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Vol. 75, No. 189 

Thursday, September 30, 2010 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

[OMB Control Number: 3002–0003] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to Office of Management 

and Budget 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States will submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) requesting approval for the 

following collection of information: 

3002–0003, Substitute Confidential 

Employment and Financial Disclosure. 

This form is a substitute for Standard 

Form 450, issued by the Office of 

Government Ethics (OGE), which nongovernment members of the Conference 

would otherwise be required to file. 

OGE has approved the use of this 

substitute form. Before submitting this 

ICR to OMB, the Administrative 

Conference is inviting comments on the 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to either 

of the following: 

(1) Online: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: ICR Comments, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General Counsel, Administrative 

Conference of the United States, Suite 

706 South, 1120 20th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202– 

480–2080. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States (ACUS) is charged with 

developing recommendations for the 

improvement of Federal administrative 

procedures (5 U.S.C. 591). Its 

recommendations are the product of a 

research process overseen by a small 

staff, but ultimately adopted by a 

membership of 101 experts, including 

approximately 45 non-government 

members—5 Council members and up 

to 40 others (5 U.S.C. 593(b) and 5 

U.S.C. 595(b)). These individuals are 

deemed to be ‘‘special government 

employees’’ within the meaning of 18 

U.S.C. 202(a) and, therefore, are subject 

to confidential financial disclosure 

requirements of the Ethics in 

Government Act (5 U.S.C. App. 107) 

and regulations of the Office of 

Government Ethics (OGE). The ACUS 

‘‘Substitute Confidential Employment 

and Financial Disclosure’’ form 

submitted (‘‘Substitute Disclosure 

Form’’) is a substitute for OGE Standard 

Form 450, which ACUS nongovernment members would otherwise 

be required to file. 

In addition to the non-government 

members of the Conference, the 

Chairman, with the approval of the 

Council established under 5 U.S.C. 

595(b) and appointed by the President, 

may appoint additional persons in 

various categories, for participation in 

Conference activities, but without 

voting privileges. These categories 

include senior fellows, special counsels, 

and liaison representatives from other 

government entities or professional 

associations. The estimated maximum 

number of such individuals that may 

also be required to submit the Substitute 

Disclosure Form at any particular time 

is 45. 

Prior to the termination of funding for 

ACUS in 1995, the agency was 

authorized to use for this purpose a 

simplified form that was a substitute for 

OGE Standard Form 450. The simplified 

substitute form was approved by OGE 

following a determination by the ACUS 

Chairman, pursuant to 5 CFR 

2634.905(a), that greater disclosure is 

not required because the limited nature 

of the agency’s authority makes very 

remote the possibility that a real or 

apparent conflict of interest will occur. 

ACUS received OMB approval for the 

simplified substitute form in 1994. 

ACUS has now been re-established in 

2010. On June 10, 2010, OGE renewed 

its approval for this simplified 

substitute form, which ACUS must 

provide to its non-government members 

in advance of membership meetings. 

OMB has given emergency approval 

under 5 CFR 1320.13 for use of this form 

through March 31, 2011, so that there 

will be no delay in commencing the 

committee and Conference activities of 

the non-government members necessary 

to the implementation of its statutory 

responsibilities to identify and 

recommend improvements of Federal 

administrative procedures. 

As required by the Ethics in 

Government Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 107(a); 

Executive Order 12674, sec. 201(d); and 

OGE regulations, 5 CFR 2634.901(d), 

copies of the substitute form submitted 

to ACUS by its members are 

confidential and may not be released to 

the public. 

The proposed ‘‘Substitute Confidential 

Employment and Financial Disclosure’’ 

form and the Supporting Statement 

submitted to OMB may be viewed at: 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

To view these documents, select 

‘‘Administrative Conference of the 

United States’’ under Current Inventory; 

click on the ICR Reference Number; 

then click on either ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ or ‘‘View 

Supporting Statement and Other 

Documents.’’ 

The total annual burden on 

respondents is estimated to be 135 

hours, based on estimates of 90 persons 

submitting the form an average of 6 

times per year, requiring no more than 

15 minutes per response. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

information collection, including its 

necessity, utility and clarity for the 

proper performance of the Conference’s 

functions. 

Dated: September 23, 2010. 

Paul R. Verkuil, 

Chairman. 

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