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40110 

Vol. 72, No. 140 

Monday, July 23, 2007 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Public Information 

Collections Being Reviewed by the 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development; Comments Requested 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID) is making efforts 

to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following proposed and/or continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed or continuing 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 21, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Beverly Johnson, Bureau for 

Management, Office of Administrative 

Services, Information and Records 

Division, U.S. Agency for International 

Development, Room 2 07–106, RRB, 

Washington, DC 20523, (202) 712–1365 

or via e-mail bjohnson@usaid.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB No: 

Form No: N/A. 

Title: Partner Vetting System (PVS). 

Type of Review: NEW Information 

Collection. 

Purpose: The United States Agency 

for International Development (USAID), 

Office of Security, intends to collect 

information from approximately 2000 

individuals and/or officers of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) who 

apply for USAID contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements, other funding 

from USAID, or who apply for 

registration with USAID as Private and 

Voluntary Organizations (PVO). 

Collection of personally identifiable 

information from these individuals is 

specifically used to conduct screening 

to ensure that neither USAID funds nor 

USAID-funded activities inadvertently 

provide support to entities or 

individuals associated with terrorism. 

Annual Reporting Burden: 

Respondents: 2000. Total annual 

responses: 2000. Total annual hours 

requested: 500 hours. 

Dated: July 16, 2007. 

Joanne Paskar, 

Chief, Information and Records Division, 

Office of Administrative Services, Bureau for 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 07–3555 Filed 7–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 17, 2007. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Financial Information Security 

Request Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0204. 

Summary of Collection: The majority 

of Forest Service’s (FS) financial records 

are in databases stored at the National 

Finance Center (NFC). The Federal 

Information Security Reform Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–347) and Information 

Technology Management Reform Act of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–106) authorize the 

Forest Service to obtain information 

necessary for employees and contractors 

to access and maintain these records. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Forest Service uses a paper and 

electronic version of its form FS–6500– 

214 to gather name, work e-mail, work 

telephone number, job title etc. for a 

specific employee or contractor to apply 

to NFC for access. NFC grants access to 

users only at the request of Client 

Security Officers. The unit’s Client 

Security Officer is responsible for 

management of access to computers and 

coordinates all requests for NFC. The 

information collected is shared with 

those managing or overseeing the 

financial systems used by the FS, this 

includes auditors. 

Description of Respondents: 

Contracted Employees. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Reponses: Reporting: 

Yearly. 


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