24, 

2003 Declaration Regarding 

Administration of Smallpox 

Countermeasures. 

I. Policy Determination: The 

underlying policy determinations of the 

January 24, 2003 declaration continue to 

exist, including the heightened concern 

that terrorists may have access to the 

smallpox virus and attempt to use it 

against the American public and U.S. 

Government facilities abroad. 

II. Amendment of Declaration: I, 

Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, have concluded in accordance 

with the authority vested in me under 

section 224(p)(2)(A) of the Public Health 

Service Act, that a potential bioterrorist 

incident makes it advisable to extend 

the January 24, 2003 declaration 

regarding administration of smallpox 

countermeasures until and including 

January 23, 2008. The January 24, 2003, 

declaration as hereby amended may be 

further amended as circumstances 

require. 

III. Effective Dates: This extension is 

effective January 24, 2007 until and 

including January 23, 2008. The 

effective period may be extended or 

shortened by subsequent amendment to 

the January 24, 2003 declaration as 

hereby amended. 

Dated: January 24, 2007. 

Michael O. Leavitt, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–348 Filed 1–24–06; 11:24 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: ORR Quarterly Performance 

Report, Form ORR–6. 

OMB No.: 0970–0036. 

Description: As required by Section 

412(e) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, the Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is 

requesting the information from Form 

ORR–6 to determine the effectiveness of 

the State cash and medical assistance, 

social services, and targeted assistance 

programs. State-by-State Refugee Cash 

Assistance (RCA) and Refugee Medical 

Assistance (RMA) utilization rates 

derived from Form ORR–6 are 

calculated for use in formulating 

program initiatives, priorities, 

standards, budget requests, and 

assistance policies. ORR regulations 

require that States and local and Tribal 

governments complete Form ORR–6 in 

order to participate in the abovementioned programs. 

Respondents: States, local, and Tribal 

governments. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

ORR–6 ............................................................................................. 48 4 3.875 744 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 744. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility, (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 


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